Oct. 1, 1997

A man fatally stabbed and bludgeoned his mother and went on to kill two students and injure seven others at his high school. He was stopped by Assistant Principal Joel Myrick, a U.S. Army Reserve commander, who detained him by using a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol he kept in his truck, until authorities could show up.

Myrick stopped him from going across the street to the middle school.

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