was he good at class? how would you describe his academic record? oh, absolutely. he was honestly one of the most intelligent people i knew my freshman year. i had a class with him. we would have class discussions and he was very good at speaking and proving his points to the class. what were his views about politics, about america? did he ever say stuff in an aggressive way which could explain perhaps some kind of agenda that he may have? i couldn t really say. i didn t really notice anything out of the ordinary. this guy, he s gone from being apparently perfectly normal, pretty bright guy at school, to point-blank shooting one of your female classmates right in the head. how on earth has this happened, do you think?
from this individual he has an emptiness inside and alienated enough in his own mind and identifies with destruction. it matters to him to be relevant he watches how we make other people like lanza, like aurora, like columbine bigger than life and he says, i m going to have that. we ve just given it to him. we have his smiling picture, face smiling. let me jump in. let me jump in. it perpetuates it. wait a minute. wait a minute. we don t know that. we don t know he looked at these previous mass shootings and thought, i want to be like them, do we? you re supposing that was part of his intention. we don t know that as a fact. we know he shot somebody he had absolutely no grievance with. he went into a school he had absolutely no ideological or day-to-day conflict and we know
person she didn t even know, karl pierce shot her on friday. joining me a senior from arapahoe school, not related to claire. how are you and all the students holding up. obviously, a shocking thing to have happened right in the middle of your school? right now, we re it s just to me, it s surreal, doesn t seem right. we re coming together. i think it will make us stronger as a community. as a school right now, we re struggling. we re going to go back to school on thursday next week, juniors and seniors and go back to the school and get our stuff. right now, it s tough and we re trying to get through it right now. do you have any inkling, any detail at all from his past that could possibly explain why this young man would shoot at point-blank range, claire davis, who by all accounts, a delightful young lady, horse
good evening, anderson. reporter: certainly a lot of people are rallying around claire davis today who remains in a coma in critical condition. but she is stable according to hospital officials. the community has set up this growing tribute to claire. they have left beautiful messages. they have written the words pray for claire using these white styrofoam cups. they are on the side of arapaho high school. they have lit flowers and candles and hoping all of this they are sending her way will give her strength. 17-year-old claire davis an innocent victim of an unthinkable crime now facing the ultimate fight. i have faith. she is a fighter. reporter: three days after the shooting, davis is hospitalized with severe head trauma. a tribute is growing for a girl who was a great athlete and student who loves horses.
and seniors and go back to the school and get our stuff. right now, it s tough and we re trying to get through it right now. do you have any inkling, any detail at all from his past that could possibly explain why this young man would shoot at point-blank range, claire davis, who by all accounts, a delightful young lady, horse lover, very loving family member, why would he even think of doing this? i have no comment on carl or his actions tonight. i m strictly talking about the donations and how our community has come together tonight. okay. fair enough. tell me about the donations. a few of the students have teamed up. you re trying to raise money for what purpose? yeah. me and a few friends, sam, c.j., zach and dillon we teamed up and went to 12 different high schools to set donation boxes in and collect money from them in the last couple of days and had