rise academy

Baumgartner received the honor from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for his efforts to rescue one of his teachers during a hostage crisis at the school in May of 2011.

A shooting at Rise Academy in Lubbock has left no one injured.

A man took multiple hostages at a school and attempted to sexually assault a staff member, after setting his own mother ablaze. Click through to hear audio from the man that allowed the sexual assault victim to escape.