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Elementary school, maple elementary school, which is across the street from the high school campus to meet their kits. now, once the lockdown was lifted, the school students were reunited with their waiting parents. lori joins me now on the phone. lori, what more have we learned about the student, the one student who was believed to be the shooter that acted alone this morning. do we are have any new information on him? >> not really. we do have confirmation that he was a student, the gunman himself was a student. and that he did turn himself in and the teacher did chase him from the building....

They were able to be accounted for. >> again, what we're learning about the shooting is the kids at the school did recognize who this person was, alogeedly chased ourt of the school by a etch tooer. we're getting the reports that it is some type of handgun that was used. the sheriff didn't elaborate about the age or the year of which the student is in high school there. but they are supposed to be coming backseat. the sheriff is supposed to be coming back in this half hour to give more details. we're going to take a quick break right here, chris jansing, thanks so much. we'll be back with our ...

30 miles outside of cleveland. the high school there is next to the middle school as as well as across the street from maple elementary school. teachers there on the scene acted quickly to make sure that the other students inside were safe once these shots were fired, once they realized what was going only. it seems like so many schools around the country have now instituted these policies of what to do when something like this happens. and, in this case, may have worked to save lives. >> it's interesting, thomas. we comgo back to when i was in kid kid in high school, you'd practice nuclear bo...

we can also tell you that the injured students were medevaced off campus and taken for treatment. we don't know what level of injury they have sustained. stephanie there is talking with authorities and gaining all of that information as she is doing just a terrific job bringing us up to date. stephanie, did you learn something new you want to share with us if you can hear us? >> reporter: yes, i do. i just spoke with the superintendent. he says he does believe that the shooter was in fact a student. they are now moving those high school students as we speak to maple elementary school...

high school in chardon, ohio, that's near cleveland. one student dead, four others wounded. two of the wounded students are in critical condition, one is serious, and another is stable. yet another student showed a reporter from wkyc where one of the bullets grazed him. >> yeah, right here on my ear. i was actually -- as i was turning away from the gunman, he caught me right on the ear. >> reporter: how's your hearing, how close was he when he fired that shot? >> we were the table right next to him, he was within three feet of us. three of the victims were at my table as well. >> the...