Keanon Lowe caught passes at the University of Oregon, but a tackle made him a hero in Warriors coach Steve Kerr's eyes.
Lowe, a former 49ers assistant, prevented a shooting Friday at Parkrose High School in Portland, Ore., when he tackled a student who was carrying a shotgun.
"Keanon Lowe, a remarkable act of courage," Kerr said Saturday before Game 3 of the Western Conference finals in Portland. "My hats off to him."
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Kerr's father, Malcolm, was assassinated by a gunman in 1984 while serving as president at the American University of Beirut.
Kerr called Lowe's act "heroic" and said "we should all be thankful for him." Saturday also marked the one-year anniversary of the Santa Fe shooting that killed eight people, and Kerr went into detail about America's on-going problems with gun violence when asked about Lowe's heroics.
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Kerr participated in March For Our Lives last year, a grass-roots demonstration in the wake of the Parkland mass shooting. Less than two weeks before the march, he addressed a town hall in Newark, where he said: “There are many things to debate, but kids getting murdered ... that’s not up for debate.”
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