two weapons were used in this deadly shooting. a shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver. pipe bombs and pressure cookers were reportedly found at the scene and nearby, that s according to a law enforcement official. the texas governor, greg abbott, says the guns were legally owned by the suspect s father. lieutenant governor dan patrick said the shooter walked into the school this morning in a long coat with a shotgun underneath on a 90-degree day and started shooting. no other way to put it. this is horrible. it is disgusting. it s terrifying. but what it s not, sadly, is surprising. nobody should be surprised to hear this terrible news. this is the 22nd school shooting in this country since the beginning of this year. it happened at a school that had just had a safety drill, just a few weeks ago. and yet ten people are dead tonight. the latest school shooting is proof positive that drills and school safety procedures alone are just not enough.
reporter: aside from the shotgun 38 caliber revolver, demetrius was armed with explosives. police a four pipe bombs were found inside the school and texas governor greg abbott confirmed other devices have also been located. when reason is concerned about explosive devices is various different kind of exposed devices have already been detected. one was co2 device, another was a molotov cocktail and various other types of explosive devices have been identified in a home and a van. it remains unclear if the suspect built the devices or if any of them exploded. the columbine school shooting was planned as the school bombing. on the morning of april 20, 1999, eric harris and dylan
of my head, just right, in the middle of the back of my head, people were like, let s go, i took off running. i still had no idea that i had been shot yet. i took off running out the door and there s 7-foot wall and my adrenaline was so high that i fell over the wall. the alleged shooter demetrius made first-court appearance used behind glass door for arrangements and first appearances, he has the right to remain silent and has right of public defender and told of capital murder charge that is he will face. interestingly his parents were not present, they have knead no public statements as of yet, we doe know the weapons used, 38 caliber revolver and shotgun that some have described were owned by his father. we don t know how the son gained
access to the weapons but obviously they were unsecured in some form. it kind of goes through the heart of gun control debate which we will be seeing unfolding again in the days to come as it so often does in aftermath of shootings, the 38 caliber revolver is on nobody s radar screen when it comes to banning weapons. it s been around for literally more than a century and sought-off shotguns have been illegal if many, many decades, back to you, leland. leland: more on political debate with republican ron desantis. in the meantime liz has more on what happened and what is possible to prevent it, liz. liz: let s bring in 33-year veteran lieutenant randy sutton, thank you very much for joining us. first and foremost your reaction, we have the 17-year-old in custody, now what? so, this is just the
the same day, another image ozi which he said stood for bravery. then a hammer and sickle. possibly the coat he was known to often wear. doesn t talk the many people either. keeps to hymn. wears a trench coat every day and it s like 90 degrees out here. and on his instagram account, the tools of death. a pistol and serrated knife laying on a bed. the caption reading hi followed by an expletive. today, authorities said a second young man, 18 years old, was arrested as a possible aliss. the shooter they said had two guns and authorities found explosives in and near the school. the governor of tech added the guns used, a shotgun and .38 revolver were his fathers and legally bought. journal written by say he