Football player who disarmed girl with gun on bus

High praise for football player who disarmed girl with gun on bus
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Bus camera footage captures Kaleb Eulls, 18, tackling girl
Sheriff: 14-year-old girl brandished gun, threatened those teasing her
"I just realized something had to be done," Eulls tells CNN affiliate
"There would've been a lot of grieving families," were it not for Eulls, sheriff says
By Emanuella Grinberg
CNN

(CNN) -- A Mississippi high school quarterback is being hailed as a hero for saving a school bus full of elementary and high school students from a gun-wielding girl.
Surveillance camera footage on the Yazoo County school bus on Tuesday captured 18-year-old Kaleb Eulls tackling the 14-year-old girl while the children evacuated the bus.
He managed to wrestle the .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun from her, Yazoo County Sheriff Thomas Vaughan told CNN.
"Things could've got real ugly and there would've been a lot of grieving families in Yazoo County right now," Thomas said. "I'm just extremely glad this young man took the bull by horns and stopped a potentially deadly situation."
Twenty-two children ages 5 to 18 were on the bus to Linwood Elementary School, Yazoo County Junior High and High School when the unidentified girl drew a gun from her bag, Vaughan said. Watch the confrontation unfold on camera »
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