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People dealing with the aftermath t. woman you saw there is the mother of this man, jason johnson, a 34-year-old killed in thursdays shooting. turning his life around. we are learning this morning, johnson and those eight other students were killed by a fellow classmate. school officials now confirming that the gunman had been registered for that writing class, where he nibblely opened fire. dan simon is live with more for us. dan, what else are you learning this morning? >> well, good morning, ...

Been a shooting and it had happened in the writing class. when i found that out, i -- i just prayed that he was all right. i saw some headlights come on. s in the human body. they fuel our energy, support our metabolism, amplify our performance and recovery. theyre essential for good health. your bodys best source for protein? gnc. now get the worlds best protein formulas at an astounding price. buy any gnc protein powder and get 1 half off. everyone needs protein, every day. and now all gnc pro...

Ages 8 to 67 includes a teacher and aspiring pediatric nurse. father talking about emotional moments after the shooting. >> when i got to the hospital, they were prepping her for surgery. when she got there, she reached my hand and i just held her and she said, dad, i didnt know what else to do. i was on the ground and i was praying and i kept hearing your voice and i kept saying dont move. >> wow. glad she is alive this morning. learning more about the gunmans troubled past. a student enrolled ...

[ reporter asking question ] >> im having a difficult time understanding. >> was the student enrolled in the writing class? >> the shooter was a student. it was the class he was registered in. >> did he hand over a box to one of the victims? >> a box? >> a box? did he hand something to one of the victims? >> were not commenting on something he may have done. >> the police officers who are heroic brought him to a stop and how the shooter was stopped and he did commit suicide but we understand he ...

>> the shooter was in class at the time? some say he was a student. can you confirm that? was he in the class already when he started teaching? >> im having a difficult time understanding -- >> was he a umc student and was he enrolled in the writing class? >> the shooter was a student and he was registered in that class. >> did he hand over a box to one of the victims? >> a box? >> a box of documents? >> that i dont know. >> did he hand something to one of the victims. >> were not prepared to co...

Say what he was studying and if he was in the class or -- >> im having a difficult time understanding your -- >> was he a student and was he enrolled in the writing class? >> he was a student. and that class was a class he was registered in, yes. >> did he hand over a box to one of the victims? >> a box? >> a box? >> that i do not know. >> did he hand something to one of the victims? >> were not prepared to release that. >> the two police officers that brought him to a stop, he committed suicide...

Years old. one of them a teacher. another the son of a firefighter. all of them irreplaceable in the hearts of the people they left behind. >> found out that the -- there had been a shooting and it had happened in the writing glass. my son was in the writing glass. i knew he was in the writing class when i found that out i -- i just prayed that he was all right. that morning he was happy and carefree and i love you, mom. see you later. and he never came home. he never will again. >> pam springer...

Now, according to our mapping out of this campus, we believe this is the southeast corner of snyder hall so that officer might have reported gunshots, exchanging gunshots with the gunman about at this point in that building. snyder is a building used for classes, workshops and meetings. law enforcement sources tell us the shooter started in one classroom, started moving to others including, of course, snyder hall. initial reports it might have been in the science building we were just told by a ...

>> so he makes up an elaborate ruse to his parents how hes going to go to yale for a writing class that doesnt exist, and all the time spends stalking foster. he finds out where she lives, slipping notes under her door, on the phone with her. and he would take these calls. >> who is this? oh, no. who is this? who is this? >> this is john. >> who? oh, no. not you again. look, i really cant talk to you. okay? look, do me a really big favor. do you understand why i cant, you know, carry on these co...

Most of that would have been in interviews with him. he was self-centered, but he wasnt narcissistic. it was more like kind of a loner who doesnt have much else going on. and then would get grandiose ideas including delusional ideas. >> he made up a whole girlfriend for his parents for a year. she didnt exist. >> she seemed awfully real to him at times. but it was very much to manipulate his parents so that he could be off and doing what it was that he intended to do without their interfering. >...