7th grade hero rushes to help teacher during shooting at middle school football game
ALL OUTLINE WHERE WE BOTTOM OUT
IN THE OLDEST HOURS AHEAD.
TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM A
STUDENT WHO HELPED HIS TEACHER
TO SAFETY WHILE SHOTS WERE
BEING FIRED SCHOOL CAMPUS IN
LUMBERTON.
>> HELLO, AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS
AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN. AS WE
SHOWED YOU LAST NIGHT AT 11,
THIS VIDEO IS PRETTY
COMPELLING. THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED.
>> AFTER THE GAME AS TEAMS FROM
2 MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN ROBESON
COUNTY WAITED ON THE FIELD TO
PICK UP THEIR TROPHIES. WRAL'S
MATT TALHELM WENT TO THE SCHOOL
TODAY TO SHOW US HOW A STUDENT
BECAME A TEACHER'S HERO.
>> THAT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HAD
JUST WRAPPED UP ON THE FIELD
INSIDE THE STADIUM HERE AT
LUMBERTON, SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WENT OUT HERE IN THE PARKING
LOT. GUNFIRE ERUPTED, SENDING
STUDENTS, PARENTS IN THE CROWD
RUNNING FOR COVER.
THIS IS THE ANTICIPATION OF A
CELEBRATION IN SAINT PAUL'S
MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.
THEY JUST WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP
AGAINST NUMBER 2 JUNIOR HIGH
WITH BOBBY HOLLEMON AT
DEFENSIVE BACK.
>> WE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW
GREAT YOU GET TROPHIES IN HOW
SCHOOL FIELD.
>> THOSE TROPHIES SHINE ON A
TABLE IN THE 50 YARD. MY?
>> THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT
>> I TURNED TO TERROR ON THE
FIELD AND IN THE
>> ONE MONTH DUCKED FOR COVER
WITH HER 10 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT THING KIND
OF KICKS IN AND WE HUDDLED
TOGETHER TO STAY, SAYS.
>> WE NOTICE THE CROWD COMING
FROM THE PARK TO MY BACK INTO
THE INSIDE OF THE STATE HERE.
THAT PARKING LOT IS WHERE
POLICE SAY A 41 YEAR-OLD WOMAN
WAS SHOT. THEY BELIEVE IT'S AN
ISOLATED INCIDENT.
>> THIS WAS A SENSELESS ACT
OF VIOLENCE AND WE WILL NOT
TOLERATE THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR
ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES. BUT OUT
OF THAT VIOLENCE, IT SEEMS LIKE
A MORE CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT'S THE
WAY IT HAHA.
>> BOBBY HOLLEMON BECAME DONALD
DWELLERS HERO. HE HELPED ME UP
AND GOT ME TO THE FENCE.
YOU KNOW, REMINDED ME TO STAY
LOW TO THE GROUND. JUST STAY
HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF
MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE MORE
SHORTEN AND CALM ME DOWN A
LITTLE BIT.
>> THE 13 YEAR-OLD DEFENSIVE
BACK HAD HIS TEACHERS BACK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR BIO IT
WASN'T A AND BEFORE I GOT DOWN
BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN,
IN MY IN MY BLOOD THAT RIGHT.
>> YOU SAW THAT VIDEO. EVERYONE
HAD THEIR CELL PHONES OUT
RECORDING WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE A CELEBRATION. NOW,
LUMBERTON POLICE ARE ASKING
FOR THOSE VIDEOS AS PART OF
THEIR INVESTIGATION. MATT
TALHELM, WRAL NEWS, LUMBERTON.
THAT IS ONE BRAVE YOUNG MEN
OVERTON POLICE TELL WRAL THE
VICTIM IS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION, BUT IMPROVING NO
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
ROBERTSON COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN
TO BRING ADDITIONAL LIGHTING
OUTSIDE SPORTING EVENT SO THEY