VIOLENCE.
>> OHIO STATE STABBING SPREE.
>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
>> UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY LOOKS TO
COME TOGETHER AS WE LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE ATTACKER.
MORNING.
IN COLUMBUS.
>> AND I SEE THE GUY GET OUT
PEOPLE.
>> MORE ON THE ATTACKER BUT
FIRST CHILLING ACCOUNTS TONIGHT
FROM PEOPLE THAT WITNESSED THE
ATTACK, AND FROM PEOPLE THAT
CALLED 911.
>> ONE CALLER DESCRIBED WHAT WAS
GOING ON AS TERRORIST ATTACK
TASHAPPENED.
>> I AM ON OHIO STATE CAMPUS.
I AM THINKING THERE IS SOME TYPE
OF TERRORIST ATTACK.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> BECAUSE THE GUY RAN A CAR
THROUGH A CROWD OF STUDENTS.
HE DID IT PURPOSELY.
>>Anchor: WELL, TRYING TO SORT
OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
STUDENTS WENT TO CHURCH TONIGHT
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK.
>> THIS AS MORE COMES OUT ABOUT
KNIFE.
WE ARE IN COLUMBUS TONIGHT.
LATEST.
ROD?
SALA
BAD ARTAN CAME FROM SOMALIA.
CAME IN 2011.
HE HAD DONE AN INTERVIEW WITH
THE NEWSPAPER HERE AT THE
UNIVERSITY COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK
WHERE HE SHOWED FRUSTRATION WITH
LACK OF PRAYER ROOMS.
WHETHER THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO
NEVER KNOW.
BUT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
THIS.
FBI INVESTIGATING THIS AS A
POSSIBLE TERRORIST INCIDENT.
HERE TONIGHT.
AT THE CHURCH.
TRYING TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT
VIOLENCE.
SEVERAL DOZEN STUDENTS,
EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENTS PRAYED
RABBY.
MUSLIM COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE
DID NOT FEEL SAFE COMING TO THE
EVENT.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR
BOB TURNER HAD A MESSAGE.
>> WE WANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY
AND THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE OF
FAITH STAND TOGETHER
NON-VIOLENTLY.
THEY STAND TOGETHER WITH ARMS
LINKED RATHER THAN FIST
CLINCHED.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST
CLEAR LOOK AT THE CRIME SCENE
AND GREAT CAR THAT ARTAN DROVE.
A PICTURE TAKEN BY ARMAN THAT
STOOD MINUT AWAY.
>> I TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE.
I HEAR A SCREAM.
AND SEE A SILVER CAR CRASH
HIT KIDS.
AND TOTALS THE CAR.
WINDSHIELD SMASHED.
NONE OF US KNEW.
>> Reporter: GUZSY CALLED 911
AND GOT A CLOSE UP LOOK AT THE
ARTAN AND BUTCHER KNIFE.
>> I SAW HIM GET OUT OF THE CAR.
SAW HIS FACE.
ANYTHING.
SCREAMING.
BUT HE HAD A MISSION.
>> Reporter: BUSINESS STUDENT
HE DID INTERVIEW WITH OHIO STAT
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AIRPORT, THE
LATERN, IN AUGUS
ADMITTED FRUSTRATION BECAUSE
ROOMS.
AT OHIO STATE HE SAID QUOTE I
WANTED TO PRAY IN THE OPEN BUT I
WAS SCARED WITH EVERYTHING GOING
ON IN THE MEDIA.
IF PEOPLE LOOK AT ME, MUSLIM
WILL THINK.
AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
END QUOTE.
NOW, THE HERO OF THE DAY IS
OFFICER ALAN.
28 YEARS OLD.
HE HAS BEEN ON OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY POLICE FORCE FOR LESS
THAN TWO YEARS.
HE GOT HERE IN JANUARY OF 2015.
HE WAS HERE OVER BY WATTS HALL
BECAUSE HE RESPONDED TO A CALL
FOR A GAS LEAK.
AND CLEARING THE SCENE.
WHEN ALL OF THIS HAPPENED.
BACK TO YOU.
>> ROD, WE KEEP LEARNING ABOUT
RESPONSE.
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
>> Reporter: IT IS
EXTRAORDINARY DEVIN.
AND ALSO EXTRAORDINARY TO
REALIZE THERE WAS MONTH WAIT
TIME ON THIS CALL BECAUSE THE
OFFICER WAS RIGHT OVER HERE
BEHIND ME AT WATTS HALL AND HE
OF HIM.
SO HE JUMPED UP.
PULLED OUT HIS WEAPON.
WEAPON DOWN.
HE DID NOT.
THE OFFICER ESSENTIALLY EMPTIED
THE CLIP INTO HIM.
WE ARE TOLD THERE WERE, AT
LEAST, FIVE TO EIGHT TO NINE
GUNSHOTS FIRED IN THIS INCIDENT
AND HE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY.