Hero Teacher Tackles Gunman At High School

Lacey, Wash. - A student was tackled by a teacher after firing shots into the air, at North Thurston High School. 

The 16-year old student, who just transferred to the school one month ago, was arrested. He fired one shot into the air, and one into the ground, before he was tackled. The gun he was carrying was fully loaded before he started shooting, as reported by KiroTV.

There was nobody hurt during the incident.

The shooter took the gun from his parents, who owned it legally. The shooter said he fired inot the air and ground, because he didn't want to hurt anybody.

The district confirmed the teacher who tackled the shooter was Brady Olson, who is an AP government and politics teacher. He released a statement:

No one, including myself, can prepare for a situation like this, so I'm very thankful that we're all okay.  As always, students come first, and today was no different. We will all group together as a staff and community, like we always do, and continue to put kids first!  North Thurston High School's staff handled this like every other staff in every city, in every state, across this country would.  I'm incredibly proud to be a member of the bigger community of educators who teach and take care of our kids every day.

According to students, shots were fired in a hallway near the gym.