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'You Are The Reason I Teach': Hero Teacher Jason Seaman Shot During Indiana School Shooting

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NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (CBS) -- Eyewitnesses to a school shooting in a suburb north of Indianapolis are calling Jason Seaman a hero after he stopped a gunman.

Teacher Who Confronted Indiana School Shooter Lauded As Hero

Students ran to waiting buses after police say a student opened fire inside a classroom Friday morning at Noblesville West Middle School.

Investigators say the gunman asked to be excused from class, then returned with two handguns and opened fire.

Jason Seaman School Shooting Hero Teacher Statement
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Seaman, a science teacher at the school and a former defensive linebacker for Southern Illinois University, threw a basketball at the gunman and tackled him to the ground.

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Seaman and a female student, Ella Whistler, are hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

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