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Portland Police Questioning Suspect Who Was Armed At High School

(Portland, OR)  --  A former University of Oregon football player is being called a hero after wrestling a distraught student wearing a black trench coat and carrying a shotgun to the ground at Portland's Parkrose High School.  Keanon Lowe is the school's football and track coach and a former star player for the Ducks.  He also works as a security guard at the school.  The student was arrested and the school was put on lockdown and searched.  There were no injuries and police said there are no additional suspects.  Witnesses said the 18-year-old male suspect appeared in a doorway at the end of a government class on Friday.  He displayed the weapon, but did not fire.  Students in that class fled out the back door until Lowe, a former standout wide receiver, tackled him.

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