The heroic Oklahoma high school principal who took a bullet tackling a school shooter was crowned prom king by students at the school’s big annual event Friday night.
A video of 60-year-old Kirk Moore being crowned and walking among the celebrating students has gone viral, pulling 1.6 million views on X alone.
The principal received the honor just ten days after he was shot in the leg as he charged and wrestled down an ex-pupil armed with two semi-automatic pistols, no doubt saving countless student lives as well as his own.
Pauls Valley High School students gave Moore the tribute, traditionally reserved for a popular student, after the dance’s DJ declared him “our king” and blasted the Chad Kroeger song “Hero.”
The educator likely prevented a mass tragedy on April 7 when he took down 20-year-old gunman Victor Lee Hawkins moments after Hawkins pointed a handgun at a student in
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