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We have an active shooter. We
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to Claire. That's a mass casualty
Welcome to Active Shooter, a podcast that

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covers the whys, the hows,
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casualty events. They have an active
shooter in the building, a checking call

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as they are big impact of a
showers. We got chush fire at four

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fifteen ASL Rouge ninety one, so
I'm like, oh, I'm at a

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fire, active shooter or it's of
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shooter of mass casualty incidents. Thank
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listening. It remains Miss Sposire writing. Do you solemnly swearer from the testimony.

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You're about to give us a truth, the whole truth, and nothing

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but the truth. Yes, thank
you, U Tree and m be seated.

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Please lean in to the microphone in
stay your full name and spell your

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last name er. My name is
Nicolette Machada and the last sames M I

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c Iott. Good afternoon, Miss
Machatta. How are you? I'm doing

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all right? Good? And do
you get to school? Yes? I

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did. I actually just graduate for
a Gulf Coast University with a major in

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criminal justice and minor in psychology,
going back in the fall for grad school.

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Okay, where'd you go to high
school? Merger still in Douglas and

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when did you graduate? Twenty eighteen? All right, I like to call

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your attention to Wednesday, February fourteenth, twenty eighteen. You remember that day?

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Yes? You do? Yes?
And do you remember where you were

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doing fourth period? Yes? I
was a missus AD's room right across from

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the tennis courts. I don't remember
the room number. Okay, do you

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remember do you remember the building number? No, I don't. It was

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facing right across from the tennis court, so when I looked out I could

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see it I'm sure you're okay.
I'm going to show you Stacey did it

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Mark two and see if this helps
you at all. It doesn't, it's

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okay. I was Building nine,
Building nine, Yes, okay, all

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right, that's good. All right, So you're in building nine. So

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what happens? Class started? We
were doing a discussion. We had been

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in groups for the discussion. It
was assignment we were doing, and I

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hadn't felt well that day, so
I had been texting my mom telling her

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I wasn't sure if I was going
to leave or stay, or what I

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was going to do. I ended
up deciding to stay because it was too

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close to the bell ringing, and
there's a certain time in between the bell

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ringing and you being able to leave, and I was cutting it pretty close,

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so I decided to stay. Okay. Moments later, as after,

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I texted my mom and said,
you know, I'm going to stay.

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It's too short. We heard the
fire alarm go off. Okay. When

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we heard the fire alarm go off, I exited the room. I grabbed

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my bag, I grabbed everything,
and we made our way outside. Okay,

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and where did you go? We
went towards the tennis courts. We

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walked all the way past the fields, all the way to the other side,

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right in between West Gleades and the
walmart that was right there. Okay,

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I'm going to put up States Exhibit
number one, you know, and

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take a look at this and see
if if this can you see can you

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see that yet? Yes? Does
that? Does that help you at all?

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Yes? Okay, so you didn't
have to work the tick the collar

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and just show from where you were
in the nine hundred building, where you

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where you you went. I was
right here. I don't know if it

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made a mark that wasn't pick a
like the yellow or something. I was

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right here. Yeah, we came
along the side. When we came out,

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there were so many students standing there
you could barely tell, you know,

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who was who. You just started
walking. When we started walking,

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we walked along here. As we
got to the we kept walking over here.

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As we got around over here,
we started seeing police. When we

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saw the police, we we started
realizing a little bit what was going on,

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because normal fire Jolis would have never
you never saw police around you as

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much as we started seeing them.
We went along all the way here.

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Just about here is when I had
turned around and I saw the shooter was

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standing behind me. Okay, you
didn't know who the shooter was at the

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time, did you. I had
known him since middle school, Okay,

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I just had not known that he
had left the school, right, so

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you see him? What happens?
I see him, and I turned around,

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and you know, I hadn't seen
him in years. I spent the

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first two years at another schools,
so my last two years were at Stoweman

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Douglas. I, looking back,
obviously had no idea. I turned around,

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I realized he was standing with another
friend of mine. When I realized

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that, we kind of collided in
the line. So we became one line.

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When we became one line, I
said hi, He said high back,

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And I said, you know you
have any college plans? And he

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said somewhere in Florida. At that
time, we got filed into one line.

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He was right behind me. And
at that time I was still trying

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to find friends of mine. I
was on the phone with my mom.

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No, it's okay. I was
going to ask you remember what he was

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wearing. It's wearing a maroon Jero
TC shirt and I don't remember the pants.

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I just saw the top. I
never was it a maroon r O

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TC shirt from Marjorie Stone Douglas.
Do you see him in the courtroom today?

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Yes? I did. Would you
please pointing out the person in the

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green sweater? Yes, madame reporter
with the Court's Commission. Would you let

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the records that miss Y had identified
to defend Nicholas Cruise? Okay? And

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then where did you go? And
I'm sorry I pronounced your name? Matata

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are at that point we got we
were scaling the fence between right the West

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Glades. Basically when we came out
on this end, I turned around and

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he wasn't there anymore. Okay,
thank you, I have no question.

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Thank you, Okay, thank you. Please be seated. You would please

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lean into the microphone and state your
full name and spell your last name.

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Name is Kyle and Ellen Lamon L
A M A N. Good mister Leman.

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How are you good? Harry?
You well? So do you go

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to school? I do? Where
do you go? I go to the

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Emergency Educational Institute EI, it's a
EMTAM paramedics class. Okay. Where'd you

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go to high school? I went
to Marjorie Stoman Doubles. And when did

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you graduate in twenty one? I'd
like to call your attention to Whennesday,

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February the fourteen, twenty and eighteen, you remember that day? I do,

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okay, And specifically I'd like to
ask you about fourth period. Do

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you remember where you were? I
was in mister rush Piercy's class or my

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personalization personalization where you know, yeah, what are you doing personalization? You

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might tell us it's a good study
hall just either homework for you know.

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Okay, So mister Layman, would
you tell us what happened during fourth period

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please? During the fourth period was
just started off as a you know,

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normal period until you know, the
time hit where the firewarm went off.

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Soon as the fire alarm went off, we all, you know, did

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normal our fire alarm procedures. We're
all going to the hallway where all the

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classes were. We all stayed there
very stationary. It was I already had

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really bad feeling about it because it's
not normal for us just to be stationary

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there. So it was bad.
I guess for me, I felt really

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weird and anxious and scared. That's
when someone said, like the building was

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on fire, and then I was
like, that's impossible. So I had

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a lot of questions in my mind. Then that's when I heard the doors

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open on the other side and it
was very loud, and then you know,

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if everyone's talking and stuff, then
all of a sudden, it just

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goes silent. And then that's when
the screaming happened. And well the shots

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went off, and uh, that's
when a lot of people like I guess,

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froze up and I did too.
That always emptied, Like for me

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personally, it emptied super fast.
I blinked and everyone was separated, gone

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or on the floor. I remember
seeing a lot of bodies on the floor.

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Uh, I didn't. I saw
the gunman come out. I saw

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everything. When the shots went out, I blinked, and then it was

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everything just when bad. I started
moving left to right, seeing what to

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do. And then as soon as
I went left, I felt like a

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very strong I don't really know how
to explain it, but like a paintball

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shot to my right foot and I
was I didn't even recognize it at the

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time, I just felt it.
And then it went into this the cutout

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to where the bathrooms are. Then
that's when I saw my friend there,

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and then Joaquin was there too,
Ja came. Oliver was in there.

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The alco I believe so yeah,
and who was who is your other friend?

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Tyler West? West? So it
was the three of you and the

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alco Yes, okay, then what
happened? I realized that I was like,

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I feel something wet in my foot. I don't know what it is.

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I look down and I see my
ankles blown off, the bits obliterated.

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I stood there like an hour just
staring at it. I was like,

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oh my god, what are you
serious? This is happening. I

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was like, I'm feeling the water, it's like blood, and I'm hearing

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shots going off. People are screaming
him, me and Tyler terrified. I

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look at him, he looks at
me. I'm like, we're gonna die?

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What do we do? And I
peek around the corner and I still

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see she was shooting into the classroom. I'm like, wey, I see

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what came trying to get into the
bathroom door, but I know the bathroom

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doors were locked. But so I
told him to stop. We need to

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figure out how different way to get
out. So but he's I don't think

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he really heard me or cared,
but I would. At that point I

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kind of stopped him, trying to
look for off turning method and see if

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I could leave. So that's when
I look see if the gun was shooting.

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He still was, so I took
the opportunity while he's stopped at least

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for a temper early and I darted
to cover to get closer to the exit,

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and I managed to as soon as
I started running, I was the

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only person besides the gunman in the
hall at the time, besides the bodies

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that were on the floor. He
started out. Since I was running,

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he targeted me started shooting at me. I remember hitting the wall. As

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soon as I hit the wall,
I could see the brize from the walls

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of at least four to five rounds
coming off of the wall, simp they

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aimed at me. I'm assuming it
was like, oh my god. As

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soon as I did that, the
shooting stopped, and then I don't know,

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I can't really recall how long I
was in that little covered for at

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the second time, but I managed
to as soon as he stopped shooting again

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run an exit. The first door
I tried was on the very left wouldn't

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open. And that was when you're
saying the door on the left, you're

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talking about the two doors that lead
into the west stairwell. Correct. Okay,

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So the one closes, the one
closest to me, Yeah, it

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wouldn't open, and so obviously I
went to the next one and I managed

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to escape, ran down the three
flights of stairs and managed to leave.

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Okay. And where did you run
to? I ran towards the football field?

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Okay. And did you finally get
your did you hear anything when you

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were running on the football field on
the football field, yeah, I heard

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shots. And then you finally get
the safety I did inside of a locker

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room. Let me show you State's
twenty four C for a deducation, that's

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me. Is that you an yellow
circle? Yeah? Okay? You like

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also of twenty four states? Is
it an objection? States twenty four C

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as in Charlie for identification will be
received as States eighty two. Now,

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mister Lane, and I want to
show you states to do it eighty two?

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Is that you right there for an
yellow circle? Yes? Okay?

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And I'm gonna show you now three
exhibits before I do that, could you

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describe what happened to your leg your
ankle? I mean, what kind of

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treatment did you have? For treatment? Mha, I had around like five

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to six surgeries. Okay, okay, let me show you any States exhibit

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mark fourteen Z for dantification. Recognize
that and who is that? That's me?

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Is that you at the hospital?
Yes? Okay? And States exhibit

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four S is that? Yes,
that's my foot? Is that your foot?

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Okay? And how about States exhibit
for the yes? Okay? And

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what are they doing there? So
there was a skin graft to repair my

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whole ankle, it was to they
took skin from my right or no,

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sorry, they put skin from my
life up done muscle and whatever necessary?

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Am I right to replace all the
missing stuff that I lost basically prepaired,

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so I could have some function for
later in the future, so I could

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at least walk, all right?
I like to offer four S for V

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and four Z. Did you earlier
you said fourteen should so just to clear,

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yes, it's four This one says
fourteen Z. Is that whatever?

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Whatever? Okay? So there's just
for the record, there's four asses in

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SAM for B like Victor and then
fourteen Z like Zbra. What do I

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say when you said fourteen then you
said four So I just wanted to make

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sure this wasn't marked in the improperly. Whatever is there. Okay, is

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there any objection? And more?
Because well, because you can, okay,

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And please tell me your full name, and it's about your last name

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for the record, my full name
is is about Checker. My last name

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is about C H D q U
E R. Good afternoon, miss jack

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Er. How are you okay?
How are you good? So? Do

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you go to school? Yes?
I go to UCF in Orlando, okay?

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And what year are you in?
I am a senior, so I

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graduate soon okay? And did you
go to high school somewhere? Yes?

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I went to Marjorie Stone in Douglas
High School in Parkland, Florida. Okay.

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And how many years did you go
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four years. So I'd like to
quote your attention to Wednesday, February fourteenth,

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twenty and eighteen. Do you remember
that day? Yes? Okay?

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Do you remember where you were during
fourth period? Yes? I was in

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room twelve fourteen. The seamus is
history of the Holocaust class. Okay,

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let me show you. Can you
see that, missus Checker? Okay?

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Yes, now I can okay.
And do you know how to work the

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do I just use my fingers?
Yeah? We just hit a color up

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another now they're up. Okay,
yes, I see yeah. Should I

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circle my class? Yeah? Please? Okay. So that's twelve fourteen,

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right, yes, okay, so
that's your fourth period, yes, and

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it's mass shamous class. You said
Holocaust history. Yes, okay, so

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do our fourth period is checker?
Please tell us what happened? Okay.

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So that day we had been doing
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of class we were finishing those presentations
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a computer program called Eyewitness where we
would do it's like a program where we

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read about the Holocaust and like history
about it. And that day specifically,

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we were talking about the Olympics that
took place, and so we were in

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the middle of doing work on the
computer while also doing like listening to a

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lecture with Macheamus. It was kind
of open ended discussion, and all of

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a sudden we heard I think I
heard like about three or four shots,

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and I immediately recognized what it was, and the whole classroom kind of just

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went into like flight mood. We
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So I went, I believe,
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corner that's directly across from the door, but I soon realized that it was

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in direct view of the window in
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the corner that's diagonal from the door, which is where about I think half

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the class was, whereas the other
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the corner next to the door,
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like not in view of the door. And so from there, at some

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point, when I got to the
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I got behind the filing cabinet that
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I think sometime during my movement is
when I was graised twice. I'm not

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exactly or when. And then from
there we just kind of hid behind the

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violent cabinet and waited, and I
I was around a couple of other students,

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two of which I noticed well,
one of which I noticed was injured

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almost immediately, and another that was
sam Samantha Fuentes. She her face was

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bleeding and she was we were all
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And then afterwards another student next to
me that was like because we were kind

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of squished in the area, was
complaining about a pain in her back,

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and that was Daniella Meniscal and she
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Danielle and Meniscal. I don't know
how long the time passed, but during

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it we were just kind of I
tried calling namon one at one point,

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but my call never went through.
And then while we were waiting for what

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seemed like a really long time,
but again I don't really know how long

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it was. I think it was
a lot shorter. That was when I

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looked over, like to the right
of me, which was more where the

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corner was, since I was a
little bit further from the corner so don't

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worry about way, and I saw
Helena like that, I noticed that she

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had passed away, so and then
shortly after that I began to freak out

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a little bit, but we were
all just trying to calm each other down

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as other students were realizing too.
And then eventually the police came and they

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they asked us to put our hands
up, and they took the wounded first,

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but I went to find my friend
who was on the corner of the

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class where the desk was machine missus
desk. She was on that side of

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the class right and when I got
up. That's also when I noticed the

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other student who had passed away in
the class, Nicholas. And you when

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you were saying Helene, you're talking
about Helena Rams, Yes, I am,

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okay. And did you see Samantha
Grady she in your class group?

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Yeah, but I didn't. I
didn't see her. I don't or I

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don't remember seeing her. Okay.
How about Nicholas, Yes, I saw

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him. When the police asked us
to get up and put her hands up,

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I turned back and that's when I
saw him. Okay. And and

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you were wounded, Yes, I
was. I was graised on my right

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foot and on my left arm.
My right foot and my left arm.

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You are right, my Sue.
That's kind that's truth. Good action.

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Do you please raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or from the

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testimony you're about to give us the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing

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but the truth. I don't thank
you for Go ahead and sit down and

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put your hand down. You sit
down. If you would please lean into

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the microphone when you're speaking, and
stage your full name and spell your last

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name for the record. Madeleine Wilford
w I L F O R D.

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Good morning, miss Wilford, How
are you good? Good? Are you

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going to school? I am?
Where do you go to school? Southern

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Utah University. I'll be a junior
year this upcoming year. Okay? Where

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did you get high school? Stoven
Douglas? And did you graduate from Stoneman

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Douglas? Yes? Where did you
graduate? Twenty nineteen? Okay? Like

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to quarter your attention to February to
fourteenth, two thousand and nineteen. You

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remember that day? Yes? Liked
to quarter your attention specifically to the fourth

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period of that day. Were you
in school? Yes? And where were

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you during fourth period? I was
in ap Psychology Quickness Reoving correct? Is

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that classroom twelve thirteen? Yes?
Okay? Could you tell us what happened?

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We were just going about class like
normal, and we heard shots.

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It took us a second to realize
what was happening. But when they were

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fired off again is when we started
to move and hide. I was up

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between the teacher's desk and her podium, and then I was just hiding until

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I felt myself get hit. I
didn't know how many times. I just

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I just knew it was hit,
and I tried looking behind me to see

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if anyone could help. Me,
but all I saw was blood on the

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floor, so I just kind of
turned around, and when the fire alarm

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went off, I also thought that
hopefully, like they knew what was going

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on and so that they were coming
soon. But I ended up passing out.

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And then what's the next thing you
remember? After your passed out?

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I was in and out of consciousness
until I fully woke up that Thursday night

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Friday morning. Okay, And so
do you know what happened to you?

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Yes? What happened. I was
shot four times in my right arm,

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my right lung, some of my
ribs on my right side, and I

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had surgery on my abdomen. Okay. And how many surgeries? Said?

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Have you had three? Three?
Are there any after effects from your surgeries?

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Thankfully I had a great orthopedic surgeon, so I'm able to ease my

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hand, but I still do have
trouble breathing with my lung. Okay.

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Okay. And you passed out,
You to remember how you got out of

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the classroom? Is that correct?
I briefly remember hearing the responders, but

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I mean, I don't really like
and I remember being in the ambulance,

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but I don't remember much. Okay. Okay backing, no further question,