middle school. can you please send police down here. there s a kid with a gun. where are they with a gun? huh? where are they with the gun? sparks middle school. i know but where at the school? that s what i m saying. by the basketball court. by the basketball court? yes. please send someone now. reporter: police say a 12-year-old seventh grader shot two students and a teacher. one student in the shoulder, the other in the abdomen before killing himself. the two students now stable and recovering. somebody brought a gun to school that shot a teacher. the teacher is down? yes. okay. we ll get somebody out there right away. you re at sparks middle school? yes. i turn around and see a teacher approach the gunman and then the gunman is pointing the gun towards the teacher and he fires a shot at the teacher and then everybody started screaming and running. reporter: officials say
police, you have sparks middle. we do. 911 ringing off the rook. the student recalls hearing allude pop he thought was a firecrack firecracker. i saw a teacher approach the gunman and the gunman pointed the gun towards the teacher and he fires a shot at the teacher, and then everybody started screaming and running. reporter: that teacher mike lans berry, a military man that served tours in afghanistan, those are calling him a hero. during the incident after the first student was shot, he calmly walked towards the shooter, putting his hands up in a motion to try to stop the individual s actions. mr. lansbury was fatally shot in the chest. his hero wick actions allowed time for other students on that playground area to flee the area. reporter: a long-time friend says the kids were his first
teacher approach the gunman, and then the gunman is pointing the gun towards the teacher, and he fires a shot at the teacher, and then everybody started screaming and running. reporter: officials say 45-year-old mike landsberry, the popular math teacher and coach, calmly walked toward the shooter, hands raised, trying to convince him to put the gun down. mr. landsberry s heroic actions stepping toward the shooter allowed other students to flee the area. reporter: landsberry has been hailed a hero. the decorated marine playing the role of batman as the students affectionately called him. he was a soldier with us but he was always a teacher. he wanted to always be there for the kids. reporter: landsberry leaves a wife and two stepdaughters. his wife sharon posted this on facebook, he was my everything, my world, he touched so many lives and was an incredible man. stephanie elam joins us live.
reporter: newly released 911 tapes and eyewitness accounts paint a picture of what happened here at sparks middle school monday morning when a student opened fire. the 12-year-old injured two students and killed a teacher before taking his own life. somebody brought a gun to school. they shot a teacher. the teacher s down? yes. okay. we ll get somebody out there right away. you re at sparks middle school? yes. oh, they shot again. they shot again? yeah. hi, this is school police. you guys have sparks middle? we do 911 ringing off the hook. 13-year-old student kyle newcomb recalls hearing a loud pop he thought was a firecracker. i turn around and see a teacher approach the gunman. then the gunman is pointing the gun towards the teacher and he fires a shot at the teacher. and then everybody started
hi, this is leah school police, you have sparks middle. we do. 911 ringing off the rook. the student recalls hearing allude pop he thought was a firecracker. i saw a teacher approach the gunman and the gunman pointed the gun towards the teacher and he fires a shot at the teacher, and then everybody started screaming and running. reporter: that teacher mike landsberry, a military man that served tours in afghanistan, those are calling him a hero. during the incident after the first student was shot, he calmly walked towards the shooter, putting his hands up in a motion to try to stop the individual s actions. mr. lansbury was fatally shot in the chest. his hero wick actions allowed time for other students on that playground area to flee the area. reporter: a long-time friend says the kids were his first