PARENTS.
>> Devin: WE WANT TO FOCUS ON
THE YOUNG LIVES CUT TOO SHORT.
>> Kim: 17-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN
SHILLING WAS THE CO-CAPTAIN OF
THE OXFORD BOWLING TEAM AND A
GOLFER.
>> Devin: HANA ST. JULIANA, AND
HER FAMILY SAID THE BEST WAY TO
DESCRIBE HER IS JOYFUL.
>> Kim: MADISON BALDWIN WAS A
TALENTED ARTIST, BIG SISTER,
LOVED TO READ AND WRITE.
>> Devin: 15-YEAR-OLD TATE MYRE
WAS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND
THEY HAVE SIGNED A PETITION TO
RENAME THE SCHOOL STADIUM AFTER
HIM.
>> Kim: HE WAS FUNNY,
RESPECTFUL, AND WOULD DO
ANYTHING FOR ANYONE.
THEY’RE NOT JUST SHARING THEIR
LOSS BUT TAKING US THROUGH WHAT
WENT ON INSIDE THE SCHOOL AS
WELL.
>> Karen: I WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN
WITH OLIVIA AND MIRANDA, FRIENDS
OF TATE.
THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TATE
AND HOW SPECIAL HE WAS, HOW
FUNNY HE WAS, HOW KIND HE WAS.
THEY GRABBED THEIR PHONES AND
GOING THROUGH THE PICTURES AND
TELLING ME STORIES ABOUT WHAT A
LEADER HE WAS.
AND IT BROUGHT THEM BACK TO
MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY.
>> EVERYONE IS JUST SCREAMING,
RUN!
SO I RAN LIKE PRETTY FAR,
PROBABLY FARTHER THAN I SHOULD
HAVE.
>> Karen: 16-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA
DARE WAS WALKING BACK FROM LUNCH
AND HEARD THE GUNSHOTS.
>> SCHOOL SHOOTER!
SCHOOL SHOOTER!
HE DID NOT EVEN DOUBT ME FOR AN
SEC.
HE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DOOR,
LOOKED IT, BARRICADED IT.
AND THEN ANOTHER STUDENT TO THE
OTHER DOOR.
>> Karen: HER FRIEND 16-YEAR-OLD
MIRANDA DID THE SAME THING.
>> WE HAVE THE NIGHT LOCK NEXT
TO OUR DOORS.
SO WE PUT THE NIGHT LOCK IN THE
DOOR AND I GRABBED DESKS AND PUT
THEM ALONG THE DOOR, AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE, AND THEN WE ALL RUN TO
THE CORNER.
>> Karen: LITTLE DID THEY KNOW
THEIR FRIEND TATE MYRE HAD BEEN
SHOT IN THE HALLWAY AND BLEEDING
OUT.
>> IF YOU ASKED ANYONE FROM
OXFORD, TATE WOULD BE THE ONE TO
GO AFTER THE GUNMAN AND BE THE
ONE TO SAVE EVERYONE’S LIVES AND
PUT EVERYONE’S LIVES BEFORE HIS.
>> Karen: TIME PASSED, TEXTS
EXCHANGED AND NO ONE HEARD FROM
TATE.
WHEN DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH TATE?
>> I WAS IN THE CAR ON THE WAY
HOME WITH MY DAD AND HE WAS
LIKE, HEY, CALL TATE.
NO ONE CAN FIND TATE.
SO I CALLED TATE AND HE DIDN’T
ANSWER, SO I THOUGHT HIS PHONE
MAY HAVE DIED OR HE JUST RAN
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> Karen: AND THEN THE NEWS THAT
TATE HAD DIED.
>> TATE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS
THAT WOULD LITERALLY DO ANYTHING
FOR ANYONE.
UHM, EVERYONE JUST LOVED HIM!
>> HE’S SUCH A FUNNY KID.
ALL PARENTS RESPECTED HIM.
HE WAS SO RESPECTFUL AND FUNNY,
SUPER ATHLETIC, THE GUY YOU
WOULD WANT TO BE AROUND.
>> Karen: FRIENDS ARE RETRACING
THEIR STEPS AND REMEMBERING
TATE’S.
>> HE WAS IN THE COURTYARD WITH
HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THEY WERE
SPLITTING UP, SO HIS GIRLFRIEND
WAS GOING THIS WAY AND HE WAS
GOING TO THE CLASS THIS WAY,
WALKING THROUGH PHYSICS, AND
THAT’S WHEN IT HAPPENED.
>> Karen: SITTING DOWN AND
TALKING WITH CHILDREN, AND
THAT’S IMPORTANT TO SAY, THEY’RE
CHILDREN DEALING WITH THIS.
THEY DO SAY THEY FELT LIKE THEY
HAD THE TRAINING FROM THE SCHOOL
BUT THEY DID MENTION WHILE THEY
WERE PREPARED, THE TRAINING WAS
FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HAD NO
PRACTICE SESSIONS IN THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT
CONCERNING.
I DID ASK THEM, DO YOU THINK
YOU’LL FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL.
NO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN’T ENVISION GOING BACK,
AND IT’S TOO EARLY TO IMAGINE.
DEVIN, KIM, BACK TO YOU.
>> Kim: WHAT A DIFFICULT
CONVERSATION THAT MUST HAVE BEEN
TO HAVE WITH THOSE GIRLS BUT SO
THANKFUL THEY SHARED THEIR MEM
LIST OF TATE WITH US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> Devin: IT HAD PROBABLY BEEN
BEFORE COVID SINCE THEY HAD DONE
THE TRAINING AT THE SCHOOLS, SO