The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coach tackles student with shotgun at school
18-year-old arrested after displaying weapon; no one hurt.
Police released the identity Saturday of an 18-yearold student who was tackled after reportedly bringing a gun into a classroom at an Oregon high school.
The Portland Police Bureau said Angel Granados Dias had been booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of possessing a firearm in a public building, attempting to shoot a gun at a school and reckless endangerment.
Authorities say he is a student at Parkrose High School, where he brought the shotgun Friday. Witnesses told The Oregonian/OregonLive he appeared distraught when he appeared at the door to their government class and pulled the weapon from beneath a long black trench coat, and that a football and track coach who also works security at the school, Keanon Lowe, tackled him before anyone got hurt. Lowe is a former football standout at the University of Oregon.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Granados Dias had a lawyer. He was being held on $500,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Monday.
In a letter to families Friday evening, Parkrose School District Superintendent Michael Lopes Serrao said two students had informed a staff member of “concerning behavior” by the student who brought the gun. Security responded, found him and quickly disarmed him, he said.
“Thanks to their heroic efforts all students and staff are safe,” Lopes Serrao wrote.
Lowe told reporters as he was leaving a police interview Friday he was tired but relieved at the
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outcome, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
“I’m just happy everyone was OK,” Lowe said. “I’m happy I was able to be there for the kids and for the community.”
Police spokesman Sgt. Brad Yakots said the first responding officers found the gunman being detained by the staff member in the hallway.
A firearm was recovered at the school, he added.