deliberately walked down the hallway aiming the firearm at students and firing. right outside the bathroom he began firing, judge. this continued on for four or approximately five minutes. the defendant went to another bathroom. as deputies arrived, he set the firearm down and he surrendered. the suspect s parents also watching the proceedings via video as police detailed videos the suspect recorded on his cell phone and his journal writings. the night before the incident, wherein he talked about shooting and killing students the next day at oxford high school. further, a journal was recovered from ethan s backpack also detailing his desire to shoot up a school, to include murdering students. reporter: the oxford, michigan, school student shot 11 people on tuesday, killing four. after a meeting with his parents and school authorities earlier that same day. we were with the pitman family learning about one of the victims, tate myre, from his friend javan.
firearm down and he surrendered. the suspect s parents also watching via video as police detailed videos the suspect recorded on his cell phone and his journal writings. the night before the incident, wherein he talked about shooting and killing students the next day at oxford high school. further, a journal was recovered from ethan s backpack also detailing his desire to shoot up a school, to include murdering students. reporter: the oxford, michigan, school student shot 11 people tuesday, killing four. after a meeting with his parents and school authorities earlier, that same day. we were with the pitman family learning about one of the victims, tate myre, from his friend devon. tate s probably the most best person i probably meet besides my dad and besides god. tate was always he s smart in class. me and him used to joke around. me and him used to play. reporter: and then, news another classmate died.