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Chaos when you have a code red lockdown order going out at the same time a fire alarm is being pulled. do you stay? do you go? it has to be a complete state of chaos. >> and people thought it was firecrackers. they didn't know until they saw local news reports about what it was. in the top right of your screen, if you're watching, there is an ambulance, and my understanding is they put the young man, the young white man in a maroon shirt that we saw police detaining earlier. we do not know if it is the suspect. we know the suspect is in custody. we saw police put that individual in that ambula...

I can't tell you any more than that. i heard one source say many, but i don't think you can take it until it is verified. but a number of fatalities. this is a bad day for florida and for the country. and you can imagine the grief of parents right now, not knowing as well as the students not knowing. as usual visually showing, there seems to be one in custody. they think they know who the shooter is and i don't know if that was the same person put into the police car. >> all right. so you're saying that the police, law enforcement thinks they have an idea who the individual is who was the shoo...

They told local hospitals, all of them, to expect or to prepare for casualties. we have three local stations. our local station cbs 4 for south florida is reporting as many as 40 students and a teacher are locked inside a closet inside the high school and that they have made contact. wplg, the abc station in south florida, is now reporting on word from parents. a mother said my daughter is locked in the auditorium. she texted me. she said mom, stay away. she said she's scared as she heard the gun shots. she said mom, i don't want to go to school tomorrow. another mother, my daughter texted me ...

We have brandon right now. he has someone outside the school. brandon? >> craig, a mom just arrived here. you have two children here. you're saying one, a daughter you have, is still in a classroom right now. >> i have two boys. a son that is a junior in the classroom. he said they moved him to another. my other son is a senior. he is safe in the bank. >> what have your sons been able to tell you? >> they said they know who the child is. his name is -- >> i'm sorry. i'm going to stop you from using his name. >> shepard: i want to interrupt their coverage for just a moment. to let you know a ci...

Drowning. i keep saying that for people because we need them to be careful about storm surge. flooding, drowning, that is the concern where people are involved. all right. so, those are the numbers. right now, the northern part of the eyewall is impacting the florida keys. key west specifically. so, we are now at the beginning. but we are still seeing the least of the worst. we'll start checking in with people now. where do you want me to start, adam? who should we start with? cnn has assets everywhere. okay. down in miami proper, around miami beach, we had eric van damme. his shot went down. ...