Anonymous ID: 7f7f85 May 18, 2018, 3:04 p.m. No.1460749   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>0764

One student, a 17-year-old junior who asked to remain anonymous, told The Independent that she thought the fire alarm going off was a drill, and that she and her friends were joking and walking out of the building when a “normally level-headed” teacher began “screaming at us to run and duck for cover”. She said that another teacher was “crying hysterically” as she tried to get children out of the building.

 

That student, who said it was the worst day of her life, said that about 250 students ran across the street from the school and hid behind an auto store. She then began to frantically search for her 15-year-old brother, who was safe. The chaos felt very similar to a false alarm in February, she said, when popping sounds triggered a lock down after a girl posted pictures of a semi-automatic rifle online.

 

“I wasn’t surprised, either, after our fake-out in February,” the student said. “It felt like it was a ticking time bomb waiting to explode since then. No one is ever really prepared for something like this.”

 

Surrounding school districts were placed on “protect mode” as a precaution. Doors were locked and personnel were stationed at outer doors, and no students were allowed outside of building.

 

The Santa Fe Police, Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives all responded to the scene.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/santa-fe-school-shooting-latest-today-texas-active-victims-police-gun-a8357846.html