>>>
>>> THE
>>> THE SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME NORMALIZED IN AMERICA, IN TERMS OF MASS SHOOTINGS.
>>> MAJOR BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT
AT 11:00, A TRAGEDY IN OUR
COMMUNITY, A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE
AT UNC CHARLOTTE, KILLING TWO
AND CRITICALLY INJURING THREE
OTHERS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT PICTURES
FROM A CAMPUS THAT IS GRIEVING
TONIGHT, THAT SCENE IS
UNFOLDING AS POLICE INVESTIGATE
GOING THROUGH THE SUSPECTED
GUNMAN'S APARTMENT AT THIS
HOUR.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL VERY
ACTIVE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS PLAYING OUT
ALL NIGHT LONG, STUDENTS
HOLDING EACH OTHER, FRIENDS
HELPING FRIENDS, YOUNG PEOPLE
COMING TOGETHER AFTER SEEING
ABSOLUTE HORROR.
WE KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE DOING
THE SAME.
>> HERE IS THE LATEST, TWO
PEOPLE ARE DEAD, SOURCES
TELLING US, THEY ARE BOTH MEN,
BUT WE HAVEN'T CONFIRMED THAT
THEY ARE STUDENTS, THREE OTHERS
ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND A
FOURTH PERSON IS STABLE
TONIGHT.
THE GUNMAN ENTERED A CLASSROOM
IN THE KENNEDY BUILDING WITH A
PISTOL.
HE STARTED SHOOTING.
RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR A MOTIVE.
>> IS STARTED AT 5:50 P.M.,
THAT IS WHEN THE FIRST SHOTS
WERE FIRED, MEDICS CONFIRMED
TWO VICTIMS WERE DEAD AT THE
SCENE.
A SHORT TIME LATER, AT 7:31,
SOURCES CONFIRMED THE SUSPECTS
NAME.
22-YEAR-OLD, TRISTAN FIELD, IT
WAS JUST IN ITS LATER THAT THE
+@CMPD TWEETED THAT ONE IS IN
CUSTODY.
GOVERNOR, ROY COOPER SPOKE
ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO.
>> WE KNOW THAT THE COMING DAYS
AND WEEKS AND MONTHS WILL BE
VERY DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES.
WE KNOW THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE
HERE, THIS WILL BE THE WORST
DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
>> IT IS AN UNTHINKABLE AND
HORRIBLE SITUATION IN OUR OWN
BACKYARD, WE HAVE CREWS SPREAD
OUT ACROSS THE CHARLOTTE AREA,
SPREADING EVERY ANGLE.>> NBC
CHARLOTTE, MICHELLE BEGINS OUR
TEAM COVERAGE ON THE UNCC
CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: FIVE HOURS AFTER
THE SHOOTING, STUDENTS STILL
SAY, THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN +@
SHOCK, THEY SAY THERE IS A
SMALL SIGH OF RELIEF THAT THE
WORST IS BEHIND THEM, BUT THERE
IS STILL A LOT OF SADNESS FOR
WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY.
>> SOMEBODY RAN IN, YELLED,
THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, GET
+@DOWN.
>> Reporter: IT HAS HAPPENED
HERE.
AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON THE UNC
CHARLOTTE CAMPUS, TWO PEOPLE
DEAD, THREE MORE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AND A FIFTH VICTIM IS
SAID TO BE OKAY.
THE SHOOTER WAS IN THE KENNEDY
BUILDING AT THE CENTER OF
CAMPUS.
>> IT WAS JUST CONFUSION, I
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON.>> HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN
CLASS WHEN THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED, BUT HE HAD TO FIX
SOMETHING FOR HIS FINALS
PRESENTATION AND WENT TO THE
LIBRARY INSTEAD.>> NOT EVEN
FIVE MINUTES LATER, HE WALKED
IN AND STARTED SHOOTING PEOPLE.
WE KIND OF JUST PUT THE TABLE
IN FRONT OF THE DOOR.>> A
CAMPUS ALERT WHEN OUT TELLING
ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF TO RUN,
HIDE, FIGHT, AND SHELTER INTO
PLACE.>> AFTER HEARING THAT, WE
JUST RAN.>> THEY ARRESTED THE
22-YEAR-OLD IN THE CLASSROOM,
AND HE HAD A PISTOL ON HIM,
THEY SAY HE DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS POLICE LEADING
HIM AWAY IN HANDCUFFS.
THE SUSPECT WAS LED INTO POLICE
HEADQUARTERS, YOU CAN SEE, HE
TURNED TO THE CAMERAS AND
SMILED.
HE WAS A HISTORY MAJOR THAT HAD
DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL EARLIER
THIS SEMESTER.
STUDENTS SAY, IT WAS SURREAL TO
LIVE THROUGH IT.>> GOD BLESS,
I'M SAFE, EVERYBODY ELSE OUT
HERE IS SAFE.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS TONIGHT
TELLING ME THEY ARE DOING THE
BEST TO BE THERE FOR EACH
OTHER, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS,
TWEETS GOING BACK AND FORTH,
CHECKING ON FRIENDS, MAKING
SURE EVERYBODY IS OKAY, THEY
TELL ME THE KNOW THE HEALING IS
JUST BEGINNING, WE HAVE SEEN
THIS BEFORE, A LONG ROAD AHEAD.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANK YOU, AS OF TONIGHT,
POLICE STILL HAVEN'T REVEALED A
MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING BUT WE
ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE GUNMAN, HERE IS A LOOK FROM
OUTSIDE HIS HOME TONIGHT.
>> HE IS 22 YEARS OLD, HE WAS A
STUDENT AT THE STOOL SCHOOL, HE
WAS STUDYING HISTORY BUT
DROPPED OUT EARLIER THIS
SEMESTER.>> WE HAVE BEEN
GATHERING MORE INFORMATION.
WHAT ELSE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
YOUNG MAN?
>> Reporter: WELL, WE KNOW THAT
POLICE ARE NOT YET READY TO
NAME HIM AND RELEASE HIS
IDENTITY TO THE PUBLIC, JUST
MOMENTS AGO, CMPD RELEASED
INFORMATION BUT DID NOT
IDENTIFY ANYONE SPECIFIC, ONLY
SAYING THEY TOOK A LOAN SUSPECT
OF INTEREST INTO CUSTODY WHO IS
+@
SAYING THEY TOOK A LOAN SUSPECT OF INTEREST INTO CUSTODY WHO IS CURRENTLY BEING INTERVIEWED BY
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES.
THE UNC CHARLOTTE POLICE CHIEF
TELLS US, THERE WILL BE A TIME
WHERE THEY WILL RELEASE MORE
INFORMATION BUT AT THIS POINT,
THEY ARE NOT YET READY TO DO
SO.
THIS MAN APPEARED TO SHOUT
WORDS AS OFFICERS BROUGHT HIM
INTO HEADQUARTERS, ALMOST 2
HOURS AFTER HE SHOT SEVERAL
STUDENTS.
DESPITE HIS OUTBURST HERE, JEFF
BAKER SAID HE DIDN'T UTTER A
WORD ONCE POLICE TOOK HIM INTO
CUSTODY.
THEY ARE READY TO RELEASE
DETAILS, ONLY TELLING US THIS.
>> HE IS NOT SOMEBODY ON OUR
RADAR.>> IT IS A 22-YEAR-OLD,
NAMED TRYSTAN TERRELL, HE WAS A
FORMER STUDENT, A HISTORY MAJOR
WHO DROPPED OUT EARLIER THIS
SEMESTER. +@
WITHIN THE LAST 30 SECONDS,
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE
CONFIRMED WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
+@REPORTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS,
THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS TRYSTAN TERRELL, HE IS IN
CUSTODY AT THIS TIME WITH
CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM,
WE RAN A QUICK CHECK ON HIM AND
WE FIND NO CRIMINAL HISTORY.
>>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VIDEOS
FROM ON CAMPUS WHILE THE CHAOS
WAS UNFOLDING, HERE IS A LOOK
AT STUDENTS WHO WERE
EVACUATING, CAUGHT ON CELL
PHONE CAMERA, YOU CAN SEE THE
PANIC FROM THE STUDENTS, WHILE
POLICE ARE MOVING IN ON THE
SCENE.
>> THIS IS THE DISTURBING SCENE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT STUDENTS
SHIRT IS COVERED IN BLOOD.
AGAIN, WE ARE PRAYING FOR THE
STUDENTS TONIGHT AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND WISHING THEM A
SPEEDY RECOVERY IN THE COMING
DAYS AND MONTHS.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO
SPEEDY RECOVERY IN THE COMING DAYS AND MONTHS. >>> WE ARE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO@
SAVANNAH, SHE IS OUTSIDE THE
HOME OF TRYSTAN TERRELL SINCE
THIS AFTERNOON.
>> THIS BECAME A VERY ACTIVE
SEEN TODAY.
>> Reporter: IT DID, WHILE THAT
INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERWAY AT
+@
>> Reporter: IT DID, WHILE THAT INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERWAY AT UNCC, THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HERE
AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX OF
THAT SUSPECT.
I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO
LIVE HERE, THEY SAID THAT THEY
HAVE SEEN HIM BEFORE IN
PASSING, HE WAS A PRETTY QUIET
GUY, OBVIOUSLY SHOCKED THAT
SOMEBODY THEY SPOKE TO ON A
DAILY BASIS, SAW ON A DAILY
BASIS COULD BE CAPABLE OF
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AS FAR AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE THAT I SAW HERE, A
MAJORITY OF THE OFFICERS WERE
PACKED INTO THE PARKING DECK
AREA.
I HAVE SOME VIDEO I WANT TO
PULL UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
BEYOND THAT, AND BEYOND WHAT
I'M HEARING WAS AN EVACUATION
OF ONE OF THE FLOORS OF THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SOMETHING ELSE BIZARRE
HAPPENED, WHICH YOU ARE SEEING
IN THIS VIDEO RIGHT NOW, A CAR
BASICALLY PULLED UP HERE, AND
ALL OF THESE POLICE OFFICERS
SWARMED BEHIND HIM, HAD THE
DRIVER PUT THEIR HANDS UP.
THESE OFFICERS CAME UP WITH
THEIR GUNS DOWN BUT DRONE, THEY
PULLED THE DRIVER OUT, PUT THEM
INTO THE POLICE CAR AND
SEARCHED THIS VEHICLE WITH
DOGS, FLASHLIGHTS, CERTAINLY
INTERESTED IN THAT VEHICLE FOR
SOME REASON.
STILL ASKING POLICE WHAT THAT
WAS ALL ABOUT, IF THAT VEHICLE
IS RELATED TO THIS
INVESTIGATION OR THIS CASE IN
ANY WAY, OR MAYBE SOMEBODY JUST
DROVE UP INTO A RESTRICTED
AREA.
IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION.
+@
IT IS STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. TAKE A LISTEN TO ONE OF THE
RESIDENTS I SPOKE WITH HERE,
WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS
INTERACTIONS WITH TRYSTAN
TERRELL.
>> I'VE SEEN HIM WALKING AROUND
SEVERAL TIMES, HE'S JUST SUPER
QUIET FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, VERY
INTROVERTED.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO HIM MYSELF,
THE MOST I'VE HEARD FROM HIM IS
HELLO AND THAT IS IT.>> IT IS
DISTURBING, KNOWING THAT WE
JUST HAD AN EVENT HERE, IS EVEN
A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTURBING.
ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT HE
WOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS BECAUSE
HE WAS A RESIDENT.
IT IS KIND OF SCARY.
>> I WANT TO SHOW YOU, YOU CAN
SEE THE BLUE LINE RIGHT THERE,
IT IS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX. A LOT OF
STUDENTS WHO LIVE HERE
OBVIOUSLY, VERY UPSET AND
SHOCKED BY EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENED HERE TODAY.
AGAIN, WE CAN ASSUME THAT
POLICE DID SEARCH THIS SUSPECTS
UNIT AND PRESUMABLY THE VEHICLE
AS WELL, THAT IS JUST BASED OFF
OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE
TODAY.
NBC CHARLOTTE.
>>> SAVANNA, THANK YOU.
+@
NBC CHARLOTTE. >>> SAVANNA, THANK YOU. LOOKING AT MORE VIDEO TAKEN ON
CAMPUS, AS CMPD MOVES INCOME
YOU CAN SEE THE STUDENTS ARE
CLEARLY PANICKED AND CONFUSED
AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON.
THEN YOU SEE THE OFFICERS IN
THE DISTANCE RUNNING IN, YOU
CAN ALSO SEE A HELICOPTER
FLYING OVER THE CAMPUS.>> WE
SPOKE TO SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO
DESCRIBED THE TERRIFYING EVENTS
AS THEY ROLLED OUT.
XAVIER WALTON WAS ON CAMPUS
THIS AFTERNOON, AND SPOKE TO
THEM DIRECTLY.
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?
>> Reporter: WE GOT HERE ABOUT
30 MINUTES AFTER THOSE SHOTS
+@
>> Reporter: WE GOT HERE ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER THOSE SHOTS RING OUT, SO WE GOT ONTO
CAMPUS, WE GOT ON SCENE,
STUDENTS WERE FILLED WITH RAW
EMOTION, THEY SHARED THAT WITH
US AS WE GOT HERE.
WHILE POLICE RUSHED INTO HARMS
WAY, STUDENTS WERE RUNNING TO
SAFETY.
>> WE BARRICADED OURSELVES IN
THE STUDY ROOM.
>> ARE YOU OKAY?
>> IT WAS JUST A REALLY
EXCELLENT -- SCARY EXPERIENCE.
>> WE WAITED 10 MINUTES, THEN
WE HEARD A POLICE OFFICER
SAYING, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE
IN HERE?
SHE SAID, COME ON, COME ON,
COME ON.
>> AT FIRST, CONFUSION.
THEN, REALITY.
>> IT COULD HAVE IN ME, I NEVER
EXPECTED IT TO HAPPEN TO ME.>>
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE
CLASSROOM WHEN THIS SHOOTING
TOOK PLACE?
>> YES, SIR.
FIRST I TEXTED MY GIRLFRIEND
AND MY MOM, TELLING THEM I
LOVED THEM.
IF IT WOULD HAPPEN TO BE, I
DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WOULD FEEL.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF STUDENTS