Science teacher credited with stopping Indiana school shooting, according to students

[sandensea]

Source: News 5 Cleveland

The mother of the teacher credited with helping to stop a school shooting at Noblesville West Middle School says her son, Jason Seaman, was shot three times.

Seaman is a science teacher at the school.

A juvenile was also believed to have been shot. A second student was being treated for an ankle fracture, according to Riverview Health.

As of 11:30 a.m., police said they had the suspected shooter, a student at the school, in custody. The suspect has not been identified by police.

Read more: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/science-teacher-credited-with-stopping-indiana-school-shooting-according-to-students

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Indianapolis Middle School science teacher Jason Seaman and friend. Seaman was shot three times.

[pangaia]

1. White haired penis-- sends his thoughts and prayers.. really, I'm not joking...

fuck the white-haired penis.

Whoever saw a penis with white hair, anyway?
This is the only one I know about.

[sandensea]

2. How thoughtful of him.

Instead of just being a dick.

[RandomAccess]

3. Is he okay?

Or at least going to live?

[sandensea]

4. Good question. One of our fellow DUers, redstatebluegirl, knows his family.

I believe she's been told he'll be ok.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10501127#post1

[RandomAccess]

5. Thank you. That's a relief.

[sandensea]

11. You bet.

[Judi Lynn]

8. Thanks for adding that comment. It's good seeing the DU'er knows about him.

Last edited Fri May 25, 2018, 09:05 PM - Edit history (1)

Hoping he'll have a long, and healthy career after he recovers.

He deserves such respect and gratitude from everyone in his community for putting the safety of those children above his own.

[sandensea]

12. Certainly, Judi. Thank goodness the wounds were apparently not life threatening.

Someone commented that the NRA must be sorry he didn't shoot back.

Frankly, I'd like to see them have this happened to a loved one - and then look that loved one in the eye and tell them that guns are "part of our cherished traditions" or some such nonsense.

[raccoon]

6. I wish he had beaten the shit out of the shooter.

But I’m glad he stopped the little wannabe killer.

[sandensea]

7. I wish he could sue the hell out of Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North

North should be in jail anyway, given the millions in cocaine trafficking he and the rest of the Bush-sponsored 'Enterprise' gang engaged in during the '80s.

[Judi Lynn]

9. The Latest: Student says teacher threw basketball at shooter

Updated 6:34 pm, Friday, May 25, 2018

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on a possible shooting at an Indiana middle school (all times local):

6:45 p.m.

A student who was in an Indiana middle school classroom when a classmate opened fire says the science teacher launched a basketball at the gunman as part of his effort to limit the damage.

Thirteen-year-old Ethan Stonebraker told ABC News that teacher Jason Seaman ran at the shooter "with his arms in front of him, and then he just tackled him against the wall." He swatted the gun out of the shooter's hand.

Seaman's brother said the teacher was a defensive end for Southern Illinois University's football team and has never been a person to run away.

More:
https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/The-Latest-2-hurt-in-Indiana-middle-school-12943554.php

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Thanks for posting. I was very curious as to how he stopped the shooter. . . . nt

[Judi Lynn]

13. Amazing response from the teacher, wasn't it? Unbelievable. n/t

[tclambert]

15. Where was his bucket of rocks? Didn't the school supply teachers with a bucket of rocks?

[Judi Lynn]

14. Science teacher hailed as hero after tackling gunman at Indiana middle school

CBS/AP May 25, 2018, 8:22 PM

A science teacher is being praised as a hero after tackling a male student armed with two handguns at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning. A student said he watched Jason Seaman run toward the gunman and tackle him to the ground after he fired several shots into a classroom.

"We were all hiding in the back of a classroom behind some desks, then [Seaman] was yelling to call 911, to get out of the building as fast as we could," the student told CBS affiliate WTTV. The student hailed Seaman, who is also a football coach, as a hero.

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Seaman was shot three times: once in the stomach, hip and arm. The former college football player who doubles as the middle school football coach is being hailed as a hero for putting himself between his students and the bullets.

"I want to let everyone know that I was injured but am doing great," Seaman said in a statement to WTTV provided by a friend. "To all the students, you are all wonderful and I thank you for your support. You are the reason I teach."

More:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-seaman-indiana-science-teacher-tackles-gunman-noblesville-west-middle-school-shooting-today-2018-05-25/