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		</div><p>A former college American Football player tackled an armed student at a US high school.</p>
<p>Keanon Lowe, a football and track coach and a security guard at Parkrose High School, told reporters he was tired but relieved at the outcome, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.</p>
<p>Students recounted how the suspect entered their government class in the school’s fine arts building — separate from the main building — just before noon on Friday.</p>
<p>Mr Lowe had been in the classroom earlier looking for the student, whom other students identified as an 18-year-old senior at Parkrose.</p>
<p>About 10 minutes before the end of class, the student appeared in the doorway in a black trench coat and pulled out a long gun from beneath his coat, senior Justyn Wilcox, who also was in the room, told The Oregonian/OregonLive.</p>
<p>The student did not point the gun at anyone, Alexa Pope said.</p>
<p><em>“I’m just happy everyone was OK,”</em> Mr Lowe said as he walked out of the school about four hours after the incident, according to The Oregonian/OregonLive.</p>
<p><em>“I’m happy I was able to be there for the kids and for the community.”</em></p>
<p>Parkrose School District Superintendent Michael Lopes Serrao said in a letter to families on Friday evening that before the incident two students had informed a staff member of <em>“concerning behaviour”</em> by that student.</p>
<p>Security staff then responded, found the student and quickly disarmed him, he said.</p>
<p><em>“Thanks to their heroic efforts all students and staff are safe,”</em> Mr Lopes Serrao wrote.</p>
<p>Sergeant Brad Yakots said the first responding officers found the<br />
gunman being detained by the staff member in the hallway. A firearm was recovered at the school, he added.</p>
<p>The outcome was <em>“the best-case scenario, absolutely,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“The staff member did an excellent job by all accounts, (and) our officers arrived within minutes and went right in.”</em></p>
<p>In college, Mr Lowe was a star wide receiver at the University of Oregon, playing from 2011 to 2014. He caught 10 touchdown passes in his college career and had nearly 900 receiving yards.</p>
<p>After college, he worked as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers and as an analyst for the Philadelphia Eagles.</p>
<p>Mr Lowe began working at Parkrose last year as the school’s head football and track and field coach, according to his LinkedIn profile.</p>
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