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Moffatt's Gun
In the hallway, he met the eyes of a 14-year-old student and saw that the boy had a gun. Moffatt would later learn that the boy had shot and killed the substitute teacher monitoring his French class. From about six feet away, the student shot Moffatt in the side, causing him to fall to his knees. The bullet went all the way through him, its ricocheting fragments bouncing off the cinder block walls and striking the feet of nearby students.
The student raised the gun again, this time aiming for Moffatt's head. He missed and the bullet struck Moffatt's hand. The gunman then fled the school, running all the way to his house where he was later caught by police. Moffatt is certain he couldn't have stopped the shooter if he'd been armed. What may
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