Sam Strahan was a Student at Freeman High School in Rockford, Washington.

Sam Strahan was the son of Scott Strahan and Ami Strahan. Classmates remember Sam as being funny, and making lots of jokes.

Growing up Sam Strahan enjoyed camping and spending time in the outdoors with his family. Sam Strahan was part of the Boy Scouts of America with his father Scott acting as a troop leader. His father Scott passed away in June 2017.

Sam Strahan was the younger brother of Emily Strahan, a student at the University of Washington.

On September 13, 2017, was killed in a school shooting at Freeman High while confronting the shooter, Caleb Sharpe. He is credited with having saved many lives by confronting the shooter, although he lost his own life.

Prior to the shooting, Sharpe had brought a duffel bag on to his school bus which contained an assault-style semiautomatic rifle and a handgun alongside numerous boxes of.223 rifle ammunition.

After arriving at school Sharpe headed straight to the second-floor hallway.

Just after 10:00 a.m. he dropped the duffel bag and removed the assault rifle.

He started to load the gun; however, it jammed.

As Sharpe struggled to load the weapon, fellow classmate Sam Strahan approached him.

Strahan told him,

“I always knew you were going to shoot up the school,” “You know that is going to get you in trouble.”

Sharpe then pulled the pistol from under his coat and fired a single shot, striking Strahan in the stomach. Strahan collapsed forward, at which point Sharpe shot him again, this time in the face.

Sharpe continued to walk and shoot down the hallway and shot three more students at random.

After firing into a large crowd, Sharpe then threw the handgun down.

At this point he was then confronted by the high school janitor, Joe Bowen.

Sharpe raised his hands above his head in surrender as Bowen approached.

Strahan was pronounced dead at the scene.

A GoFundMe campaign titled, "Emily & Sam's Strahan's College Fund" has raised over $45,000 for their family.