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School shooting stopped! How a principal’s quick action saved students’ lives

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

AMERICA OUT LOUD PODCAST NETWORK

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.7527 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Hidden Lightness with Jimmy Hinton – We’ve seen far too many stories that end in heartbreak. Too many communities shattered. Too many lives cut short. Courage overcame evil. Where one individual’s willingness to act changed everything. Law enforcement officials and community members have been clear: there is no doubt that lives were saved that day...

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Hidden Lightness on America Out Loud Talk Radio.

0:09.8

I'm your host, Jimmy Hinton.

0:11.5

In an astounding video that was publicly released, Paul's Valley, Oklahoma, a principal can be seen attacking a gunman who came into the school,

0:24.1

fully armed, fully prepared to, quote, take as many lives as possible.

0:31.1

Nobody was killed in this incident.

0:34.7

The principal was the only person injured and there was a miraculous jam of the gun

0:42.9

whenever the accused person came in and attempted to like a coward shoot up a bunch of innocent

0:53.2

children.

0:57.3

Now, this story is absolutely phenomenal.

1:00.8

And Malcolm actually sent this my way.

1:05.0

I was away on vacation, and so I had not heard of this story. This happened on April 7th, and I was like, I got to do a show on that.

1:09.9

It's just so phenomenal.

1:12.3

And what a true hero.

1:16.2

This principle is an absolute hero.

1:21.3

Here's what happened.

1:23.4

There's a newly released video.

1:27.3

And it shows somebody who, at the Pauls Valley High School,

1:31.5

somebody opened the door for the gunman who was standing at the door.

1:36.0

He's a former student.

1:37.8

His name is Victor Hawkins, a 20-year-old.

1:41.7

Victor enters the school.

1:48.4

They have locked doors, but we're going to talk about security because this is a whole other issue. And we got to talk about how to keep schools and

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