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lot of really concerned parents that want to be reunited with their kids. students at that high school, those high school students are being taken by bus to the ymca so they can meet up with their parents and guardians. >> that is normally standard procedure. schools all over the country now have put in place a system of what to do when there are these active shooters, that are shooting at these various schools. for the most part, most of these kids have cell phones. so they are in touch with their parents. >> john: ted, i went to the "winston-salem journal, we will continue to not name the shooter, if anyone is on the lookout, he had ripped jeans and
building where they could. crime scene tape has been set up. according to the sheriff's department, who i spoke with, they are now in the process of trying to guarantee the safety of all students and they are actively evacuating the students from the high school and taking them to a nearby ymca where they are already notified -- their parents have been notified to pick them up there after school. according to that resource officer, one person has been shot. we don't know, was it a student or faculty member? staff member? we just don't have answers yet. it is still all unfolding. the fact that the sheriff's department and local police department are taking students out of the high school and taking them to a safer place really implies that there is no active shooter still because based on all of the protocols established nationwide on school
the scene. we just saw a moment ago. john, having covered so many of these unfortunately in recent years, it's a process. the information provided to the public is also a process. you don't want to do that until, obviously, they are certain who this is. and have that person in custody. you can see these are live pictures, winston-salem, north carolina. right before 2:00 on the east coast. this call came in to the winston-salem police department about an hour ago that there had been a shooting at mount tabor high school. >> john: for any parents might be wondering about what to do with their children, they are busing them over from mount tabor high school to the robin family ymca. it will probably take some time to get all of the students over there because they are doing it
not have hundreds of school students running over the area? >> absolutely right. dad, unfortunately, that school is now crime scene. they are trying to preserve the crime scene itself. if, in fact, "the winston-salem journal" newspaper says the threat is no longer on the campus, they've secured that seam. you can see law enforcement officers are standing down. certainly meaning they feel the school itself is secure of the actual shooter. >> sandra: ted, it's so important to tell everybody that the local ymca, it has been closed down so the parking lot can be used as a staging area for local law enforcement. as you can imagine, there are a