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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE SHOW AT 5:30, NBC NEWS AT 6:00 BEGINS RIGHT NOW.
>>> REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED AT
UNC CHARLOTTE, ACCORDING TO THE
TWITTER PAGE, THE SHOTS WERE
REPORTED NEAR THE KENNEDY
BUILDING, SCHOOL OFFICIALS
TELLING EVERYONE IN THE AREA TO
RUN AND HIDE, AND SECURE
YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY.
ALSO, IN THAT TWEET, TO FIGHT,
GIVEN EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN
REPORTING ABOUT RESPONSE TO
SHOOTING SITUATIONS, THAT IS
ONE OF THE ORDERS THEY ARE
SENDING OUT.
BROOKE KATZ IS IN THE NEWSROOM
WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
>> Reporter: WE ARE GATHERING
NEW INFORMATION ON THIS BY THE
MINUTE, WE HAVE SEVERAL CREWS
AND ROUTE TO UNC CHARLOTTE
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE SEEN
THAT TWEET SENT OUT BY THE
UNIVERSITY THAT SAYS SHOTS WERE
FIRED NEAR THE KENNEDY BUILDING.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO FIGURE
OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON
THERE.
THIS IS NEAR THE KENNEDY CENTER.
SECURE YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CREWS ON THE
WAY TO THIS, WE ARE ALSO GOING
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, LOOKING
FOR REPORTS OF STUDENTS. AGAIN,
THIS IS HAPPENING NEAR THE
KENNEDY BUILDING. HIDE, FIGHT,
AND RUN, AND SECURE YOURSELF
IMMEDIATELY, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION, WE WILL BRING YOU
UPDATES AS SOON AS WE GET THEM.
>> THIS REINFORCES WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN TELLING VIEWERS EVERY TIME
WE DO ONE OF THESE STORIES,
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS BECOMING
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WE DO ONE OF THESE STORIES, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON THING, WE TALK ABOUT
HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND
TO HIS SHOOTING SITUATION, TO
RUN, HIDE, AND FIGHT.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
WHETHER ANY STUDENTS WERE
INJURED OR WHAT MY MIGHT BE THE
CONDITION WITHOUT?
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, THERE
ARE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE KNOW THESE
SITUATIONS PAN OUT IN PUBLIC
SITUATIONS, AND STUDENTS ARE
PREPARED TO HANDLE THESE
SITUATIONS, THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM HAS PLANS IN PLACE AS TO
HOW THEY DEAL WITH THESE
SITUATIONS AS THEY UNFOLD.
THIS IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION,
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GATHER
THE INFORMATION ON ANY INJURIES
OR WHERE EXACTLY THOSE SHOTS
WERE FIRED.
>> I KNOW WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
THIS AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE
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>> I KNOW WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARE DOING THIS PROCESS REPORTING, I
KNOW THAT UNC CHARLOTTE HAS ITS
OWN POLICE FORCE, I KNOW CMPD
HAS PROXIMITY WITHIN THAT
CAMPUS.
DO WE KNOW WHO EXACTLY
RESPONDED?
WHO IS ON CAMPUS RIGHT NOW,
DEALING WITH THIS INVESTIGATION?
>> WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IS
THAT TEXT ALERT WAS SENT OUT BY
THE UNIVERSITY, I WOULD IMAGINE
THEY ARE INTERNALLY ON CAMPUS,
THEY ARE READY TO GO IN
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
MANY TIMES, WHEN WE SEE
SITUATIONS LIKE THIS UNFOLD, WE
ARE GOING TO SEE THE CITY OF
CHARLOTTE SEND IN THEIR POLICE
FORCE, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
GATHER INFORMATION ON THAT.
+@>> TALK ABOUT THIS TWEET, THE
SAID SHOTS WERE FIRED NEAR
KENNEDY, WHERE IS THIS IN
PROXIMITY TO THE CAMPUS, FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THE AREA
AND AREN'T THAT FAMILIAR WITH
WHERE THIS IS ON CAMPUS.>>
AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE CAMPUS OF
UNC CHARLOTTE, OF COURSE IN THE
UNIVERSITY CITY AREA.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS
OUT AS WELL, AS THIS IS
HAPPENING.
WE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT MORE
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HAPPENING. WE ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION.>> I KNOW YOU ARE
TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH TWEETS
AND DO THIS TOGETHER. THIS IS
RIGHT IN THE CENTER CAMPUS.
SO, THIS BUILDING IS RIGHT IN
THE CENTER OF THE CAMPUS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE ACCORDING TO
THE MAPS, THE BUILDINGS ARE
CATEGORIZED INTO CERTAIN COLORS
, WE HAVE ACADEMIC BUILDINGS,
THE SERVICE AREA, PLACES OF
INTEREST IN THE CAMPING CAMPUS
HOUSING.
AND THE BUILDING IS IN THE
CENTER OF THE CAMPUS NEAR A
BUNCH OF ACADEMIC BUILDINGS, SO
THERE WILL BE LESS STUDENTS
THERE, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THE MAP.
AS WE ARE ZOOMING IN, YOU CAN
SEE EXACTLY THE PROXIMITY OF
WHERE THAT IS ON THE CAMPUS,
PRESUMABLY AN AREA THAT WOULD
HAVE HIGH TRAFFIC, DEPENDING
UPON WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE TWEET CAME ON
ABOUT 40 MINUTES AGO.
SO, A HEAVY RESPONSE ON CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: JUST SOMETHING TO
POINT OUT, AGAIN, TO BE CALLED
TO THESE SITUATIONS, SECURE
YOURSELF IMMEDIATELY.
AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING TO
CONFIRM EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING
ON, WHAT IS UNFOLDING, IF THIS
IS ON CAMPUS, OR NEARBY CAMPUS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, KENNEDY
BUILDING IS RIGHT IN THE CENTER
OF THE CAMPUS.
SPIN
>> ARE WE SEEING ANY UPDATES ON
INJURIES?
>> Reporter: WE ARE GETTING
THAT INFORMATION CONFIRMED, WE
ARE GETTING CALLS FROM UNC TO
US, AS WELL AS CMPD.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
TWEET OF THE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TWITTER PAGE, SHOTS
WERE FIRED, SECURE YOURSELF
IMMEDIATELY, MONITOR EMAIL.
WE KNOW BRAD PANOVICH JUST
GAVE US PERMISSION, HE GOT AN
EMAIL, THEN HE GOT A TWEET AS
WELL, BUT THEY ARE TELLING FOLKS
TO DO THESE THINGS, WHICH WE
HAVE DONE SEVERAL STORIES AND
WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DANGEROUS
IF YOU DON'T TRY TO FIGHT BACK,
IF YOU DON'T SECURE YOURSELF,
THEY SAY PLAYING DEAD CAN BE A
DANGEROUS THING, TOO.>> BRAD
WORKS ON CAMPUS ON CERTAIN DAYS
OF THE WEEK, SO THIS ALERT HE
IS GETTING SAYS CAMPUS LOCKDOWN
CONTINUES, REMAIN IN A SAFE
LOCATION, PLEASE MONITOR EMAIL
AND THE UNCC HOMEPAGE, I'M
GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO
BROOKE, YOU ARE GETTING MORE
INFORMATION NOW.
>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT, WE
JUST GOT NEW INFORMATION FROM
MEDIC, ACCORDING TO OUR
PRODUCER, SAYING, MULTIPLE SHOTS
, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
CONFIRM THE EXTENT OF THOSE
INJURIES.
AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS
UNFOLDING ON CAMPUS OR NEARBY
CAMPUS, BUT AGAIN, MEDIC IS
CONFIRMING THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SHOT.
WE ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THE
EXTENT OF THOSE INJURIES BUT WE
ARE WORKING TO FIND OUT RIGHT
NOW.
>> I AM SEEING UNCONFIRMED
REPORTS ON TWITTER ABOUT A
SUSPECT, ARE WE HEARING
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REPORTS ON TWITTER ABOUT A SUSPECT, ARE WE HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT FROM OUR
BREAKING NEWS DESK?
>> RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NOT HEARD
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BREAKING NEWS DESK? >> RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY NEW INFORMATION, WE ARE
MAKING CALLS TO POLICE RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE WORKING THE PHONE,
ALSO WORKING TO GET IN TOUCH
+@WITH CAMPUS POLICE TO FIGURE
OUT IF THERE IS A SUSPECT IN
CUSTODY, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN INJURED?
THE EXTENT OF THOSE INJURIES.
THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE
WORKING TO GET ANSWERS RIGHT
NOW.>> I'M SAYING ON TWITTER,
SHOTS REPORTED ON CAMPUS, SHOTS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA
OF KENNEDY, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE
JUST JOINING US, THE CAMPUS IS
ON LOCKDOWN.
THEY SAY, SECURE YOURSELF
IMMEDIATELY AND REMAINED THERE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
OF COURSE, MONITOR THE WEBSITE
AS WELL, SO WE ARE GETTING THIS
INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE CAN.
OF COURSE, I'M SURE A LOT OF
OUR VIEWERS ARE LOOKING ON
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND THAT
IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, WE
ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM WHAT HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED HERE, WHAT
PICTURES ARE REAL, AND OF
COURSE WE WILL GET OUR VERIFY
TEAM ON THIS, AND WE ARE
GETTING THE LATEST INFORMATION
TO OUR DESK AS WELL.
THAT IS COMING INTO OUR
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TO OUR DESK AS WELL. THAT IS COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: I JUST WANT TO
GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE, I JUST
SAW A NEW ALERT WITHOUT, SAYING
THE CAMPUS LOCKDOWN CONTINUES,
AGAIN, THIS IS AN UNFOLDING
+@SITUATION, THEY ARE ENCOURAGI
STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN A SAFE
LOCATION, MONITOR THEIR EMAILS
AS WELL AS THE UNCC HOMEPAGE.
THEY ARE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE ALSO TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT THE EXTENT OF ANY
INJURIES IN THIS CASE, AND
EXACTLY WHERE THIS SHOOTING HAS
OCCURRED, BUT AGAIN, AS YOU
MENTIONED, SHOTS FIRED NEAR THE
KENNEDY BUILDING, WHICH IS THE
CENTER OF UNC CAMPUS.>> ALL
RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS IF YOU
ARE JUST JOINING US, THERE ARE
REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED THERE
ARE ALSO REPORTS OF INJURIES.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME PHOTOS ON
TWITTER OF SOMEBODY BEING
TREATED, WE ARE WORKING TO
CONFIRM ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION, BUT WE KNOW FOR
SURE THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE
SHOTS FIRED AT THE UNC CAMPUS
AND AN ALERT WITHOUT ABOUT 10
MINUTES BEFORE 6:00.
WE WERE IN OUR 5:30 NEWSCAST,
FROM THE UNIVERSITY, TELLING
PEOPLE TO RUN, HIDE, FIGHT, AND
SECURE YOURSELVES IMMEDIATELY
INTO MONITOR THEIR EMAILS.
BRAD PANOVICH IS ON THE
CAMPUS, HERE IN THE STUDIO
RIGHT NOW DOING THE WEATHER,
BUT HE IS ALSO GETTING ALERTS.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
BRING BRAD IN, JUST TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.
>> AS A FACULTY MEMBER, KENNEDY
IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER, I
WAS JUST THERE THIS MORNING, WE
HAD OUR LAST CLASSES OF THE
SEMESTER, FINALS BEGIN NEXT
WEEK.
THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
BUILDING IN THAT AREA, BUT
RIGHT ACROSS THE QUAD AREA,
THERE IS A CHICK-FIL-A THAT IS
A VERY ACTIVE PLACE.
THERE IS PROBABLY A LOT OF
STUDENTS IN THAT AREA.
NONE OF MY STUDENTS, I WAS
TEXTING BACK, MOST OF THEM ARE
OFF CAMPUS RIGHT NOW,
THANKFULLY, BUT THEY ARE
HEARING THE SAME THING, THERE
WERE MULTIPLE SHOTS ON CAMPUS
AND THEY ARE STILL IN THEIR
LOCKDOWN POSITION, AND OF
COURSE ALL KINDS OF RUMORS
SPREADING.
I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THOSE,
BUT CERTAINLY, SOME SHOTS ON
CAMPUS.
WHEN WE GET THIS, IT IS USUALLY
BECAUSE OF A CRIME OUTSIDE OF
CAMPUS.
BUT, THIS IS INSIDE THE CAMPUS.
+@THEY HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE
FORCE, AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUP,
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT SEND
THESE EMERGENCY TEXTS OUT THEY
ARE VERY USEFUL BECAUSE IF
THERE IS ANY KIND OF SEVERE
WEATHER, THEY SEND THEM OUT. +@
BUT, IF THERE IS A SHOOTING, IT
HELPS THE STUDENTS STAY SECURE.
HOPEFULLY THEY ARE IN A SAFE
SPOT.
NORMALLY I WOULD GET A TEXT
SAYING IT IS ALL CLEAR.
THAT IS WHAT I'M WATCHING FOR
ON MY PHONE.
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I GOT THE
ALL CLEAR, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN
THAT YET.
SO I'M WAITING TO SEE THAT COME
THROUGH.
THERE MIGHT BE A SUSPECT.
>> RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
A PICTURE THAT SOMEBODY HAS
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>> RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PICTURE THAT SOMEBODY HAS POSTED FROM SOME OF THOSE
STUDENTS ON LOCKDOWN, WE HAVE
BEEN GOING THROUGH TWITTER. WE
ARE SEEING THREE PEOPLE SHOT.
OF COURSE WE KNOW MEDIC HAS
CONFIRMED MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHOT,
WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT BACK
OUT TO BROOKE KATZ, SHE IS AT
THE BREAKING NEWS DESK.
YOU WERE GETTING SOME MORE
INFORMATION, WHAT HAVE YOU
LEARNED?>> THAT IS JUST WHAT I
WAS DOING, A MEDIC SUPERVISOR
HAS CONFIRMED THAT SIX PATIENTS
HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS IF THOSE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT, WHAT THE
EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES ARE,
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE HEARING FROM
A MEDIC SUPERVISOR THAT AT
LEAST SIX PATIENTS HAVE BEEN
TRANSPORTED AT THIS POINT IN
TIME.>> WE WERE JUST TALKING TO
BRAD ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW YOU
WOULD TELL US IF YOU KNEW, BUT
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT A
SUSPECT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?>>
YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
FIGURE THAT INFORMATION OUT, WE
HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE MAKING
CALLS INTO CMPD AS WELL AS UNC
CHARLOTTE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE
HAVEN'T GOTTEN WORD ON A
SUSPECT BUT AGAIN, THE LATEST
UPDATE, THOSE SIX PATIENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED, THAT IS
ACCORDING TO A SUPERVISOR FOR
MEDIC.>> SIX PATIENTS HAVE BEEN
TRANSPORTED, AND WE GOT THE
OFFICIAL WORD, WE KNOW THERE
WAS A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED.
THERE IS ALSO A PICTURE HERE.
THERE ARE PICTURES FLOATING
AROUND OUT THERE ON TWITTER AND
OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS,
OF STUDENTS BEING TREATED, AND
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SERIOUS
SITUATION, BASED ON THE
RESPONSE ON CAMPUS, AGAIN,
THERE IS THE PICTURE I'M
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE.
IT APPEARS A STUDENT OR SOMEONE
ON CAMPUS IS BEING TREATED FOR
A WOUND, WE CAN PRESUME THAT IT
IS A GUNSHOT WOUND POSSIBLY,
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
>> SHE HASN'T VERIFY THE
AUTHENTICITY OF THE PHOTO JUST
YET.>> OKAY, SO STAY WITH US AS
WE REPORT THIS, WE ARE
REPORTING THE PROCESS, WE ARE
ALSO WORKING TO CONFIRM THE
VALIDITY OF THESE PICTURES. BUT
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
CAMPUS MAP THAT THIS IS A
PRETTY LARGE AREA WHERE
STUDENTS WILL BE CONGREGATED ON
A DAY LIKE THIS WHERE IT IS
NICE OUTSIDE, THERE ARE PARK
BENCHES, THEY JUST FINISHED UP
THE LAST DAYS OF CLASSES AND
THEY ARE STUDYING FOR EXAMS AT
THIS POINT.
>> THESE ARE MORE PHOTOS THAT
OUR PRODUCERS ARE PULLING UP
FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM
TWITTER, IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU
CAN SEE SUCH A HEAVY POLICE
PRESENCE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BROOKE KATZ
IS IN THE NEWSROOM, TRYING TO
GET THIS INFORMATION CONFIRMED
TO YOU.
WE WERE SEEING ON TWITTER THAT
PEOPLE WERE SAYING THREE PEOPLE
WERE SHOT, BUT BROOKE
CONFIRMING TO US THROUGH MEDIC
THAT AT LEAST SIX PATIENTS HAVE
BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
NOW, WE AREN'T SURE IF ALL SIX
OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT
BUT WE KNOW SIX PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US,
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR
THE PAST 20 MINUTES OR SO, THE
REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED ON
+@CAMPUS, THIS IS ABOUT 10
MINUTES UNTIL THE 6:00 HOUR,
AND WE CONFIRMED AS WE HAVE
BEEN REPORTING FOR SEVERAL
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AND WE CONFIRMED AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES NOW THAT SIX PATIENTS
WERE TRANSPORTED, THAT WORD
COMING FROM THE MEDICS
SUPERVISOR.
THE SHOTS FIRED FROM THE
KENNEDY BUILDING, WHICH IS IN
THE CENTER PART OF THE UNC
CAMPUS.
THE PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE VERIFYING AT
THE MOMENT, BUT THEY APPEAR TO
SHOW SOMEBODY BEING TREATED FOR
A GUNSHOT WOUND.
AGAIN, THE MAP SHOWING THE
PROXIMITY OF THIS BUILDING ON
THE CAMPUS.
A WIDE-OPEN AREA WHERE THERE
ARE DINING AREAS AND PLACES FOR
STUDENTS TO CONGREGATE AS WELL
AS ACADEMIC BUILDINGS.
LET'S JOIN WITH BROOKE KATZ
WHO IS AT THE NEWS DESK
GATHERING MORE INFORMATION.
LET'S JOIN WITH BROOKE KATZ WHO IS AT THE NEWS DESK GATHERING MORE INFORMATION.+@
>> YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT ANY
WORD ON A SUSPECT, WE ARE TOLD
THAT A MEDIC SUPERVISOR HAS
TALKED TO ONE OF OUR CREW
MEMBERS AND ROUTE TO THE SCENE
SAYING THAT ONE SUSPECTED
SHOOTER IS IN CUSTODY.
AT THIS POINT, THERE