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Most of his victims at random, firing at passing motorists and homes who wore tactical vests with extra magazines for his guns. police say he had prior contacts with law enforcement but did not elaborate. >> this is what the schools drilled for. we used to drill for tornadoes when i was a kid, now you drill for mass shootings and shootings situations. that's what they drilled for and thank goodness it sounds like that practice, that lockdown drill worked here, paid off here. >> yeah, it could have been worse, still awfully bad. meanwhile, political turmoil escalating in zimbabwe overnight, r...

Attention to what's going around in the surrounding area. we call it situational awareness, being aware what's going on. so this way we could have a full filed life. >> so moving from scared to being aware and then prepared is what you really do is what i'm hearing. >> yes. >> can i ask some of the students here, gabe, do you have active shooter drills? do you have lockdown drills in your school? >> once a year we usually do a lockdown drill where everyone hides behind so the shooter if he were to look through the window of the door he wouldn't be able to see us. >> david, do you do the same t...

Really quiet and it was just really nerve-racking. >> i was just thinking of places i would hide or run if in the scenario that ever happened. i couldn't think of any. >> in the years since columbine, schools across america have tried to prepare for the worst. most adapting some form of a standard lockdown drill. some districts have gone further permitting teachers to carry firearms, training students in self-defense, and thanks to a new law, beginning this year, all school staff members in missouri will be legally required to participate in active shooter response training. and schools all ac...

Their hands in the air, patted down by police, by law enforcement. obviously trying to make sure just in case the shooter had an accomplice, that person would not be able to get away. thankfully it doesn't look like he had an accomplice. were you one of those students being led away with your hands in the air? >> the single file line, every person had to put their hands up no matter what. and so we all put our hands up. the police were just lightly patting us. and we would keep going. certain students were selected. they would get a full patdown. i did not get a full patdown, i was still brief...

The school? >> one of our teachers, our science teacher named mr. wallace came in and let us know. >> what did he say exactly? >> he ran into the room. he just yelled. he goes, lock down. do what you would do in a lockdown drill. this is not a drill. >> how often do you do lockdown drills? >> i would say once every three months. i've done quite a bit. so i knew exactly what to do. arapahoe prepares really well. what did it entail? >> we all went into a corner. i was upstairs in a room so we all went into a corner and turned off the lights and locked the door. >> and how long were you there? ...