BELIEVE
BELIEVE IT? WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD?>> IT IS A SCARY THING.>>
IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST LOST
XAVIER.
>> WAS YOUR FRIEND IN THE
KENNEDY BUILDING?
>> HE HEARD THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OVER THE INTERCOM AND HE WAS
LIKE, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON
CAMPUS.
>> IS YOUR FRIEND OKAY?
>> YES, HE IS FINE.>> WHAT IS
YOUR NAME?>> EVAN.
>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.
DO YOU MIND SHARING WITH US? I
KNOW IT IS PRETTY SCARY RIGHT
NOW.>> PEOPLE WERE RUNNING
AROUND, AND WE WERE WONDERING
WHY.
THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER, WE WAITED FOR THE
COPS, AND THEY WERE HEADING IN.
WE WENT INTO A ROOM, WE GOT AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WE
JUST TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND
WAITED FOR THE COPS.
WE JUST FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS
OF THE COPS.
>> HOW DID YOU FIND OUT AT
FIRST?
+@>> THERE WERE PEOPLE, WE WERE
ON THE FLOOR BASICALLY WHERE IT
HAPPENED, AND WE SAW PEOPLE
JUST RUNNING AND WHISPERING,
THERE IS A SHOOTER, SO WE
STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THEM IN
THE GENERAL DIRECTION AND
EVERYBODY STARTED RUNNING BACK
THE OTHER WAY.
THEY WERE JUST FREAKING OUT,
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD
THINGS NEAR THE WINDOW.
AS WE WERE EVACUATING ON THE
GROUND FLOOR, THE GLASS OF THE
FRONT DOOR WAS JUST DESTROYED.
>> YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE
ANOTHER, IT LOOKS LIKE AN
INVESTIGATION BUS PULLING IN
RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU IF
THAT IS OKAY.
WE WERE TALKING TO YOUR FRIEND
HERE, AND YOU SAID, MY HEART IS
STILL RACING.
AS YOU WATCH MORE PEOPLE
ARRIVED TO THE SCENE, A HEAVY
POLICE PRESENCE, AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THERE
IS AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT IN
+@
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY, BUT YOUR HEART IS
STILL RACING.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT
THIS WAS LIKE FOR YOU?
>> IT WAS SO SCARY, I WAS
STUDYING, I WAS RIGHT ABOUT TO
LEAVE BECAUSE NOTHING WAS GOING
ON, THERE WAS A PA BUT THAT
HAPPENED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
AFTER, I WAS BY MYSELF, I HEARD
+@
HAPPENED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER, I WAS BY MYSELF, I HEARD SOMEBODY IN THE LIBRARY SAY,
THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, I
LEFT EVERYTHING, AND I STARTED
TO FREAK OUT.
I HID UNDER THE DESK.
I WAS SCARED FOR MY LIFE, I
DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS IN THE
LIBRARY BUT, WE WERE ALL
FREAKING OUT, I WAS CALLING MY
DAD AND THE CAMPUS COPS CAME,
AND THEY SAID, PUT YOUR HANDS
ON THE FLOOR AND I WASN'T EVEN
SURE IF THAT WAS THE POLICE OR
THE SHOOTER OR ANYTHING.
BUT, THE SECURITY HANDLED IT
REALLY WELL.
>> WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> GABBY.
>> WHEN YOU ARE CALLING YOUR
PARENTS, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
YOU'RE SITTING THERE TELLING
THEM, I ASSUME YOU SAID, DAD,
THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> HE SAID, CAN I CALL YOU
BACK?
AND I SAID NO, THERE IS AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER.
HE SAID, HIDE, TAKE PRECAUTION.
BUT, IN THE MOMENT, THERE WAS
NOTHING I COULD DO.
TO BE HONEST, HE HAD A BETTER
POTENTIAL OF HURTING US.>> WE
JUST SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF YOUR
FRIENDS.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE, RUNNING
THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, EVERYBODY
SCATTERED? CAN YOU DESCRIBE
WHAT THAT WAS LIKE?>> MY
FRIENDS WEREN'T WITH ME, IT WAS
+@
WHAT THAT WAS LIKE?>> MY FRIENDS WEREN'T WITH ME, IT WAS JUST SIMPLE TEXT MESSAGES GOING
THROUGH, IT WAS CRAZY, I NEVER
EXPECTED THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME,
YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT JUST TO
SAY I AM A BUILDING OVER FROM
WHERE IT OCCURRED IS INSANE.
>> AND YOU PRACTICE THESE SORT
+@
WHERE IT OCCURRED IS INSANE. >> AND YOU PRACTICE THESE SORT OF THINGS, YOU PRACTICE FOR
ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAININGS, AND
IT HAPPENS.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION, YOU HAVE PROBABLY
+@
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, YOU HAVE PROBABLY PRACTICED THIS BEFORE, BUT WHEN
IT HAPPENED, WERE YOU
PREPARED?>> NO.
I FELT USELESS.
THEY SAY, HIDE UNDER A DESK, IN
PREPARED?>> NO. I FELT USELESS. THEY SAY, HIDE UNDER A DESK, IN@
REALITY, THAT IS NOT GOING TO
DO ANYTHING, WE ARE JUST
SITTING DUCKS WAITING TO BE
TARGETED.
>> GABBY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
STAY OUT HERE AND SPEAK WITH
STUDENTS AS THEY COME OUT,
OBVIOUSLY A CHAOTIC SCENE.
GABBY SAID, HER