yet. shannon: can you clarify. we heard there was a drill earlier that truly was just a drill. if that s the case, did you think this was a repeat? what were your initial reaction reactions? there was a drill during the beginning of second period. i didn t think much of it. i thought it was kind of weird we would have a second fire drill. not only a second fire drill but one of the end of the day. i don t know. i went along with it. i didn t think anything this severe could happen. shannon: at what point did you realize what was actually happening? i was walking downstairs, going to the usual place where we go for the fire drill. i heard loud noises but i didn t think anything like this could happen. i assumed they were garbage trucks or something. i heard what seemed like gun noises repeatedly happening.
armed with multiple magazines fully loaded, and ar-15 assault weapon and according to one of the students in the school of the time, she says she thought it was all a drill. usually the teachers know if this is a drill and she looked concerned. we were all trying to stay calm hiding. most of the class tried to fit behind her desk. there is ten kids on the other side by the computer cart kind of near the window. we knew it was real and we saw the shots go through the window and glass shattered everywhere. a couple kids in my class got hit. earlier in the day there had been a fire drill at the school so a lot of the students at 2:30 thought this was just a follow-up drill. in fact, it wasn t. some of the students said when they started hearing pops, they thought they were valentine balloons popping in another classroom. as soon as they saw the carnage,
i saw people screaming and running, and then i knew. shannon: was there a point at which you thought i ve got to get out of here. what were your thoughts when you saw folks running and you realized it was not a drill. i heard everyone screaming and running. i didn t know what else to do besides do the same. yeah. shannon: i know this is a large high school and a lot of people said they did know something about the suspect. they heard something about him. they were afraid of him. did you know anything about him? have you talked with friends or classmates who had fears about him or were fermenter with him? i had seen him being at the school. he seemed like strange to me but i never had a personal expense with him. when i was locked in the closet
crime scene is being processed. eventually they will be removed. five of the 17 as of an hour ago had still not been positively identified. that is simply because they didn t have i.d. on them. the chaos of running from the classrooms into the hallway and dying in a hail of bullets from the alleged suspect, a former student expelled from this exact high school last year for disciplinary reasons. identified by investigators as a 19-year-old nikolas cruz. according to them, around 2:30, pulled the fire alarm, that was to engage students and teachers as they ran outside for what many thought was a drill but turned out to be not a drill whatsoever. and then started shooting, trying to take the highest death toll he allegedly could. that is 17 shot and killed. 12 inside the school, two outside the school, one down the street. two died in the hospital while
teenager suspected of killing 17 people at a florida high school. we will take you back to portland after the break. people were on their phones trying to snapchat. students freaking out. teachers. i thought it was a drill. we knew it was real when we saw the bullets, shots going through the window and glass shattered. a couple kid oh, manatees. aka the sea cow oh! there s one. manatees in novelty ts? surprising. what s come at me bro? it s something you say to a friend. what s not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.