Hero Principal Kirk Moore surprises his students at prom after getting shot while disarming a school shooter. pic.twitter.com/OXoGOZ9vwa
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) April 19, 2026
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Moore confronted former student Victor Lee Hawkins, 20, during the April 7 attack. School surveillance video shows Hawkins entering the lobby, pointing a handgun at two students, and firing. Moore then rushed at him, tackled him, and disarmed him as the students ran away.
NEW: Oklahoma high school principal seen charging at and disarming a school shooter in footage obtained by @SHumphreyTV.
Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore is being called a hero after getting shot while stopping a school shooter.
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Another school official then entered the frame, kicked the gun away, picked it up, and took it away.
An Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation affidavit, cited by the AP, says Hawkins allegedly told investigators he went to the school planning to kill students, Moore, and then himself in a mass shooting “like the Columbine shooters did.”
KOCO reported that Moore appeared at prom Friday night, where students honored him by voting him prom king. Students cheered as a video shared on X showed Moore taking the crown.
Hawkins has pleaded not guilty and remains held on $1 million bond, the AP reported.