Denver HS Nashville Shooting Media Actors

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You know, this is the kind of thing that even if you don't have children, even if you don't have children in school, that just... I'm going to hit you the same way if you ever had a child or if you knew a child had a neighbor. I mean, it's just an... it isn't an attack. It isn't a front on all of us. And you know, we've seen it happen in other areas. We're in the news business. We report on it. In fact, there was just one, you know, quite frankly, was in Denver last week. And there was a reporter, Alicia Acunia, who's a CNN reporter, live reporter, and she's on the scene reporting. And we've been there. Thank God I haven't had that exact experience where that's my child's school and her child, her son ran out to her and she essentially said to the anchors, give me just a minute. That's my baby. I need a minute. Excuse me, my son just came up and I had not seen him. Come up here. So I'm sorry, I've not seen my kid since this all went down. So just really, just really, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I just finished this real quick. Okay, okay, okay. Are you good? Okay, I'm so sorry. I just, there's no way you would have let your kid walk by. Please. It is just the latest incident in a series of violent incidents here at or near East High School. It's been a scarier for students and parents. I'm joined by one of each right now. Jackson Decker and his father, Chris Decker, you may remember, recognize as our legal analyst here on Fox 31 Jackson, you were inside the school today, when it happened. Tell us what went down and your reaction. Yeah, so all of the students were inside an assembly for Latino students united when apparently whatever happened happened. No one heard the shots go off, but they did inform us that we were going into a lockdown during the assembly and then transferred us to classroom shortly after. Yeah, Chris, I want to ask you, it's been quite a year for parents here in the East earlier in the year beginning of the school year, had that shooting at Carl Madison, which is basically in the parking lot of East. Then of course, last month, Luis Garcia, the soccer player, 16-year-old, he was shot, he died earlier this month, and then what happened today? Plus the swatting call, it's been scare after scare. As a parent, what do you do and is there any inclination to not have your kid go to school here? It's been horrible. I mean, I've gone through this for the last year or so and last several months have been particularly bad. I remember having breakfast with Jackson this morning thinking off to school for another day and then I get to the office and I start getting warnings from DPS. I start checking in with the media and my heart sinks. So I don't know what to think. I'm fed up. I know that we have a lot of concern in this community right now and I hope that the concern is transformed into some sort of change, some sort of progress, but it does make me question whether I want to send my son continuing at East High School. As much as I love the school, they've got so much good going on. It makes me wonder as a parent. Sure, parents and students are in that same boat. Jackson Chris, thank you so much for coming down here and talking to us. I know it's been quite a day. I'm sure you want to get home and process what you've been through over the last few hours. We appreciate you being here. I'll be keeping track now. Watch out for the stakes. Watch out for the stakes. Every on our first off, we are so sorry for everything that your community is going through. I know you're there in Nashville. Tell me what was your reaction initially when you heard that a shooting had happened? I was just well when I heard about a shooting, I didn't even correlate the two. I just know that morning I had received that type of message and I tried to respond, you know, encouraging words, but then I was just like, I had to, I screenshot it into my dad and I was like, Dad, should I say something to them? So, what do I do? How do I respond to something like this? He was like, you know, call the suicide prevention and then we went from there. Well, I went from there. Right, and so tell me from the beginning here, I mean, you received a message through social media from the shooter. Same one. She said that, would you like me to read a verbatim? Sure. Okay. All right. She said, so basically that post I made on here about you that was basically a suicide note. I'm planning to die today. This is not a joke. You're probably here about me on the news after I die. This is the last of my, I love you. See you again in another life. Audrey. And then it's more to be right. I mean, that's horrifying. And that message came to you at 9.57 in the morning. Is that right? Yes. And then you told your dad just a few minutes later. That's when you shouted at him. And then you called the suicide prevention hotline? Yes. And you're, so you're taking all these actions and you were taking them quite quickly. Did you feel like you were doing it fast enough at the time? Yeah, I was, I was just doing what I was told on the phone. Right. And so what are the suicide prevention hotline tell you? They asked me was I the person that needed the assistance. And if not, they would need the person that needed the process or assistance to be on the phone. And then they suggested me to call the sheriff's department. So they pointed you to the sheriff's department, which you also called them. Right? Around 10, 14. The phone confirm it. Sheriff's Office at 1013. At 1013. This is also the same time that police are responding to calls of shots fired. Yes, yeah... I can't believe this. I'm just like, I can't believe this. I can't, I can't believe this. I can't believe this. I can't believe this. I can't believe this. I can't believe this. I can't believe this. I just can't believe this. I can't believe this. I just can't believe this. If I can tell, I'm gonna be blind Now I watch out for the snakes Watch out for the snakes Watch out for the snakes Watch out for the snakes Watch out for the Copy what I do every time They want to take what's mine They busy faking and telling me lies Now I watch out for the snakes You've been so focused on me Damn, I think you forgot about you Feel like the gold I'm surrounded by sheep Damn, you been busy watching me move Saying no lie, if you've been wondering I'm doing fine, made a 150 in a year I'm only 20 Why did the shooter reach out to you? I know that you played basketball together when you were younger Or weren't that close as adults, right? So why were you reached out to Hmm, good question You know, I'm still trying to figure that out You know, I'm asking about the same thing Like I'm not just still Don't I don't know I'm loving a bank I'm a rapper, my life getting tough I'm a man to the craft and I never give it up I'm putting time And we start with what matters most Someone who knows this Shooter knows what they were dealing with We're not dealing with it Okay, very good to have our first guest tonight Samira Hardcastle I'm going to ask you a question What did you see The first question Was the shooter's former classmate Just saw her last month Samira Hardcastle Thank you. What did you know What did you see that now can help people understand What was happening with this person? Well, I don't have the answer that everyone is seeming to ask I think that only god knows the answer But I did know Audrey in middle school And growing up she was Very sweet, very kind Just loving, you know And everyone to my knowledge was kind back to her They were reciprocated that energy Because she was so loving But my personal experience Was that she was kind, however That her personality or her body language Was a little bit jittery Or energetic So maybe jumpy But I also know that Or I think that she was on the autism spectrum So that could have played a part as well The idea of her targeting Where she went to middle school Is there anything about her experience there That she ever told you at the time Or recently That would have made her particularly angry Or hurt by what happened there Not that I'm aware of And I don't know what she was And I don't know what she was In the middle school But I still think that I'm aware of And I don't know I'm not familiar with what year she was At the Covenant school But I assume that she Went to IT buffalo with us And after that experience What did she say And I don't know I'm not familiar with what year she was At the Covenant school But I assume that she went to IT Crystal with us And I don't know, I'm not familiar with what year she was at the Covenant School, but I assume that she, you know, went to IT crystal with us after that experience to our middle school. But no, there were no signs. So I'm not going to earn the shine or work it out. I made it mine to fell in love and I came a long way, not the wrong way. No, that one day I'll be biggest cunt. I seen all the signs, I seen all the signs. They've been telling lies, they've been telling lies. Watching how I move, watching how I move. I've been keeping track now, watch out for the snakes. Watch out for the snakes, yeah. Watch out for the snakes, watch out for the snakes, yeah. Watch out for the, copying what I do every time. They want to take what's mine. They busy faking and telling me lies. Now I watch out for the snakes. Watch out for the snakes, yeah. Watch out for the snakes, yeah. Watch out for the snakes, yeah. Look, look, come. And I cannot play with these nails, how. I rather come here and they're gone. And I cannot wear them at a whole hundred sheep. Cause I can just sit on a hundred and I don't have an appeal inside. I gotta run up my bag of cap and never hope that I'm inside. I'm gonna beat you up and she doing it fast, clap. Cause I cannot wear them at nails, how. And I cannot wear them at host. I gotta go keep the trail to money, care. I'm gonna fuck up my goat. And I cannot wear them at a whole hundred sheep. And I cannot wear them at host. Yeah.