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Ex-Oregon football star Keanon Lowe credited with stopping gunman at Portland school

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited Friday with tackling an armed man at a Portland, Oregon, high school before any shots were fired. 

Keanon Lowe, who is now a football and track coach and security guard at Parkrose High School, told reporters as he was leaving a police interview late Friday that he was tired but relieved at the outcome, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

No one was injured in the incident, and there are no other suspects. Police declined to release any information about the armed individual, including whether or not he was a student at the school. Police spokesman Sgt. Brad Yakots did not return a call or page seeking comment on Lowe’s reported involvement.

“I’m just happy everyone was OK,” Lowe said as he walked out of the school about four hours after the incident, according to The Oregonian/OregonLive. “I’m happy I was able to be there for the kids and for the community.”

Lowe didn’t reply to messages sent on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Yakots, the police spokesman, said a firearm was recovered at the scene. The school was evacuated and a nearby middle school was on lockdown for several hours as the investigation unfolded.

The outcome was “the best case scenario, absolutely,” Yakots said. “The staff member did an excellent job by all accounts, (and) our officers arrived within minutes and went right in.”

Students recounted how a man entered their government class in the school’s fine arts building – separate from the main building – just before noon. Lowe had been in the classroom earlier looking for the man, whom other students identified as an 18-year-old senior at Parkrose.

About 10 minutes before the end of class, the student appeared in the doorway in a black trench coat and pulled out a long gun from beneath his coat, senior Justyn Wilcox, who also was in the room, told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

The student didn’t point the gun at anyone, Alexa Pope said.

Students fled out the back door because the gunman was blocking the main doorway.

“As I was running, I was just like, 'Lord don’t let this be it,' ” Pope told the newspaper.

In college, Lowe was a star wide receiver at the University of Oregon, playing from 2011 to 2014. He caught 10 touchdown passes in his college career and had nearly 900 receiving yards and also saw playing time on special teams.

After college, he worked as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers and as an analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Lowe began working at Parkrose last year as the school’s head football and track and field coach, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before that, he worked for his high school alma mater, Jesuit High, where he earned state defensive player of the year as a defensive back and was a standout sprinter.

[Walden Ponderer 12639]

Yeah, but if he don't make the playoffs, he's gonna get fired, amiright?

[sdm 844]

13 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Yeah, but if he don't make the playoffs, he's gonna get fired, amiright?

Boosters gotta boost.

[The Earl of Texas 3131]

Amazing story, terrible thread title.

Props Mr Lowe, boo OP

[Bullneck 19027]

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Duck ducks mass shooting, saves errbody and helps offseason go

 

[cochamps 1879]

2 hours ago, sdm said:

Boosters gotta boost.

Park rose has its own Buddy McGarrity?

[Jkwellborn 6658]

10 TDS and 900 yards make you a star?

[Vito Andolini 9115]

Hey, The Bachelor was on a couple NFL practice squads, and he was a “star”, too.

It’s a weird article. “Yakots, the police spokesman...”  Yeah, you identified him literally three paragraphs above. 

[Zepol87 9172]

Amazing story, terrible thread title.
Props Mr Lowe, boo OP

Yea I thought this was about duck hunt