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Normal fire drill and it ended up escalating into a mass catastrophe into a gunshot we thought it was a fire drill and all of a sudden we heard gunshot s and we had to leave the school as quickly as possible, make sure everyone is protected and everyone is good. >> what did it sound like? >> it sounded like a metal trash can or plastic trash can. if you throw something or kick it it sounded like that sound. i can't describe it particularly but when you kick it, it makes a boom sound. we ended up getting back further

I grabbed her and ran to the tree line, and then i called my mom and heard four more shots and then i jumped the fence and we ran to the car wash, and then some girl shot in the knee limped toward us. >> i heard the fire alarm and i thought it was a fire drill. i left my bag and stuff inside, and then i went downstairs, and then i met up with him, and then all these teachers are telling us to get back. i didn't know what was going on. i thought the school was on fire, and then we just heard gunshots go off. he grabbed my hand. we took off running toward the bushes. >> all right. those are stud...

We have more information about that school shooting we told you about this morning just outside galveston, texas. santa fe high school says there are injuries from the shooting. the galveston county sheriffese department says somebody is in custody and the situation is contained but the school's been under lockdown this morning. the atf also responding. i want to show what you one of the students that the school had to say a couple of minutes ago. >> when i first ed heard the shot i thought it was like fire, a fire drill. i was like, alarms pop organize something. >> it was some sort of an exp...

Firecrackers, threw them in the hall, and again that person that was posting those -- those posts, posted on that we were just trying to see how fast it would take for authorities to get to the school. >> roseanne, you've been talking to students and parents on the ground there. have you heard of a similar story like this? >> reporter: yes, i actually have. i spoke with a parent of -- her son goes that that school and said there was a false alarm earlier. they said a couple months ago, but it ended up being firecrackers and she was under the impression is was unrelated but the parent was expre...

There was a fire or a fire drill and responding to that. to be clear, for some people who don't have young students, students in some parts of the country are trained by a combination of law enforcement and their schools about how to deal with fire drills. we've all learned that. but how to deal with an active shooter situation, a shelter in place type of warning. >> right. the requirement is for all schools national to conduct the drills. i believe this school just conducted one relatively recent. there's a difference between a fire drill or if there's an active shooter drill. as i mentioned ...