>>
>> THIS
>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 4. >> HE DID NOT EVEN GET THAT
FAR.
FAR.
FAR. AS
FAR. AS SOON AS WE SAT DOWN THEY
CAME ON THE LOUTS KEEPER AND
SAID THIS IS A LOCKDOWN AND
THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTER.
>>> AN EMOTIONAL AFTERNOON AS
PARENTS PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN
AFTER A SHOOTING AT A MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN EUGENE.
POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED
A MAN WHO BROUGHT A GUN ON
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS. THIS HAPPENED AT CASCADE MIDDLE
SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND FOR
HOURS THE STUDENTS STAYED
LOCKED IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AND
EUGENE.
EUGENE.
EUGENE. MAGGIE VESPA TALKING WITH
STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> Reporter: KATHY STRESSFUL DAY
WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH
PARENTS HERE AND POLICE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT
IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT OR
RELEASED HIS NAME.
IF YOU LOOK BEHIND AS YOU CAN
SEE THE CRIME TAPE SURROUNDING
CASCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
INACTIVE INVESTIGATION AS THEY
TRY AND DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
HAPPENED HERE. SHOTS FIRED AROUND 10:30 THIS
MORNING, EUGENE POLICE SHOT AND
KILLED A MAN OUTSIDE OF CASCADE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. NO STUDENTS WERE HURT.
THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A
CUSTODIAL DISPUTE IN WEST
EUGENE.
EUGENE.
EUGENE. AS OFFICERS ESCORTED THE MAN
OUT OF THE SCHOOL HE FLASHED A
GUN.
GUN.
GUN. THERE WAS A STRUGGLE ACCORDING
TO INVESTIGATORS, THEN POLICE
SHOT AND KILLED THE MAN.
THE SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY WENT
INTO LOCKDOWN.
INTO LOCKDOWN. WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL STUDENTS
WITH THEIR PARENTS PERMISSION.
>> THEY TOLD US TO BE REALLY
QUIET BECAUSE WE WERE STILL IN
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. >> EVERYONE WENT IN PANIC MODE,
THEY SHUT THE CURTAINS DOWN, WE
ALL WENT IN A CORNER.
>> Reporter: SEVERAL QUESTIONS
REMAIN, OBVIOUSLY THE BIG
QUESTION, WHO IS THE SUSPECT?
WHAT CONNECTION, IF ANY, HE HAS
TO THE SCHOOL.
ANY MORNING SIZE THE SCHOOL MAY
HAVE RECEIVED.
HAVE RECEIVED. WE HAD TO GET THE ANSWERS IN
THE NEXT FEW HOURS OR
EVENTUALLY DAYS.
EVENTUALLY DAYS. >> Reporter: THE MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTION FOR PARENTS WAS WHEN
WILL WE GET TO SEE OUR KIDS?
THEY GOT AUTOMATED ALERTS ABOUT
A LOCKDOWN AT THE KIDS SCHOOL,
WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY TERRIFYING.
THAN THEY HAD TO WAIT HOURS FOR
MOMENTS LIKE THIS, REUNIONS
WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
A REALLY EMOTIONAL FEW HOURS AT
THE ST. MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
ACROSS THE STREET.
SCHOOL STAFF BROUGHT KIDS OVER
IN NUMBERS OF 6 OR SO AND
HANDED THEM OFF TO PARENTS AND
GUARDIANS.
GUARDIANS. A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS
LIMITED AND MANY PARENTS DID
NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE
SHOOTING WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT
THEIR KIDS BACK.
THE KIDS THEMSELVES HAD BEEN
LOCKED IN CLASSROOMS ONLY
ALLOWED TO LEAVE TO USE THE
BATHROOM OR GET SOME FOOD.
ONE BOY AND HIS MOM SHARED
THEIR EXPERIENCES.
THEIR EXPERIENCES. >> WE WERE WALKING TO BAND, I
HEARD JUST A BUNCH OF NOISES
THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULDN'T
HEAR.
HEAR.
HEAR. AT
HEAR. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A
LOCKER, BUT THEN I THOUGHT IT
WAS A TINY BIT MORE, LIKE
LOUDER THAN A LOCKER.
>> WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHAT IT
ACTUALLY WAS AND THE PUT IT
TOGETHER WITH WHAT YOU HEARD
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> I JUST THOUGHT I WAS LUCKY
TO MAKE IT TO A CLASSROOM
BEFORE ANYTHING ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> NEVER IN 1 MILLION YEARS DID
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WOULD HAPPEN SO CLOSE TO HOME.
I DO TALK TO HIM ABOUT
STRANGERS, LIKE THIS I TALKED
TO HIM ABOUT T ALL THE TIME.
BUT I HOPE IT IS SOMETHING THAT
RESONATES WITH E- THIS IS NOT
JUST STUFF YOU SEE ON THE NEWS
THIS IS CASCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL,
EUGENE, OREGON.
EUGENE, OREGON. >> Reporter: IT WAS VERY REAL
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. BY
TODAY. BY THE WAY NICOLE, THAT MOM
THERE, SHOWED US A TEXT HER SON
SENT HER FROM THE BAND TEACHERS
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. THE
HOME. THE WAITING GAME MADE IT MORE
EXCRUCIATING BY PARENT
STRUGGLING TO REACH THEIR KIDS.
THEY WERE TOLD TO USE CELL
PHONES TO DO THAT BUT A LOT OF
THOSE KIDS CAN'T HAVE CELL
PHONES WITH THEM IN CLASS.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE THOSE
PARENTS WERE INITIALLY TOLD
THEY CAN PICK UP THEIR KIDS AT
3 P.M.
3 P.M.
3 P.M. AT
3 P.M. AT A CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OVER
HERE, AGAIN THEY WERE TOLD THAT
WOULD HAPPEN AT 3 P.M.
BUT SO MANY PARENTS SHOWED UP