Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin with that code red lockdown at an American High School that we learned of late today. After a chaotic and violent scene outside the school library. Police are now laser focused on these images coming in tonight. A student waving a knife. Reports he had two of them. Students all around, refusing to put it down. Many of the students running in fear, and then one of the officers firing. The student did survive. He was r reno, nevada, and we begin tonight with abcs Clayton Sandell. Reporter tonight, frightening videos from this Reno High School capture a student wildly swinging a large knife in the middle of a crowd of kids. Backoff reporter now, police are calling out to review more videos that may have been shot like this, showing chaos as the student apparently refuses to drop the knife. A School Police officer quickly responds and fires one shot. Old, goes down. The School District confirms he is a
Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin with that code red lockdown at an American High School that we learned of late today. After a chaotic and violent scene outside the school library. Police are now laser focused on these images coming in tonight. A student waving a knife. Reports he had two of them. Students all around, refusing to put it down. Many of the students running in fear, and then one of the officers firing. The student did survive. He was rushed to the hospital in reno, nevada, and we begin tonight with abcs Clayton Sandell. Reporter tonight, frightening videos from this Reno High School capture a student wildly swinging a large knife in the middle of a crowd of kids. Backoff reporter now, police are calling out to review more videos that may have been shot like this, showing chaos as the student apparently refuses to drop the knife. A School Police officer quickly responds and fires one shot. The suspect, reportedly 16 ye
Lance was among those murdered. Who goes into a church and do that . Reporter it is unthinkable. I cant put that in words. The depth of the pain in my soul. Reporter relatives of the victims told roof at his arraignment they forgave him. We have no room for hate, so we have to forgive. Reporter are you one of those people . No, i am not one of those people. Reporter will you ever get to that point . I know i will. I have to. Reporter prosecutors will push for the Death Penalty. You dont want that. Only because i dont believe in the Death Penalty for any person. Reporter if he gets the Death Penalty there is a part of you that thinks he got what is coming to him . Yes, its conflicting. Reporter roofs lawyers do not contest that he committed the murders. Theyre trying to spare him the Death Penalty. Scott, defense lawyer, david bruck urged the jury not to behave like the person who committed this crime. Mark strassmann. Fascinating interview tonight. Thank you very much. Still ahead did
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This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today the investigators of that tennessee fire said the fire that swept through the Great Smoky Mountains last week was arson. Two juveniles are charged. 14 people were killed in and around gatlinburg. More than 145 were hurt. 17,000 acres burned. Demarco morgan has the breaking news. Reporter the two juveniles arrested this morning for allegedly starting the fire are tennessee residents, and thats about all officials were able to say about them because they are minors. James dunn is the Sevier County district attorney. All options available to the state when dealing with juveniles are on the table, including the possibility of seeking a transfer of these juveniles to adult criminal court. Quickly spread the wildfire into the resort town of gatlinburg, which gets 11 million visitors a year. 14,000 people had to evacuate and more than 1,700 buildings were damaged or destroyed. We were there last friday when thousands were allowed to