{"id":2588735,"date":"2026-04-08T21:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hero-high-school-principal-takes-a-bullet-to-stop-school-shooter\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:52:52","slug":"hero-high-school-principal-takes-a-bullet-to-stop-school-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hero-high-school-principal-takes-a-bullet-to-stop-school-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero High School Principal Takes a Bullet to Stop School Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhero-high-school-principal-takes-a-bullet-to-stop-school-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588735&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Oklahoma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">high school<\/a> principal was shot in the leg on Tuesday after confronting a former student who entered Pauls Valley High School with a gun. Principal Kirk Moore was injured but his injuries are not life-threatening,and he was flown to a hospital for treatment. The suspect, 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, a former student, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >faces multiple charges including<\/a> two counts of pointing a firearm, one count of shooting with intent to kill, and two counts of unlawful carry. Hawkins allegedly yelled for students to get on the ground, fired several rounds, and threatened others before Moore and the assistant principal intervened, wrestled Hawkins, and Moore removed the pistol from his hand. Authorities say Hawkins used guns belonging to his father and intended to kill Moore and others, aiming to imitate a school shooting like columbine. The governor and law enforcement praised the swift response of school staff and noted that no students were harmed; the incident occurred around 2:20 p.m., and Hawkins was detained by police as the examination continues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An Oklahoma high school principal was shot Tuesday as he confronted a former student who entered the school with a gun<\/p>\n<p>Principal Kirk Moore of Pauls Valley High School was shot in the leg, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newson6.com\/tulsa-oklahoma-news\/pauls-valley-high-school-principal-injured-in-school-shooting-suspect-detained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOTV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Hawkins, 20, a former student at the school, was identified by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation as the suspect in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins faces two counts of Pointing a Firearm, one count of Shooting with Intent to Kill, and two counts of Unlawful Carry.<\/p>\n<p>Moore was taken by helicopter to a hospital, where his injuries were pronounced non life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Principal Moore acted bravely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorneys-urge-tennessee-school-to-allow-christian-clubs\/\" title=\"Attorneys urge Tennessee ... to allow Christian clubs\">protect students&#038;rsquo<\/a>; lives. Sarah and I are praying for his quick recovery. I&rsquo;m thankful for the swift response from law enforcement and school staff, and I&rsquo;m grateful no students were harmed,&rdquo; Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at about 2:20 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The principal of the school had noticed that an adult male subject, 20 years old, had stepped foot into the school with a gun,&rdquo; Hunter McKee with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/pauls-valley-shooting-high-school-kirk-moore-principal-hero-oklahoma\/70956687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOCO-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the principal noticed this, he quickly stepped in, as well as other staff. The subject was able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-injured-suspect-in-custody-in-idaho-middle-school-shooting\/\" title=\"3 injured, ... in custody in Idaho middle ... ...\">fire multiple rounds<\/a>, where the principal was hurt, but no one else was,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The actions of the staff and the principal stepping in as soon as they saw a subject with a firearm saved lives today,&rdquo; McKee said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Pauls Valley Principal Kirk Moore was injured during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-confirms-shooting-incident-outside-us-consulate-in-saudi-arabia\/\" title=\"US consulate in Saudi Arabia experiences ... incident, confirms State Department.\">shooting incident today<\/a> at the Pauls Valley High School according to Garvin County Sheriff&rsquo;s office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HQdegrYBqO\">pic.twitter.com\/HQdegrYBqO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tara Blume (@tcblume) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tcblume\/status\/2041612699688132756?\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An arrest affidavit said that, armed with two handguns, Hawkins yelled for everyone to &ldquo;get on the ground,&rdquo; after entering the school, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/local\/affidavit-pauls-valley-school-shooting-suspect-inspired-by-columbine-tried-to-shoot-multiple-students-before-shooting-principal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KFOR-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit said a gun was pointed at one student, but it did not fire. The suspect stepped behind a vending machine &ldquo;to clear the malfunction,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect then re-emerged and fired a shot at another student. The student put his hands in the air and begged not to be shot. The suspect told both students to go. They ran out of the school<\/p>\n<p>Moore then emerged from his office as another shot was fired. Moore was wounded in the right leg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pauls Valley High School principal injured after shooting in school lobby: What we know\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XhsjNJkCbQg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Moore then &ldquo;wrestled with Hawkins on a bench in the foyer and was able to remove Hawkins&rsquo; pistol from his hand,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>Moore and the school&rsquo;s assistant principal held down the suspect until police arrived, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect told police he went to the school &ldquo;with the intent of killing students, [faculty], and finally himself&rdquo; and used guns that belonged to his father that he took from his father&rsquo;s closet.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect &ldquo;wanted to conduct his own school shooting like the Columbine shooters did,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he &ldquo;did not like Principal Moore&rdquo; and &ldquo;went to the high school to kill Moore,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Principal Kirk Moore was shot in the leg and transported by helicopter to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect, Victor Hawkins, 20, a former student, was identified by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and faces two counts of pointing a firearm, one count of shooting with intent to kill, and two counts of unlawful carry.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Hawkins entered the school with two handguns, ordering people to the floor and firing multiple rounds. He briefly concealed a malfunction behind a vending machine before reappearing and shooting at another student, who raised his hands and fled. Moore came from his office as another shot was fired and was wounded in the right leg. Moore and the school&#8217;s assistant principal wrestled Hawkins and restrained him until police arrived, with Hawkins later telling investigators he came to the school intending to kill students, faculty, and himself using his father\u2019s guns, hoping to imitate the Columbine shooters. He also said he disliked Moore. Governor Kevin Stitt praised the swift response by law enforcement and school staff, expressing gratitude that no students were harmed, and noting the incident occurred around 2:20 p.m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2588736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Oklahoma-school-shooting.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[72273,6176,17942,74458],"class_list":["post-2588735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gun-violence-2","tag-heroism","tag-principal","tag-school-safety-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Oklahoma-school-shooting.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588739,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588735\/revisions\/2588739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}