Oklahoma Shooter 'Planned Columbine-Style Massacre'

A former student at an Oklahoma high school told investigators he wanted to "conduct his own school shooting like the Columbine shooters did," according to newly filed court documents. An affidavit filed by an Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation special agent says 20-year-old former student Victor Hawkins walked into Pauls Valley High School on Tuesday with two of his father's guns, intending to kill students, staff, and then himself, the Oklahoman reports. He was tackled by a quick-moving principal, who was the only person shot in the incident.

• Hawkins allegedly pointed a pistol at a student, ordered people to the floor, and pulled the trigger—but the weapon malfunctioned. After taking cover behind a vending machine to clear the jam, Hawkins allegedly fired again at another student and missed. When that student raised his hands and begged not to be shot, Hawkins lowered the weapon and told him to leave, the affidavit states.

The affidavit says Principal Kirk Moore, 60, heard gunfire from his office and charged toward Hawkins, News 9 reports. During the struggle to disarm Hawkins, Moore was shot in the leg. He and the assistant principal then pinned Hawkins to the floor until officers arrived, authorities say. Moore is expected to recover. Hawkins has been charged in Garvin County District Court with shooting with intent to kill, two counts of pointing a firearm, and two misdemeanor counts related to bringing a weapon into a public assembly. His bail was set at $1 million after the state argued that he was a danger to the public, KOCO reports.

The OSBI agent said in the affidavit that Hawkins, who graduated in May last year, said he wanted to carry out a Columbine-style shooting. The agent said Hawkins also said he "did not like Principal Moore," and "went to the high school to kill Moore." The 1999 massacre has inspired dozens of later attackers, researchers say, prompting sweeping changes to school security and police training. Superintendent Brett Knight credited drills and training—and Moore's actions—for preventing what could have been a far worse outcome.

• Former Pauls Valley High School students tell KOCO that jumping in to stop a school shooter is in line with Moore's selfless nature. "He would do anything to save those kids," Madison Knighten, who graduated last year, says. Spencer Flinn, another former student, says, "If some student was to get harmed, he would definitely take a bullet for him. I believe that."