inside. matt gutman in texas tonight. meantime, the memorial growing for the 19 school children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. the other news this thursday night, as millions now prepare to travel for the weekend ahead, the severe
children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. mireya villarreal on the scene for us again. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. good evening. we are just back from texas tonight, and the pain in that community we carry with us. and i can tell you, it is as difficult and deva
This morning, a grad student was booked on a first degree murder charge after a deadly shooting rampage forced the unc chapel hill campus into lockdown yesterday. one faculty member was killed in the shooting. it happened at a science building. this morning, police have identified the gunman as tailei qi, and charged him with first degree murder charge and having a handgun on educational properties. nbc news correspondent ali vitali has the details. ali? reporter: less than 24 hours ago, this campus was on total lockdown, a scary start to the semester here. just one week after classes began at unc chapel hill possible active shooter on campus. reporter: a tragedy that has become all too familiar at schools nationwide. has a 9 millimeter, possible asian male. i m aggrieved to report that
Come into play. and let s look at the a timeline of the events here. a long the lines of what you were saying. the campus was alerted of an armed and dangerous person at 1:03 p.m. the suspect taken into custody at 2:31 p.m. the lockdown wasn t lifted for another two hours. we heard a woman saying that they squatted in bathroom stalls, you see video of these students here that are jumping out of windows. obviously the police department is going to look at how things went. is this how things should go? i always hate to be the critic after the fact. but you have to really do good after action reports because if one of those students broke his leg or was killed falling out of a window and they already had him in custody, i think there is some issues there. and also police responding, police were coming from all over, blue lights and sirens, if one of them got in an accident after the fact he was captured, i think some of that goes back on the police department.
One of our faculty members was killed in this shooting. this loss is devastating. reporter: after the initial call for shots fired, the entire campus went on lockdown. a school alert warning and armed dangerous person on or near campus, go inside now, avoid windows. heavily armed officers swarmed the campus. some students walking down the street put their hands up. some sheltering in place. so immediately we all just stayed hiding in the stalls, squatting on the toilets, just scared. we didn t know what was happening. reporter: other terrified students fleeing through a first floor window, backpacks dangling. an elementary school across the road placed on lockdown. then, less than 90 minutes after the terrifying ordeal began i think that s him. reporter: a suspect was taken into police custody, captured live by our nbc news raleigh affiliate wral. to have the suspect in custody gives us an opportunity to figure out the why and even the how. reporter: and four hours afte