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Eliminated the threat. the suspect is d.o.a. >> reporter: within minutes of the attack, a campus-wide alert went out reporting an active shooter on campus, run, hide, fight. a federal law enforcement official tells cnn the gunshots reported may have been of the police officers shooting the attacker. on campus, students and faculty blocked doorways and hid while waiting for the all clear. >> our teacher ran and locked the door and at the same time we all saw a ton of -- we heard a bunch of sirens...

And -- we just ran to -- to a school. and my friend ran some where else. and started getting really worried. i was trying to get a hold of my mom. and i phone wouldnt work. >> so where were you when you were trying to call your mom? >> i was at my school on the side of the building. when my teacher -- not my teacher -- the teacher ran and he got shot. >> tara, when did you realize something was going wrong. was the call from your daughter the first indication? >> my daughter called me saying the...

Daughter faith that much tighter, faith robinson witnessed the shooting. she and her mom tara join us tonight. >> faith, i cant imagine how scary this was for you today. if you feel comfortable, can you tell me what you saw, what happened? >> when i got to school, me and my friend wes were talking. and then the guy just started shooting. and -- we just ran to -- to a school. and my friend ran some where else. and started getting really worried. i was trying to get ahold of my mom. and i phone wo...

Individual and what might have motivated him. >> aisle is you both stand by for me and bring in anthony falserrano, a senior at the ewert and joining me on the phone. i know, anthony, you were in class at the time of this shooting, which may have just been the shooting by a police officer of the suspect. tell us what you heard. >> yeah. so that seems to be what everyone believes now, that it was just the cops, but we were sitting in class in lecture, just starting, and we heard -- we heard what ...

Emergency dispatch center got a report that a vehicle had struck pedestrians. >> reporter: he then continued to attack, slashing people with a knife. >> he exited the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting pedestrians. >> reporter: less than a minute later, he was confronted by a police officer. >> he engaged the suspect and eliminated the threat. >> reporter: within minutes, a campus wide alert went out saying run, hide, fight. the gunshots reported may have been of the police office...

Thats why our federal partners are here and helping. >> reporter: police say the attacker deliberately jumped the curb with a car and rammed into a group of pedestrians. a federal official tells cnn the car used in the attack was registered to a family member. >> around 9:52 a.m., the emergency dispatch center got a report that a vehicle had struck pedestrians. >> reporter: he then continued to attack, slashing people with a knife. >> he exits the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cuttin...