Sentences with phrase «fleeing students»
The rifle and backpack were ditched in a stairwell, and police say the shooter left the school in a crowd of fleeing students.
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As police cleared the hallways, cellphones — both left behind by fleeing students and on the bodies of victims — buzzed with unanswered messages and calls.
The shooter had fired about 150 times when he dropped his AR -15-style rifle and escaped from school property by blending in with fleeing students.
The three - story building in which a gunman fired an AR - 15 assault rifle before melting into the crowds of fleeing students is now cordoned off by a fence and covered with banners from other schools showing their solidarity.
If a severe tremor were to strike — setting off fires in the pipelines or knocking down power lines — the school's 1,200 fleeing students could face fire, an electric minefield, or a wall of water.
The rifle and backpack were ditched in a stairwell, and police say the shooter left the school in a crowd of fleeing students.
A fleeing student appeared to be stuck in a fence; a deputy asked for bolt cutters.