KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – In a matter of seconds, Kaleb Stoppel’s life changed on March 4, 2022.
That Friday started with a tip from a student on a rumor that someone had been bringing a gun to Olathe East High School, where Stoppel was the assistant principal. After school leadership asked students discreetly about the tip, a nickname surfaced. It was one that Stoppel and a fellow assistant principal immediately recognized.
Stoppel walked into the student’s woodworking class, made small talk, and asked him to grab his laptop to review his grades — a routine move that wouldn’t raise suspicion. The two walked back to the office without incident…