Then frightened students barricaded doors, phoned for help and picked up anything they could grab in case they needed to fight back.
In a sign language class, freshman Mark Kluska heard someone announce a lockdodwn over the school's loudspeakers. His teacher shut the door and fixed it with a metal doorstop.Later, someone outside the room who claimed to be with the sheriff's office told Kluska and his classmates that all was safe and they could come out, a video the freshman recorded shows.It's not clear who the person at the door was.
The four students who died have been identified as Madisyn Baldwin, 17; Tate Myre, 16; Hana St. Juliana, 14; and Justin Shilling, 17, authorities said. The weapon authorities said was used in the shooting, a 9mm Sig Sauer SP2022 semiautomatic pistol, was purchased by Crumbley's father on Friday, four days before shots rang out at the school, Bouchard said.
Video from the school shows the assailant was"shooting people at close range -- oftentimes toward the head or chest," Bouchard told CNN's"New Day" earlier Wednesday.Though much of the shooting was at close range, it nevertheless appeared"random," Bouchard told CNN, without elaborating."He actually fired through a number of the doors that I looked at last night -- through the barricaded doors. ...
"I believe they literally saved lives, having taken down the suspect with a loaded firearm still in the building," the sheriff said.As for the investigation into a motive:"We believe we have some writings that contain some of his thoughts," Bouchard said, adding he didn't immediately know whether the writings reveal intent.
Authorities also are investigating pictures of a target and the weapon posted on social media by the suspect, he added.As hundreds of law enforcement officers swarmed the campus Tuesday, students and teachers relied on tactics they'd learned in active shooter drills to protect themselves. People were injured as they rushed out of the school, Bouchard said. Most were treated and released at a nearby staging area.
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