By Rick Callahan, AP, TIME
An Indiana science teacher was released from a hospital a day after he was shot while tackling an armed student inside his classroom.
Noblesville police Lt. Bruce Barnes confirmed Saturday that Jason Seaman was discharged from Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Republican U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks posted a video on Twitter saying she met Seaman during a visit to Noblesville West Middle School around midday Saturday.
(A science teacher who was shot while tackling an armed student at a suburban Indianapolis middle school spoke about the incident for the first time. Jason Seaman discussed the shooting during a press conference in Noblesville, Indiana. Another student was also shot, and her family said that she was in critical but stable condition at a hospital. Courtesy of CBS News and YouTube. Posted on May 28, 2018)
”He is that hero teacher who stopped the shooter from hurting more young people,” Brooks said.
The only other person shot, student Ella Whistler, was in critical but stable condition, according to her family.
They released a statement saying they were still trying to process “what happened and why.”
President Donald Trump sent a tweet Saturday thanking Seaman “for his heroic act in saving so many precious young lives. His quick and automatic action is being talked about all over the world!”
Thanks to very brave Teacher & Hero Jason Seaman of Noblesville, Indiana, for his heroic act in saving so many precious young lives. His quick and automatic action is being talked about all over the world!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2018
“We’re all proud of you Jason and are praying for you and those impacted and recovering from injuries,” Pence said in his own tweet.
Janna Lynas of Noblesville, whose son was coached by Seaman in football, said the teacher is a hero “and everyone here feels it.”
“I believe it was probably very instinctual with him. There was potential for a lot of lives being lost,” Lynas said Saturday.
She said she wasn’t surprised to hear that Seaman intervened to save students. Lynas said Seaman emphasized character last year when he coached her son.
“He made it very clear: Yes, we are going to be playing football but if your grades aren’t good, you’re not going to be playing football,” Lynas said.
(A 13-year-old student is in critical condition after a classmate started shooting at an Indiana middle school on Friday. A teacher is in good condition after he was wounded while tackling the gunman. He is being hailed a hero. Courtesy of CBS This Morning and YouTube. Posted on May 26, 2018)
Ethan Stonebraker, a student witness, said the shooter was acting suspiciously when he walked into the classroom while the class was taking a test Friday.
He told ABC News that Seaman threw a basketball at the shooter and ran toward the bullets as screaming students sought cover behind a table.
“If it weren’t for him, more of us would have been injured for sure,” the seventh grader said.
Jeremy Seaman told The Indianapolis Star that his brother was shot three times and underwent surgery.
He said Jason Seaman was a defensive end for Southern Illinois University’s football team and had never been a person to run away.
Investigators said the shooter had asked to be dismissed from the class before returning with two guns.
He was arrested “extremely quickly” following the shooting around 9 a.m. Friday, local police Chief Kevin Jowitt said.
Authorities didn’t release the student’s name or say whether he had been in trouble before but indicated he likely acted alone. Police said the student didn’t appear to be injured.
(Students say Jason Seaman was a hero because he tackled the shooter. Seaman is a science teacher at Noblesville West Middle School. Courtesy of RTV6 The Indy Channel and YouTube. Posted on May 25, 2018)
Stonebraker said he knew the suspected gunman. He described him as “a nice kid most of the times” and said he often joked with the classmates.
“It’s just a shock he would do something like that,” Stonebraker said.
Hours after the shooting, law enforcement agents sealed off part of an upscale neighborhood in Noblesville but weren’t commenting on whether the suspect lived there.
Sandy McWilliams, a member of a landscaping crew working nearby, said six officers toting assault rifles entered a home.
Students were bused to the Noblesville High School gym, where hundreds of parents and other family members arrived to retrieve them.
Authorities referred to a prompt and heroic response at the school but didn’t confirm accounts of Seaman tackling the student or describe the role of the resource officer who was stationed at the school.
When asked to elaborate on his praise of the response, Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said: “Wait ’til one day we can tell you that story. You’ll be proud of them, too.”
(A teacher is being credited with disarming a student suspected of opening fire at an Indiana middle school. Courtesy of CNN and YouTube. Posted on May 26, 2018)
Noblesville High School senior Jackson Ramsey started a GoFundMe fundraising effort for Seaman. He said his girlfriend’s sister was in a classroom adjacent to the shooting.
The goal is to “repay a deed that cannot be repaid,” Ramsey said. “He saved the lives of so many students.”
The campaign had raised nearly $50,000 by 10 p.m. Saturday.
(A teacher is being credited with disarming a student suspected of opening fire at an Indiana middle school. Courtesy of CNN and YouTube. Posted on May 26, 2018)
The attack came a week after a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, that killed eight students and two teachers, and months after the high school attack that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida.
The Florida attack inspired students there and across the country to call for more restrictions on access to guns.
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Editor’s note: It is with the greatest relief that we are offering our heartfelt thanks to Jason Seaman, and praying for his full recovery and he and his young family. Also for student Ella Whistler and her family for a full recovery. We would also like to express our gratitude to all of the first responders that came to the aid of Noblesville West Middle School. We look forward to learning more and as per Indiana State Police Superintendent Carter, we are all proud of you.
