Detailed account of how hero teacher took down alleged Indiana school shooter

Indiana middle school student describes the terrifying moment the suspected gunman open fired in the classroom
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Now ex president ABC news and we are in no was no Indiana we're talking about. The shooting that happened at the school today were worth seventh grader. He thin summer here here he's been. You were inside the classroom. Yes. Tell me what happened. So. To lose shooter. Christina walked in the class and he. Heated have any blatant plea face that he is saying he's being distillate. Quoted out of his pocketed would hand held gun. He took five to six shots just around the room not at you with specifically. She hit one student. Girl in bella. And mr. Seaman immediately took action ran right out and he tackled him to the floor. In the sixteen was shot three times. Still those who opt out a lot and yet don't look at the camera it's just give me you can everything that Denny's at their British yeah. You you've told us a lot there yes so. He walks could walk me back to deliver and see this student walk into the classroom. Wouldn't what do you hear what else to use it. Nobody really set any thing they were just confused. It's not the way to sitting there like staring and everyone. And then pulled the gun out of his pocket and everyone has heard screaming in training and going to get this kind stuff put the desks and tables. And I it's are changing. Screw a brain knows just a short time ago but. Describe to me what it sounded like what your fellow students are doing singing. Describe those seconds I know it all happens affects. Playing the Seneca firecrackers firecrackers. And having was just yelling turn it back to the back. A few Stanford an attorney helping within months. He ran and hid behind the back table in the back corner of the room. And so mr. Seaman said the Coleman when one in the ghetto. Soon he walks into the classroom. What does mr. Seaman did. Well at first and she's the shooter hadn't done anything sinister Siemens continued out of class and hope to keep the test. And then after like three seconds or so he just thirteen assists he immediately loosely yelling and running in the legal right at him in tackled him street thicker around. And did you say that mr. Seaman have a basketball near here on his hands. Catherine and submissive and have a Basque mourn him miss his team ended on about falling early this carries it around your class. If I remember I think interior not too sure about. So he had bass were sincere I sure about the basketball but. Mr. Seaman did run towards yet been tackled and describe that moment what happens mr. Stephens sees. The gunmen walk in and then why. We clique I was check trying to stay crouched behind the back tabled also see what's going on and that's when he was running right on him with his arms in front of him. And then he displayed tackled him with against the wall in the near on the ground after he Swaby got from him and he just laid on the shooter to make sure you couldn't do anything. So he first swatted the gun out of his hand I guess he was turning and so he he's running towards the gunman. Did walk me through and he's more like running for the gunman and what happened. It's like he's like his arms or out easily ready Italy cushion mainly get into the ground make sure he can do anything else. And I think his Hanley kids think I'm in it just got away from this year from whenever mr. Seaman did when trying to push him. For some other swatted from and where his tackle and. And in those moments. What was going through your mind. Just hopefully everyone's okay and nobody's Lee badly her record. Just hope that something it just ends just don't wanted to happens. To you jumped behind the desk where did you go. Please got behind the back table in the back corner of the room. And most people were just crushed like covering their heads to some people were strain appear over the table and make sure they can see what's going on. And. Mr. Seaman. Towards me about him a little bit tones that he had no hesitation he just. Went to try to stop yes guy. This is humans are really nice guy and he'd normally do any saying it's okay you've seen is always like conveyor when you need help in this stuff. These very very few say here today and he did something that moves people one in their you do it and some very good needed. How lucky if you think you are and the other students in their classrooms if it weren't for him that we could've a lot of us could have been hurt. He pretty much protected all of us and it's something that you can ask quarter of. You read about these things you see if they happen in other places. When it happens in your school in your classroom. How difficult this that. It's just. You wouldn't think kids somehow get that close to you and you think you wanna be affected by it all that much. But then when it happens you just wanted to somehow be true prevent it from happening again. He needs this more when I lost a changer just. Grew more security or something just to make sure that no we can get into the building like that was something like. Tell me about the student there more there and deeply familiar then you classes with what was he like what is he like. He's a nice kid most the times he's always like funny when making jokes at people stuff. And he's in all my classes in this is to shock that he do something like just wanna see him doing that. Did you. The last few days or even today is or was or anything strangers complaining about big city post anything on social media that was. Unusual someone says he was talking about joking around like flakes with a school shooting or something. No into the series seeks he jokes about everything he says normally. And then this is. And it happened in everyone's regretting saying anything feels. Somewhat useless to the situation because they could've prevented it. Sue you never heard and joked around to about now shooting the school by the Serb people saying he joked around about it. He joked around about it and you know we don't know him we weren't there. You cities of fun guide to describe what you mean by that eight. He's a good student the classes like this more and lived in Greece's. Keys. Late. He wouldn't like me through that anymore only he's like soft nice and lately. He's like they're for you like he would help you out if you needed it. And I've never seen him like me intentionally heard anyone. It's just. And knowing that about M and now seeing what you saw today. How shocked are you that. More I just really would not imagine him doing. It's not something a thinly to be done. They just. You'd think of someone else doing in my. Specifically but just not him. They know it's all still fresh in your still kind of processing it all but. He had you ever forget Sunderland does not how do you really just want to forget about it than any harder reading. You're gonna have people are reminding you of tea every now and then like someone these people forget about it. But you just don't want to have a files like what you went through during what happens. And then just thome. Homer time about. Mr. Seaman. Easy be teacher B must be more thankful to him than ever yet he's. I do anything for him or you know he's saved my life and most of the other students in the room that he did describe mr. Seaman. Tackling him Stratton teacher tackling but did he get hurt that he did chop there were gunshots as he is tackling him in the ice on the news that he was shot three times in those shots had been in the ones that hit him. So he was such as he was running ahead in the tackling and I as he was tackling him those are the shots that hit him. So your teacher is running literally at. The bull yes he just ran right in front of the gun to make sure that wells was protected from in the heat gets a gun away from the shooter. And there was. The student also right yes they tell us about Lugar about her how she was injured. For what you saw what you know. All I saw was her fault of the ground and someone checked on here in me just. They just went back to hide to make sure they can not get her themselves as well. And I I left or right after this excuse have to call 911 to get away from the Billy easy as fast as he could. The room I don't know if after he got data don't. He wouldn't really checked on her something because he was chayet in me was probably done earlier on injured obviously. Please say it. Here is no history of this having any problems at school. Now he had a lot of friends use. There was understanding use thanks to everyone needs like the comedy person makes someone that. Makes you since assuming we really down or something you'll cheer you up when he when he needed. There they had this Q Yorman join us tonight a rough day and he could have imagined when you walked into class this morning that this was gonna happen. There's not much else to it assist. We can't really believe it was real we're running away pieces that it's just hard to imagine something like this actually happening. And by you can't fix something they think this obviously so we just came do it and realized he had to do something about it in nature doesn't happen again. Do you remember even hearing the gunshots yeah. To their oil export mistakes. Loud yes not to and it was like silence or something but he was like firecrackers and. Varieties than thank you so much for talking to us. About what happened I know it's been a very tough stand. Mr. Seaman your teacher looks like she can save the day answered a lot of students. That's the latest from hearing nobles no Indiana. The shooting at a middle school today I'm out for us with ABC news.

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