Heard a BBC radio report. Apparently, a student shows up in his science class with a shotgun. Shoots one kid, fires at another. And then, the teacher starts talking to him and calms him down, gets him to let all the other students leave. Then the teacher keeps talking with him and gets him to set the shotgun down. Can anyone say 'hero'? If this is true, wow.
Details about the science teacher. http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Calif-teacher-talked-to-shooter-so-students-fled-4185413.php TAFT, Calif. (AP) — The 16-year-old boy had just wounded a classmate he claimed had bullied him, fired two more rounds at students fleeing their first-period science class then faced teacher Ryan Heber. "I don't want to shoot you," he told the popular teacher, who was trying to coax the teen into giving up the shotgun he still held. Recounting the suspect's words, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the confrontation was enough of a distraction to give 28 students time to escape their classroom Thursday at Taft High School. ... "The suspect surrendered his shotgun to Heber and campus supervisor Kim Lee Fields. His pockets were stuffed with more ammunition, Youngblood said. "This teacher and this counselor stood there face-to-face not knowing if he was going to shoot them," Youngblood said. "They probably expected the worst and hoped for the best, but they gave the students a chance to escape." Heber's forehead was grazed by a stray pellet, but Youngblood said the teacher who had graduated from the Taft school two decades ago was unaware he had been hit and didn't need medical attention. "He's the nicest teacher I know," Nuno said. "He loves his students and he always wants to help."
