Kenon Lowe, a former player of a sports team University of Oregon Ducks, who now works in the school of Portland, said that the face of the student realized that the weapon in his hands now.
Recently presented to the public a video taken by a surveillance camera, shows the moment at the school of Oregon when the coach of the institution disarmed and hugged the student, waving his arms, preventing a potential tragedy.
Angel Granados-Diaz (19) shown in the video, when he enters the building of fine arts school Parkrose High School in Portland with a firearm hidden under his jacket. The police said that the boy had a mental health crisis when he came to school with a loaded gun.
Kenon Lowe, who works as a coach at the school, said that he saw something on the boy’s face that made him believe that weapons are present. «His view. I looked at the gun and realized that it was real, and then joined my instincts».
The video shows students flee when the coach took the kid had a weapon. Passing it to another teacher, Kinon hugged Angela. «I just wanted to let him know that I was there with him. I told him there to save him. Was the reason I was there and this life worth to live» — later told the coach. «The universe operates is amazing. I’m happy I was in that class next to all those children and was able to prevent a tragedy,» he said.
Later the video shows how to school the police arrive and take the boy into custody. No one in the school was injured. Granados-Diaz remained in custody since his arrest. Last week, he pleaded guilty to 2 charges relating to the carrying of a loaded gun in a public place. The judge sentenced him to 36 months probation, and immediate commencement of treatment of chemical dependency and mental problems.
This is Keanon Lowe.
He is a football and track coach at a high school in Oregon.
Last May, a student came to school with a shotgun. Lowe disarmed the student and then embraced him.
God bless Coach Lowe! pic.twitter.com/t9Z9F6Mb1B
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) October 19, 2019
County da Multnomah Parham Singh said, «during the investigation it became clear that Mr. Granados-Diaz did not intend to hurt anyone at school Parkrose High School, except himself,» according to KGW.
The decision in this case will help Granados-Diaz to deal with suicidal ideas and ensures that he will take responsibility for bringing to school a loaded gun, added Singh.
