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The kids and picked up a mile later. first spotted, i believe, by a chopper and surrounded and seemed to be taken away without incident. one of the students talked about him, the shooter that he knew. >> how did you know about his guns? >> he showed me personally through his phone and stuff like that. i stayed clear of him most of the time during my time in alternative school. i don't want to be with him at all. i didn't want to cause any conflict with him. i get the impression he could go off. ainsley: that teenager was interviewed by a reporter there on the scene. this kid who is responsible...

Many gated communities. the school system is excellent, a low crime rates, so this is something that was so surprising, any time anything like this happens of course, but 17 people as you now know, teachers and students, we have not received a breakdown yet all passing away today as a result of the shooting. now as you have been talking about nikolas cruz, so far the sheriff is saying that they are combing through his social media and trying to figure out why this 19-year-old who did attend an alternative school atg one point, who was expelled from marjory stoneman douglas high school, why he ...

All that anything like this could possibly happen. they did acknowledge he had the weapon. it was kept lock as phil reported. because he's a young adult, they didn't see an issue with that. we heard from a number of students that knew of him and knew of his preoccupation with guns. in their view, an unhealthy preoccupation with it. in fact, there was some reporting as well that before he was expelled from the school and sent off to an alternative school, that the school at least was made aware this is someone that we should keep an eye on. >> shepard: it was about 4:00, 4:30 yesterday afternoo...

This is of the aftermath of the shooting. take a look. >> holy [ muted ]. [ gunshots ] >> oh, my god! [ gunshots ] [ screaming ] >> it is impossible to watch that. it is impossible to think about what those students were thinking, stephanie. we know there were texts sent from students to their loved ones, to their parents, telling them what was going on. as we know, last night on tv, we were watching this in real time, it is devastating. but we're finding out more about the young man who was arrested, 19-year-old nicholas cruz. he was expelled from here after a number of incidents. we're going...

Is that vanessa? ralph, hang on. >> you were telling me, talking about, you believe the alleged shooter. you don't have to say his name but tell us what you know about him. >> he's been a troubled kid. he's always had like a certain amount of issues going on. he shotguns because it gave him -- what's the word we're looking for? an exhilarating feeling. >> how did you know about his guns? >> he showed me personally through his phone and stuff like that. i stayed clear of him most of the time during my time in alternate school. i didn't want to be with him. i don't want a conflict with him. the ...