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we re also learning new, disturbing information about the boy who shot her. his friends say he was angry at being suspended for joking about kig his debate coach, the same coach he came after with a shotgun last week. he felt like the suspension had ruined his chances into college and ruins his future. whenever he d get angry he d be like oh, i just want to shoot everyone up. casey wian has more for you, live from is entakenial, colorado. good morning, casey. reporter: good morning, carol. investigators have been going all over this campus all weekend long looking at surveillance video and they say that they have uncovered details that lead them to believe that this rampage could have been much, mch worse. the school s going into lockdown. i m not sure why. reporter: dispatch recordings, police rush toward arapahoe high school following reports of gunfire. be advised at this time we do have one student down, and they have found shotgun shells. it was terrifying because
debater who voiced strong political views and was kicked off the team. his intent was evil. the sheriff refused to mention him by name and said the student was armed with a machete, multiple rounds of ammo and three molotov cocktails. he victimized an intent young lady with an act of evil. he deserves no note rioriety an celebrity. reporter: he fired five shots including one that ended his life. some of the chaos was captured on a cell phone from inside the classroom. we have several kids. all right. reporter: as well as in police dispatches. i have a student down in the athletic hall. reporter: students are accustomed to training drills and thought for a moment this was just another one. hits home. it didn t feel real until you see everybody and this really did happen. reporter: we checked in with
a gunman to march into arapahoe high school shooting another student and turning the gun then on himself. the latest information from police in colorado. they say that the gunman, carl pearson, walked in to the school with a shotgun, machete and molotov cocktails. will whiply with our affiliate hat more from a student who knew the shooter. you know, you never think it s going to be your school. he just told me they re all really scare and locked in their classrooms. reporter: friday s chaos saturday s belief. here, like my school? the people that i know? reporter: arapahoe senior, hiding in a hallway listening to a school radio. a student down in the athletic hall. i heard it was carl pearson, and i i broke down, because he s my friend. reporter: close friends for flea three years. co-captains of the speech and debate teerchlts hi, i m carl
situation for the students who were inside this school. we had spoke to several of them who heard the shots ring out. listen to how this unfolded. i m not sure why. there s smoke north syphed the school. there s a fire in the library. reporter: chaos and confusion at colorado s arapahoe high school as a gunman opens fire. i m on the north side entering the west parking lot. i have a student down in the athletic hall. shotgun shell on the ground. student may have a shotgun. i see two shotgun shells on the ground right here. reporter: and this morning the suburban denver high school is still a crime scene. be advised at the time, we do have one student down and they have found shotgun shells. reporter: police say the gunman identified as 18-year-old karl halverson pierson shot one student before taking the gun to himself and taking his own life. two shots by my classroom. it s scary. we heard the screaming.