PORTLAND, Ore. — Police released the identity Saturday of an 18-year-old student who was tackled after reportedly bringing a gun into classroom at an Oregon high school.
Angel Granados Dias had been booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of possessing a firearm in a public building, attempting to shoot a gun at a school and reckless endangerment, the Portland Police Bureau said.
He is a student at Parkrose High School, where he brought the shotgun Friday, according to authorities.
Witnesses told The Oregonian/OregonLive that he appeared distraught when he appeared at the door to their government class and pulled the weapon from beneath a long black trench coat, and that a football and track coach who also works security at the school, Keanon Lowe, tackled him before anyone got hurt.
Lowe is a former football standout at the University of Oregon.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Granados Dias had a lawyer.
He was being held on $500,000 bail and was scheduled to appear in Multnomah County Circuit Court on Monday. There were no other suspects.
In a letter to families Friday evening, Parkrose School District Superintendent Michael Lopes Serrao said two students had informed a staff member of “concerning behavior” by the student who brought the gun.
Security staff then responded, found him and quickly disarmed him, he said.
Lowe posted on Twitter Saturday that he was thankful the students were safe. “When confronted with the test the universe presented me with, I didn’t see any other choice but to act,” Lowe wrote.
“Thank God, I passed. I’ve spent the last 24 hours being more appreciative of my family and realizing we have a serious problem.”