Jason Seaman, a former defensive end for Southern Illinois University, was shot three times while intervening to help stop an active shooter at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana on Friday, the IndyStar reports.
Seaman, who is the coach of the school's boys football team and has taught science for nearly four years, will reportedly undergo surgery on Friday.
NEW: Student who was in the classroom where this happened tells me her science teacher swatted gun away from suspect after shooting at another student at #NoblesvilleWest
She & her mother say teacher may have also been injured.