Teacher Uses Concealed Gun to Stop Alleged Schoolyard Kidnapping of Utah Girl

An instructor shows a holster at a gun concealed carry permit class put on by "USA Firearms Training" in Provo, Utah. on Dec. 19, 2015. George Frey/Getty Images

A school teacher in Ogden, Utah has been hailed a hero for preventing the alleged kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl from a school playground by using his concealed firearm.

Lt. Brian Eynon of the Ogden City Police Department described the incident to ABC4.