Central and southern california. No harm, no fowl. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The Deadly School shooting. Inside the horror tonight. The children rushing out, tears streaming down their faces. And this evening, the two suspects in court. Both students, and tonight, the description, what happened in that classroom. Students who rushed the gunman, one, a marine recruit. The other student losing his life to save others, and what he had told his family beforehand. Also tonight, the Severe Weather outbreak at this hour. It has turned deadly. A man swept away in the floods. New Tornado Watches in effect right now. Roads washed away. Students who could not leave school forced to sleep there overnight. Rob has the new track tonight. The breaking headline at this hour involving donald trump jr. Subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence committee. That Committee Led by republicans. What they want to ask him about. The innocent man who was arrest
what they want to ask him about. the innocent man who was arrested and jailed after recording officers with his phone, held behind bars for three days without cause. now, the sheriff and two deputies facing federal charges. walmart and the major change tonight when it comes to tobacco, amid the exploding use of e-cigarettes. and what s in a name? baby archie revealed to the world. harry and meghan and what they reveal. and archie meets the queen. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we are following severe weather right now. it has turned deadly. but we are going to begin tonight with the horror now revealed inside that school shooting in colorado. the two suspects, both students, both in court today, and what we have now learned. there was a massive and quick response to the call of an active shooter. nine students shot, one of them killed, as he rushed the gunman. children from kindergarten to 12th grade inside that school,
their distraught parents waiting for word that they were safe. tonight, the two young heroes, including that student, kendrick castillo, who lost his life, what he once told his parents. and the other hero, a young marine recruit. we hear from him right here tonight. abc s chief national correspondent matt gutman leads us off from the scene. reporter: tonight, that first glimpse of the young man accused of bringing murder to this denver area stem school. 18-year-old devon erickson, that stripe of fuchsia in his black hair, nails painted black, saying a single word in his first appearance. no. reporter: nodding vigorously when the judge addressed him, but never looking up. he and a 16-year-old accomplice facing nearly 30 charges, including murder. just after lunchtime tuesday, erickson allegedly calling out nobody move in his class before opening fire. nine students shot. one of them killed. his name was kendrick castillo. his family telling reporters that kendrick once said, if
marine corps sniper. he says i was a marine and i don t want a gun in my classroom. thank you very much for being here. in the op-ed you wrote, you talk about the training it took to use a weapon in the military that was similar to the ar-15. tell me a little bit about what it took for you to pick up that weapon. sure. a young marine recruit spends hundreds of hours of classroom education, training. you spend time with a rifle without ammunition were weeks before you re even allowed to be near ammunition and near magazines. it s about imparting knowledge in a careful, sustained manner, to use an incredibly lethal weapon. before a marine is allowed to use that weapon out in combat, they ll literally fire thousands if not tens of thousands of