look at these individuals, this woman who you see pictured is the head master at the covenant school. her name was katherine koonce. so what did she do on that morning? she was on a zoom call in her office. typical morning. she hears shooting. she gets up from her desk. goes directly to the sound of the shooting in the hallway and that s where she lost her life against this shooter who was there to wreak tremendous havoc and heartbreak. bill: not just faculty members who sprang to action. this is evelyn. she tried to call for help. she was pulling a fire alarm in the hallway when the shooter shot and killed her. she was only nine years old. look at evelyn, right? this is hallie scruggs, william kinney is the other little boy who lost his life. so we re hearing the stories this morning of two of these people and what they were doing at this moment. tonight nashville will hold a candlelight vigil for them. the governor of tennessee, bill lee, is urging the people of his sta
look at these individuals, this woman who you see pictured is the head master at the covenant school. her name was katherine koonce. so what did she do on that morning? she was on a zoom call in her office. typical morning. she hears shooting. she gets up from her desk. goes directly to the sound of the shooting in the hallway and that s where she lost her life against this shooter who was there to wreak tremendous havoc and heartbreak. bill: not just faculty members who sprang to action. this is evelyn. she tried to call for help. she was pulling a fire alarm in the hallway when the shooter shot and killed her. she was only nine years old. look at evelyn, right? this is hallie scruggs, william kinney is the other little boy who lost his life. so we re hearing the stories this morning of two of these people and what they were doing at this moment. tonight nashville will hold a
we begin tonight with that school shooting averted. this evening authorities say a man was tackled. he had a gun. it happened in park rose high school in portland, oregon. police responding to a call, an armed man on campus. a football coach confronting the suspect, tackling him to the ground. tonight the evacuation and authorities on the scene. abc s will carr leading us off. reporter: tonight another potential school shooting averted, after a heroic football coach tackled an armed gunman at a portland school. there s a male here with a shotgun, and i can smell what smells like a blast here at some point. reporter: portland police received the emergency call just before noon. i need rifle operators to start heading towards parkrose. reporter: that s when a witness says keanon lowe, a coach and former university of oregon football player, sprang to action after he noticed the suspect with a shotgun. lowe wrestled him to the ground then held he gunman until police arrived. t