09-01-2009, 05:17 PM
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MSU Commit Kaleb Eulls: A Hero, Sherrif Says
Kind of crazy. Not your ordinary day, I guess.
Yazoo High athlete a hero, sheriff says
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Law enforcement and school officials are praising the efforts of a Yazoo County High School football player for disarming a 14-year-old student aboard a school bus this morning.
Yazoo County Sheriff Tommy Vaughan described Kaleb Eulls as a hero for tackling the girl, who allegedly threatened to shoot the 22 other people on the bus, some of whom where elementary school students.
“If it hadn’t been for this star football player, things could have been different,” he said. “He didn’t go overboard, but he did exactly what it took to get her on the ground.”
Vaughan, who watched the incident from the bus security camera, said the girl, whose name has not been released, entered the bus at 6:53 a.m. and moved about two-thirds of the way to the back before pulling a .380 semi-automatic handgun from her bag. The girl loaded a clip of ammunition into the gun and pointed it at several students while ordering the bus driver to pull over, Vaughan said.
“She was using some hard words,” he said. “She was saying somebody on the bus was either messing with her or picking on her.”
Vaughan said Eulls stood up, talked briefly to the girl and then tackled her, wrestling the gun away.
“He made the statement to one of my deputies that if she was going to shoot anyone he would rather she shoot him,” Vaughan said. “Watching him do that and him doing such a heroic act and not even caring about his own safety, that’s something you don’t see every day.”
Vaughan said the girl was arrested on 22 counts of attempted aggravated assault, 22 counts of kidnapping and one count of possession of a firearm on school property. She was transported to the county juvenile detention facility, he said.
Yazoo County High School Principal Billy Ray Harber would not comment on the specifics of the incident, but praised Eulls and the bus driver.
“They did a great job,” he said.
Eulls, a 6-foot 4-inch, 255-pound senior, plays defensive end and quarterback for Yazoo County and was a Dandy Dozen pick this year by The Clarion-Ledger. He has committed to Mississippi State.
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