and teachers inside of the school. they ve barricaded themselves inside there. we know that they are on not on the first floor and i m not going to say where they are just in case the shooter is listening. we do know that some of the students have gotten out, but there are still at least about 20 people in there hiding and we do know that some people are injured as you mentioned. the s.w.a.t. is surrounding the school right now but obviously this is still a very tenuous situation. patients right now a parents trying to get ahold of kids an the mother that we spoke with was texting her daughter inside of the school and she hasn t heard from her in a few minutes and she s very concerned. and i just asked my director, are these live pictures? there are students leaving and arms raised above their heads. that may have been an instruction by police to come out with your heads above your heads and we do see what appear
for the students it is. and i would say the scene that we re seeing right now play out would perhaps lend itself to the fact that maybe this is not a secure scene. that they don t know where this guy is and whether he s on the grounds or in the building. we saw the dogs sniffing the cars to see if he was hiding in one of those. but i would suggest perhaps this is not a secure scene. it definitely it is not. why you see so many commanders on scene and looking through the sky. let s bring in anchor jawan strader. he s been watching this as we have for last hour or so. trina and keith, as you said, this is a parent s worst nightmare. this is something you never want to hear or see. an active shooter in your child s school. and what we can tell you right now is that we ve received a notification this is from the atf and it says miami field division agents and i m quoting are responding to a report of a shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas in florida and the investigation is on going
the car. but again, this kicked off probably about 2:30 or so that we got reports of an active shooter at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida on pine island road and ever since then we have been watching the situation unfold. we did see at least one person leave in an ambulance and that was early on in this situation. but since then, we ve just seen basically s.w.a.t., coral springs police and the sheriff s department which has jurisdiction in parkland just combing the area going around the building and the campus looking for that active shooter and when they can they are getting kids out of the school. the kids who have been on lockdown hiding in their closed and locked classrooms for safety. an this is the scene i was describing a few minutes ago that the officers there you see the doors kicked off and propped open by a s.w.a.t. officer. and they are all just standing there. doesn t seem like a huge sense of urgency but they could not go into the building ju
wearing burgundy shirt and apparently left campus and was last seen heading west. first reports were that maybe he was still inside of the building. as investigators continue to comb continue to comb over the scene there. they ve been in the parking lot looking with canine units as well. if you are just joining us right now, again, a shooting at marjorie stow man douglas high school. this is pine island road. a very busy scene, we are getting reports of possibly one dead. you are getting more information coming in to you. jawan, i m receiving a text message now, basically describing, and i will quote this directly to say that the individuals hiding inside a closet when the shooter came out and that individual that is in hiding saying that there are kids laying all over the ground hurt. that is a direct quote from the text messaging i m receiving here right now. in the bigger picture, obviously
a shooting in the school. what you saw right there, that is from one of the kids in the classroom on lockdown. so they are hiding and taken a picture and they ve gotten this picture out to their parents. so they are in side of the classroom at marjorie stoneman douglas high school and i ve had a flurry of text and phone calls from parents at the school saying we can t get in or i ve talked to my child and they re hiding in a closet, they re hiding in a classroom, but they cannot leave the school as of yet. and again, we were told that officers in the area are looking for a white male, we don t have an age or a further description, but a white male in a burg andy shirt in the vicinity and they believe that person is the active shooter. and if we could pull up the chopper shot. you see police at one of the entrances. there it is. there doesn t seem to be a great sense of urgency, but the shots that we ve seen, they are about between two buildings here. the door to the building is o