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>>> CONTINUING OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE THIS EVENING, HERE IS A LOOK AT THE CAMPUS OF
UNCC , POLICE ARE STILL ON
SCENE.>> OFFICIALS SAID THE
CAMPUS IS CLEARED, CMPD TWEETED
ABOUT ONE HOUR AGO THAT THEY
ARE STILL SWEEPING THE AREA.
STUDENTS SHOULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL
THEIR BUILDING HAS BEEN
CLEARED.
KENDALL MORRIS IS ON THE SCENE,
AND WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT
NOW?
>> Reporter: WE DO KNOW THAT
+@THE CAMPUS IS STILL ON
LOCKDOWN, YOU CAN SEE THE
POLICE ARE STILL HAPPY ENTRANCE
TO THE CAMPUS, THEY HAVE IT
BLOCKED OFF, THEY ARE NOT
LETTING ANYBODY INSIDE, THEY
ARE LETTING CARS OUT THOUGH.
WE JUST RECEIVED AN ALERT,
ANYBODY IS ALLOWED TO EXIT AT
THIS TIME.
THERE IS NO WORD ON WHEN THAT
LOCKDOWN WILL BE LIFTED.
EVERYTHING ACADEMICALLY ON
CAMPUS IS ESSENTIALLY CANCELED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AND
TOMORROW WAS A SCHEDULED
READING DAY.
FINAL EXAMS WERE SUPPOSED TO
START ON THURSDAY AND WE ARE
LEARNING THAT THEY WILL BE
CANCELED THROUGH SUNDAY, NO
WORD IF THERE WAS WILL BE
RESCHEDULED OR MADE UP AT A
LATER DATE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS
WHO WERE SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE
CAN STILL DO THAT, THERE IS NO
WORD IF THIS WILL IMPACT
GRADUATION DATE ON NEXT FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY.
WE DO KNOW THAT ON CAMPUS,
COUNSELORS AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE ALSO
KNOW THERE IS A CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL SCHEDULED FOR 6 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE STAR
QUAD.
THE EVENTS WILL AFFECT CAMPUS
EVENTS AND STUDENTS FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
REPORTING FROM THE CHARLOTTE
CAMPUS, KENDALL MORRIS, NBC
CHARLOTTE.
>>> WE KNOW TWO PEOPLE WERE
KILLED, THREE PEOPLE ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITIONS, AND ONE
PERSON HAS NON-LIFE-THREATENING
INJURIES.
RACHEL BROWN HAS THE LATEST ON
THE VICTIMS.
>> Reporter: I HAVE BEEN HERE
THE LAST FIVE HOURS, AND ALL
NIGHT, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING
WITH OFFICIALS AT THE HOSPITAL
WHO TELL ME THAT THE STATUS OF
THOSE PATIENTS HAS NOT CHANGED.
AS WE JUST SAID, OF THE FOUR
VICTIMS THAT WERE TRANSPORTED
HERE THREE OF THEM REMAIN IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AND ARE
BEING TREATED FOR THOSE
INJURIES.
ONE OTHER PATIENT IS HERE AT
THE HOSPITAL, BUT STABLE.
A SOURCE CLOSE TO ME TELLS ME
AT LEAST ONE OF THE PATIENTS
BEING TREATED HERE IS A MALE
STUDENT AT UNCC.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND OF
COURSE WE ARE PRAYING FOR THE
VICTIMS, WE ARE PRAYING FOR
THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT ENTIRE
CAMPUS.
I AM OUTSIDE OF ATRIUM HEALTH,
RACHEL BROWN, NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>> THANK YOU, RACHEL.
EARLIER TONIGHT, CAMPUS POLICE
WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE
RESPONSE TIME TO THE SHOOTING
DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE.
>> Reporter: YES, THE UNCC
POLICE CHIEF SAID HIS OFFICERS
ACTIONS SAVED LIVES, THEY MOVED
IN VERY QUICKLY AFTER THE
GUNMAN BEGAN OPENING FIRE IN
THE BUILDING.
THEY BASICALLY SAID, THEY
ARRESTED THE SUSPECT, ONE OF
THE OFFICERS WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE
THE SUSPECT AND TAKE HIM DOWN
IMMEDIATELY.
HERE IS HOW HE DESCRIBED HIS
RESPONSE JUST A SHORT TIME
AGO.>> THOSE OFFICERS WERE
MOVING TOWARD WHATEVER THEY
HEARD, I DIDN'T TALK TO THEM, I
DID NOT SAY THEY HEARD
ANYTHING, I'M JUST SAYING, THEY
ARE TRAINED TO DO THAT, THAT IS
TRAINING WE ENGAGE IN TWICE A
YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS IMPORTANT TO
DO.
>> Reporter: IT IS A TRAINING
THAT YOU NEVER WANT TO HAVE, BUT
A VERY TRAGIC DAY, AND THAT
TRAINING WAS USED TODAY, AND
THERE WERE SOME VERY
CONSEQUENTIAL TRAGIC
SITUATIONS.
CMPD WILL BE HANDLING THE
SITUATION MOVING FORWARD.
>>> THANK YOU.
AS AMAZING AS THE INTERNET CAN
BE AT CONNECTING PEOPLE DURING
TIMES LIKE THESE, THE DARK SIDE
IS THAT IT ALLOWS UNCHECKED AND
UNVERIFIED STORIES TO SPREAD.
THAT IS WHERE OUR VERIFIED TEAM
COMES IN.
HERE IS JASON WITH MOORE.>>
SOCIAL MEDIA IS CRAZY RIGHT
NOW.
LOTS OF SYMPATHY POSTS BUT
STUCK IN WITH THEM OUR CLAIMS
AND RUMORS THAT AREN'T ALWAYS
RIGHT.
LIKE THIS ONE.
I WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
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LIKE THIS ONE. I WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE SHOOTER HAS AN ACCOMPLICE
THIS IS FALSE.
WE KNOW FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, THIS IS THE FOURTH
TIME I HAVE VERIFIED, THAT HE
IS NOT PART OF A CRIME, HE IS A
YOUTUBE CELEBRITY WHO IS LINKED
TO ALMOST EVERY CRIME IN THE
U.S. IF YOU SEE HIS NAME, THE
CLAIM IS FALSE.
NEXT, THIS SITE POPS UP AS YOU
SHOOT -- SEARCH THE SHOOTER'S
NAME.
YOU CAN'T TRUST THIS.
IT CAN BE LOGGED INTO AND
EDITED BY ANYONE.
THEY CAN LITERALLY CHANGE
WITHIN MINUTES.
ANY CLAIMS ABOUT THE SHOOTER'S
BACKGROUND USING THAT SITE ARE
FALSE.
FINALLY, WE HAVE SEEN MANY
POSTS LIKE THIS, SING THE
SHOOTER POSTED A BLOG BEFORE
THE ATTACK.
IT IS CALLED DISGRUNTLED
STUDENT.
IT TELLS A STORY OF A STUDENT
FRUSTRATED WITH A TEACHER, TIME
STUDENT. IT TELLS A STORY OF A STUDENT FRUSTRATED WITH A TEACHER, TIME@
TRYING TO SHAME THEM ONLINE.
BUT, THERE IS NO NAME, NO
MOTIVE, AND NO TIE TO THE
ATTACK.
UNTIL THIS IS OFFICIALLY LINKED,
WE ARE LEADING THAT AS
UNVERIFIED.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE CLAIMS ARE
LIKELY TO KEEP SHOWING UP.
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UNFORTUNATELY, THESE CLAIMS ARE LIKELY TO KEEP SHOWING UP. NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>> THANK YOU.
A LOT OF THE INFORMATION AND
PHOTOS WE WERE GETTING IN ABOUT
THAT SHOOTING CAME IN ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, LIKE THIS HERE, SHOWING
A BROKEN WINDOW ON CAMPUS A
GLASS ON THE GROUND.
THE POST FROM A STUDENT RUN
NEWSPAPER ON CAMPUS SAYS, A
BUSTED WINDOW AT THE UNIVERSITY
CAREER CENTER NEXT TO THE
ATKINS LIBRARY.
THIS IS FROM NINER TIMES, UC
STUDENTS RUNNING DOWN.