Four fathers are being praised as heroes after apprehending an active shooter at a band competition at Pasadena Memorial High School in East Texas.

A parent tackled a man who opened fire during a band competition at a Houston-area high school and several other people then helped disarm and detain him, in a shooting that wounded one person, officials said.

What could’ve been a mass casualty shooting when a gunman opened fire at a Texas high school band competition Saturday was quickly thwarted by a brave parent who talked the elderly shooter to the ground,