NewsNation   |  January 22, 2013

Witness: ‘I just heard somebody screaming’

A man recounts the moment he heard shots being fired at a Texas college, telling KPRC, “I just saw people running towards me...heard somebody screaming, then after that I heard the shots.”

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>> and i made it after passed by the library. i started listening to all the shooting and when i looked back i saw just people running towards me. and i grabbed one of -- you know, older teacher that fell, i grabbed her and we took her out of the building and that's all. you know? i didn't see the shooting actually. i just heard somebody screaming and -- and then after i that i heard the shots.

>> did you say that you saw one of the suspects or the shooters running away ? what did you see?

>> i didn't see anybody running. i saw a bunch of people running. i didn't see anybody with a gun. anything like that.

>> how about injuries? did you see anything like that?

>> i heard a guy shot in the leg but i don't know if actually somebody got killed. i don't know anything.

>> describe what the police did after this happened and describe the chaos you mentioned a lot of people running.

>> after that happened, i grabbed my cell phone and tried to call 911 but the lines were -- you know, saturated or whatever. a lot of people calling 911. after that, i went and grabbed my truck and left the building. that's all. you know?

>> you got to be a little shaken up by all of this. did you get an alert from the school?

>> they're sending e-mails. you know? but i haven't had time to just check them yet. but, you know, the media is going crazy. facebook. everybody's