Teen Mass Shooter Realizes He's Been Captured

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Teen Mass Shooter Realizes He's Been Captured In today's true crime documentary, we're covering the case of Devon Erickson and Alec McKinney.  We're a news agency committed to delivering factual information about police procedures and local news events. This video aims to educate the public without bias. Our goal is to empower viewers with a clear understanding of what's happening in their communities.  This is news piece in the public's interest. This video was created with the intent of educating the public.

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00:00:00On May 7th, 2019, just three days before graduation, shots were fired at STEM school

00:00:29in Douglas County, Colorado. The following report is based on police records, and most of the

00:00:34footage has never been seen before until now. Please note that while the following footage is

00:00:39intense, it does not show anyone being physically harmed or injured. The horror began almost at the

00:00:46end of the school day, just after 1.50 p.m. Countless additional calls to emergency services began to

00:00:52pour in. With each one, the situation appeared more dire.

00:00:57Where is the shooter? Room 107. Is it just a single shooter? Is it one person? No. As far as I know,

00:01:08but I don't know. Is the shooter down or is our shooter still shooting? What? We have still

00:01:13shot, yes. Every second counted. Officers from the police department,

00:01:18sheriff's department, and the closest SWAT team all deployed in force and raced for the school.

00:01:24Some of them didn't even have time to don protective gear, but rushed onwards all the same.

00:01:34No access? No? No access? Let's bust the f***ing window.

00:01:39Sure. Uh, here, here, here.

00:01:51Sure.

00:01:52I got your eyes in there you guys, your security, you see them moving, I got you, I got you,

00:02:15I got you, open, open.

00:02:17Elsewhere another group of law enforcement officials forced entry through a different door and were about to get a nasty surprise.

00:02:29Go, let's go. Go, go, go. You walk first, go. I got it, shield first, shield first.

00:02:36Where is it? Get on the ground, get on the ground!

00:02:45We have him? Look right there! Face down, don't worry, don't move!

00:02:49Despite two bullets narrowly missing the first responders, they didn't return fire, a decision that would later be proven wise.

00:02:57That's security, is it your security?

00:02:59Security, security!

00:03:00Where is the man at?

00:03:01Where is it at? Where is it at?

00:03:02He's in the projector room, he's in the English room, behind you, the first one on the right!

00:03:05On the right!

00:03:06Over here, first one on the right, over there!

00:03:08He had the gun, it's over behind my back!

00:03:10He's cuffed right there!

00:03:11Which one?

00:03:12Right there, the one cuffed!

00:03:13This one?

00:03:14Yes!

00:03:15How many do we think we have?

00:03:16Two?

00:03:17Five!

00:03:18Two?

00:03:19This is one of them?

00:03:20I don't know.

00:03:21He's the one I pulled out, he had the gun in his hand.

00:03:23I hear her!

00:03:24He's thrown out, he's got him.

00:03:25Pat him down now.

00:03:26I have bullets in my pocket.

00:03:27You better f***ing start talking, how many other people are in here?

00:03:29Roll over.

00:03:30Two of us.

00:03:31I'm just going to move up.

00:03:32Where the f*** is the other one?

00:03:33What does he look like?

00:03:34What kind of guns is he?

00:03:35I don't know what he is.

00:03:36I don't know what he is.

00:03:37Just the pants.

00:03:38Just the pants.

00:03:39He has purple hair.

00:03:40The scene in the hall seemed like a nightmare.

00:03:42What was happening inside the classrooms was even worse.

00:03:45More than 1,000 students, from kindergarteners all the way to 12th graders, were trapped,

00:03:51terrified, and in mortal danger.

00:03:54Some of them took the chance to film what they may have thought would be their last moments alive.

00:03:59Lost.

00:04:00Out of sight.

00:04:02Police.

00:04:03Lockdown.

00:04:04When law enforcement enters the first classroom, the horrific scene they found was something

00:04:10straight out of a horror movie.

00:04:12I got the door.

00:04:13I got the door.

00:04:14Lose your hands.

00:04:15Back snort.

00:04:16Back straight door, it's open.

00:04:17We have a shot.

00:04:18We have a shot.

00:04:19We have a shot.

00:04:21Let's move.

00:04:22I got a shot.

00:04:23Who's shot?

00:04:24Anybody heard him?

00:04:25Anybody, pick him up, pick him up, pick him up, pick him up.

00:04:27We need to send up a warm phone.

00:04:40Let's do a good carry.

00:04:42I need help.

00:04:43Good carry.

00:04:49It's going to be tough.

00:04:50Set him up.

00:04:51Set him up.

00:04:52All right, you get that arm.

00:04:54I got this side.

00:04:55Where's the other shooter?

00:04:56Is somebody covering us?

00:04:57The shooter behind us.

00:04:58Let's go.

00:04:59Pick him up.

00:05:00Pick him up.

00:05:01Elsewhere, as police urgently secured the first suspect,

00:05:04it quickly became clear that something was off.

00:05:07The suspect's behavior would only become stranger

00:05:10as the interaction continued.

00:05:12Roll over.

00:05:13I don't know.

00:05:14I got you right here.

00:05:15Okay, I got a 9mm magazine.

00:05:16Get in the hand.

00:05:18I don't know yet.

00:05:19Set him up.

00:05:21Got anything else on you?

00:05:22Just my thoughts.

00:05:23Just your phones?

00:05:24Nothing else.

00:05:26What?

00:05:27I've been exposed.

00:05:29Been exposed to what?

00:05:32No.

00:05:32To what?

00:05:33I'm trans, and my crush just flew over here.

00:05:35Yeah, I need it.

00:05:37And you're what?

00:05:38I'm transgender, and I've lost everyone.

00:05:43That's at least your worries right now.

00:05:44Oh, yeah?

00:05:45It has been shot.

00:05:46Yeah, we know.

00:05:47We're working on it.

00:05:49What the officers don't know yet

00:05:51is that they've only scratched the surface

00:05:52and that there is still another shooter

00:05:55lurking inside the school.

00:05:57The victim was identified by his classmates as Kendrick.

00:06:01He had been shot twice,

00:06:03but getting him to safety and emergency medical personnel

00:06:05turned out to be easier said than done.

00:06:08Put the legs down.

00:06:10Put the legs down.

00:06:11Get the upper body up.

00:06:12Upper body up now.

00:06:14Go, Mike.

00:06:14Go, go.

00:06:15God damn it.

00:06:17It's fine.

00:06:17Lift.

00:06:18Go.

00:06:18It's not how we carry anybody.

00:06:20He's not going anywhere.

00:06:21Put the legs down now.

00:06:24Get his upper body up.

00:06:26Carry him like he's been tough.

00:06:28Come on, bro.

00:06:29It's not the way it's going to work.

00:06:32I got it.

00:06:32I got it for what he did.

00:06:34As the race to save Kendrick's life continued,

00:06:37the officer guarding the suspect

00:06:38turned to the two witnesses in the hall

00:06:40for further information.

00:06:41How many victims do you think we have?

00:06:43Did you see?

00:06:43Did you shoot at all?

00:06:53I shot one round and I realized...

00:06:55Did you hit anybody?

00:06:56No, I realized it was one of your guys

00:06:58and I dropped my gun.

00:06:59I got you.

00:07:00That's right.

00:07:01The security guard had been the one to fire at police.

00:07:04In addition to the chaos at the school,

00:07:06more frantic calls were coming in,

00:07:09not only from students and teachers,

00:07:10but now parents who had heard about the situation.

00:07:14My son is at STEM Academy

00:07:16and he just texted me

00:07:17that there were gunshots in his school

00:07:19and he really scared

00:07:21and told me all the cops.

00:07:22Okay, do not go to the school, okay?

00:07:25There's a lot of police activity.

00:07:27You need to stay away from the school.

00:07:29This is true.

00:07:30Ma'am, you need to stay away from the school, okay?

00:07:33Okay, okay.

00:07:34All right.

00:07:35Not all of the parents got the message, though,

00:07:37and began to show up to the still active scene.

00:07:40Get in the cars, get away.

00:07:42I don't care where you go, just go away.

00:07:45Closer to the school,

00:07:46other officers had finally succeeded

00:07:48in moving Kendrick outside,

00:07:50only to face a new problem.

00:07:52I got a chest...

00:07:52Are we a medic close?

00:07:54We have any medics.

00:07:55I got a chest seal right here.

00:07:57He's right here.

00:07:58You gotta start treating him on a f***ing home.

00:08:00I'm gonna get a medic!

00:08:02We're a medic!

00:08:04Let him out!

00:08:05Let him out!

00:08:06While tensions run high

00:08:07in this life-and-death situation,

00:08:10officers still have to wrangle

00:08:11to find the second shooter.

00:08:13In situations like these,

00:08:15paramedics usually do not enter the scene

00:08:17immediately for their own safety.

00:08:19SWAT medics usually make contact faster,

00:08:22but at this time,

00:08:23they were still on the way.

00:08:25Okay, ready?

00:08:27Hold on.

00:08:28We got to go one at a time.

00:08:30We need to get him at least in recovery.

00:08:32There's not much else we can do for him without fire.

00:08:34Let's get him on the side this way.

00:08:35Inside, another group of officers

00:08:37came across a second victim.

00:08:39Thankfully, this injured student

00:08:41was still conscious.

00:08:43Okay, just breathe, okay?

00:08:45Ready?

00:08:47Okay, guys, we got a scene here.

00:08:49We got a scene here.

00:08:50It's a 106.

00:08:51We're just working.

00:08:52Armed escort.

00:08:53We're coming out!

00:08:53We got you.

00:08:54Where's the medic?

00:08:55Medics!

00:08:57Left, left!

00:08:58A second victim

00:08:59was not the only thing police found.

00:09:01A boy with purple hair

00:09:02matching the description

00:09:03of the second shooter

00:09:04turned up in one of the classrooms.

00:09:07You just got one in here?

00:09:09Yes.

00:09:10What's up, Mike?

00:09:11I don't know.

00:09:11What's up, Mike?

00:09:12What is your name?

00:09:13Devin Erickson.

00:09:14Who?

00:09:14Devin Erickson.

00:09:15Devin Erickson?

00:09:15Devin Erickson.

00:09:16With a D-E-V-O-N-E-R-I-C-K-S-O-N.

00:09:19Do you have him or somebody else?

00:09:20Because I know what he had on him.

00:09:22What?

00:09:23And he's transgender,

00:09:24so he's going to have a binder on

00:09:26underneath a black binder.

00:09:28And this is Alec?

00:09:29This is Alec.

00:09:30A-L-E-Z.

00:09:33Alec McKinley.

00:09:35Devin was 18 years old,

00:09:37but at 16,

00:09:38Alec was still a minor.

00:09:40Speaking of Alec,

00:09:41out in the hall,

00:09:42police witnessed

00:09:43increasingly strange behavior.

00:09:45Stop!

00:09:46Stop what?

00:09:48They won't stop talking!

00:09:52Stop!

00:09:53Are there only two of you?

00:09:55Yes.

00:09:55You're f***ing positive.

00:09:57Yes.

00:09:58You're telling me to run.

00:09:59What?

00:10:00You're telling me to run.

00:10:01Put your foot on me.

00:10:02You're not going anywhere.

00:10:03Trust me.

00:10:03You move something,

00:10:04you're going to get broken.

00:10:05You understand that?

00:10:06Okay.

00:10:06You sit right the f*** there.

00:10:08Police would learn more

00:10:09about what to make

00:10:10of this strange outburst later.

00:10:12In that moment,

00:10:13Alec provided the first clue

00:10:14in a series of increasingly

00:10:16harrowing items of evidence

00:10:17investigators would discover.

00:10:19a pink Eiffel 6S.

00:10:21What about it?

00:10:23Target and I have videos.

00:10:25Videos of what?

00:10:27Are you making Devin

00:10:27do all this?

00:10:29In the other room,

00:10:30Devin was telling police

00:10:31the exact same thing.

00:10:32He was making me

00:10:33give him a bunch of stuff

00:10:34and then it was me.

00:10:35Okay.

00:10:35I was just supposed

00:10:36to wash the door.

00:10:37He said it was the only way

00:10:38he was going to let me live.

00:10:39I have proof.

00:10:42My house might be on fire

00:10:44as well.

00:10:44It's next to Thunder Ridge.

00:10:45He tried to light

00:10:46my mom's car on fire.

00:10:47There's animals in the house.

00:10:51Hello.

00:10:53He sent somebody

00:10:54to his house too.

00:10:56What's that?

00:10:57He sent somebody to his house.

00:10:58He said he tried

00:10:59to light his house on fire.

00:11:00My pets are in there.

00:11:02They didn't want to hurt.

00:11:05We're going to move these guys.

00:11:12Here in a minute.

00:11:13Just stand by.

00:11:14We're going to move them out.

00:11:16All right.

00:11:17Christian, I need to know

00:11:19any other people

00:11:20involved in this.

00:11:21Any other people involved?

00:11:21I don't think so,

00:11:22but there's a chest rig

00:11:23in my car though

00:11:24that he had.

00:11:24I don't know if he put

00:11:25anything in the pockets.

00:11:27All right.

00:11:27Okay.

00:11:28We ready to go?

00:11:28Yeah.

00:11:29Alec was also ready

00:11:30for transport.

00:11:31We're ready?

00:11:32All right.

00:11:32Hold on just a sec.

00:11:47Coming out.

00:11:50Coming out.

00:11:51Alec and Devin

00:11:52might have gotten to leave,

00:11:54but for law enforcement

00:11:55and everyone else

00:11:56at the school,

00:11:57things were only

00:11:58just beginning.

00:11:59The rest of the school

00:12:00still needed to be cleared

00:12:01and the students evacuated.

00:12:04Police, open the door.

00:12:05Open the door.

00:12:06It's also been cleared.

00:12:08Hands up.

00:12:09Hands up.

00:12:09I need a key access

00:12:11to check the...

00:12:12Hands up.

00:12:13Hands up.

00:12:14Hands up.

00:12:15Everyone,

00:12:16keep your hands up.

00:12:16You're okay.

00:12:17You guys are doing okay.

00:12:18Thank you, sir.

00:12:19Hands up.

00:12:20You're okay.

00:12:20Keep moving.

00:12:21Come with me.

00:12:22We're going to look over that way.

00:12:23We're going to look over this way.

00:12:24We're going to go this way.

00:12:24Everyone over there.

00:12:25Look over there.

00:12:26We're going to go over there.

00:12:27See those guys waving over there?

00:12:28We need you to go over there.

00:12:29Nine victims in total

00:12:31were identified.

00:12:33The uninjured students

00:12:34were evacuated

00:12:35to a nearby rec center

00:12:36to unite with their families.

00:12:38Officers would remain

00:12:39stationed at the school as well.

00:12:41Those on scene

00:12:42tried to make sense

00:12:43of the situation

00:12:44as they kept the scene secure.

00:12:46I guess the dad

00:12:46had like purple hair

00:12:47or whatever.

00:12:48Probably playing the joker role.

00:12:51Devin,

00:12:51the suspect with purple hair,

00:12:53continued to exhibit

00:12:54signs of distress

00:12:55as he arrived

00:12:56at the police station.

00:12:57He waited in an interrogation room

00:12:59while the police dealt

00:13:00with his companion, Alec.

00:13:02Alec's arrival

00:13:03and interrogation

00:13:04did not go nearly as smoothly.

00:13:06At only 16 years old,

00:13:08Alec's mother

00:13:09needed to be contacted

00:13:10before questioning

00:13:11could take place.

00:13:12But this was not

00:13:13the only issue.

00:13:14The bullet was collected

00:13:24and Alec's hands

00:13:25were also placed

00:13:26in paper bags

00:13:27to preserve evidence

00:13:28like gunshot residue

00:13:29for crime scene technicians.

00:13:31After these tasks

00:13:32were complete,

00:13:33it wasn't long

00:13:34before Alec's mother,

00:13:35Morgan,

00:13:36was brought in.

00:13:37It's not you.

00:13:49You know this.

00:13:51It's not you.

00:13:55You know this.

00:13:57Do you hear me?

00:13:59Do you know this?

00:14:00Has your name

00:14:10officially been changed

00:14:11to Alec?

00:14:12No.

00:14:12It's Maya.

00:14:13Okay.

00:14:14But I will call you Alec.

00:14:16Because Alec was a minor,

00:14:17the detectives read

00:14:18the required Miranda rights

00:14:19to both Alec and Morgan.

00:14:22Alec remained willing

00:14:23to talk.

00:14:24Do you agree

00:14:24to answer questions

00:14:25with me

00:14:26without a lawyer?

00:14:27Okay.

00:14:28Okay.

00:14:30Mom,

00:14:31can you sign here

00:14:31saying that

00:14:33he's waiving his rights?

00:14:37What is happening?

00:14:39He's going to talk to me

00:14:40without a lawyer present.

00:14:45So,

00:14:46you also have a right

00:14:47mom can stay in,

00:14:48mom can leave.

00:14:49She can leave.

00:14:50The detectives

00:14:51gave Alec and Morgan

00:14:53a moment

00:14:53to talk things over

00:14:54and come to an agreement

00:14:55on how to proceed.

00:14:58I have nothing.

00:15:00Yes,

00:15:01you do.

00:15:02You're feeling

00:15:02all my glasses.

00:15:04It doesn't matter.

00:15:05It doesn't matter.

00:15:07You know that.

00:15:09I know that's stupid.

00:15:11You just tell me

00:15:12all the truth.

00:15:15Everything.

00:15:17And I'm going to

00:15:19give you something

00:15:19because apparently

00:15:21I'm not doing enough.

00:15:23This isn't for us.

00:15:24Just know that

00:15:25my work for you

00:15:26is unconditional.

00:15:26They eventually agreed

00:15:28that Alec would

00:15:29converse with

00:15:30the detectives alone

00:15:31and Morgan signed off

00:15:32on Alec's waiver

00:15:33of rights

00:15:33before stepping out.

00:15:35A crime scene technician

00:15:36entered next

00:15:37to collect swabs

00:15:38of Alec's hands

00:15:39to test for gunshot residue

00:15:40and take booking photos.

00:15:42Make sure someone

00:15:43watches my mom.

00:15:45Someone's with her.

00:15:47Okay.

00:15:47According to police reports

00:15:49and what Alec later

00:15:49shared with the investigators,

00:15:52Alec's mother

00:15:52suffered from

00:15:53stress-induced seizures

00:15:54and other medical conditions.

00:15:56When the CSI technician

00:15:58had finished her work,

00:15:59the detectives returned

00:16:00to get to the heart

00:16:01of the matter.

00:16:02Are you sure

00:16:03you're physically okay?

00:16:04I'm physically.

00:16:04Okay.

00:16:05And I just need to ask,

00:16:06is there one or two of you?

00:16:08Is there a third out there?

00:16:09No.

00:16:10That helped you?

00:16:11Yeah.

00:16:11So it's the two of you?

00:16:11There's two of us.

00:16:12Several rooms over,

00:16:13Devin was also prepped

00:16:14for interrogation.

00:16:16However,

00:16:16the conversation police

00:16:18were about to have

00:16:18would not go anything

00:16:20like they expected.

00:16:21You're right.

00:16:22You're right.

00:16:22I know all my rates.

00:16:23I just want you guys

00:16:24to get them.

00:16:25Okay.

00:16:26That's why I'm talking

00:16:26so much.

00:16:27All right.

00:16:28How long have you

00:16:29known Alec for?

00:16:29I've known Alec

00:16:30for really just this semester.

00:16:33With Alec,

00:16:34the detectives began

00:16:35with a similar line

00:16:36of questioning.

00:16:37How long have you

00:16:38gone there?

00:16:39Since the beginning

00:16:40of this year.

00:16:40How has 10 been?

00:16:44Probably the worst experience.

00:16:46Tell me why.

00:16:48Well,

00:16:49on top of being transgender,

00:16:51I got a lot of crap

00:16:52for that.

00:16:52How long have you

00:16:53been Alec?

00:16:55I came out

00:16:56to my friends

00:16:57in about 8th grade.

00:16:588th grade?

00:16:59Okay.

00:16:59Has the transition

00:17:00been smooth

00:17:01or has it been rough

00:17:02or what's been

00:17:02going on with that?

00:17:03It's been really hard.

00:17:04Tell me why

00:17:04it's been really hard.

00:17:06I just have to live

00:17:07with the fact

00:17:07that no one sees me

00:17:08for me

00:17:09and I will never

00:17:10be who I want to be

00:17:12anything.

00:17:13I'm not a boy.

00:17:14I'm not a girl.

00:17:15I'm just

00:17:15nothing.

00:17:18So I've been

00:17:20ready for this

00:17:22for a couple

00:17:23weeks now

00:17:24and I

00:17:26texted Devin

00:17:27and I said

00:17:27let's hang out

00:17:28basically

00:17:29and then

00:17:30I was talking to him

00:17:30about it

00:17:31and he was like

00:17:32why?

00:17:33Like,

00:17:33what's your motive?

00:17:34And I was talking

00:17:35about how

00:17:35I know what people

00:17:37say about me.

00:17:38I'm not dumb.

00:17:39I gave them

00:17:41a reason to be scared

00:17:42because they need

00:17:42to think about

00:17:45how what you

00:17:46really say

00:17:46can drive someone

00:17:47to do this.

00:17:48Alec agreed

00:17:49to let the police

00:17:50download data

00:17:51from the pink iPhone

00:17:52mentioned earlier

00:17:52including social media

00:17:54apps.

00:17:55The most information

00:17:56was found on Snapchat

00:17:57and told investigators

00:17:59that there was

00:17:59much more to the case

00:18:00than first met the eye.

00:18:03Devin's electronics

00:18:03and social media

00:18:04were also under

00:18:05the microscope

00:18:06but the most obvious

00:18:07red flags

00:18:08were found

00:18:08on Alec's accounts.

00:18:12When I go to jail

00:18:13can you keep my streaks?

00:18:15Don't you just love it

00:18:16when you're having

00:18:17a wonderful day

00:18:17and depression

00:18:18comes just

00:18:18so neat.

00:18:19Then take the trash out.

00:18:24This was just

00:18:25the tip of the iceberg

00:18:26in regards to

00:18:27what investigators

00:18:27unearthed

00:18:28on Alec's electronics.

00:18:30Before doing

00:18:31a deep dive

00:18:31into Alec's social media

00:18:32though,

00:18:33Devin continued

00:18:34to relay the events

00:18:35that took place

00:18:36that morning.

00:18:37I'm going back

00:18:38to this morning

00:18:40you'd have to

00:18:41see Alec.

00:18:43Yeah,

00:18:43when did you

00:18:44first see him?

00:18:45My psychology class

00:18:46and I told

00:18:47Miss Evil

00:18:47that I didn't

00:18:48have my backpack

00:18:49because he wanted

00:18:49me to lie about it

00:18:50so that I could

00:18:51leave

00:18:52and then that's

00:18:53when I went

00:18:53to the house

00:18:53the first time.

00:18:54I met up with

00:18:55David as well.

00:18:56Who's David?

00:18:57He's probably

00:18:58one of my friends

00:18:58since 6th grade.

00:19:00David confirmed

00:19:01that he met up

00:19:02with Devin

00:19:02that morning

00:19:02around 8.30.

00:19:04I was giving him

00:19:05hugs because of

00:19:05how happy I was

00:19:06feeling that he

00:19:08was doing so good.

00:19:09David stated

00:19:10that Devin

00:19:11used substances

00:19:12and had apparently

00:19:12been doing so

00:19:13with increasing

00:19:14frequency over

00:19:15the last semester.

00:19:16And recently

00:19:17it's just been

00:19:17getting worse.

00:19:18His drug use

00:19:19has been getting

00:19:20more significant

00:19:22I want to say

00:19:22in the past month.

00:19:24David would have

00:19:25more insight

00:19:25to share later.

00:19:27However,

00:19:28it looks like

00:19:28Devin may not

00:19:29have been the only

00:19:30one with a

00:19:30substance abuse

00:19:31problem.

00:19:32Do you know

00:19:32if he was on

00:19:33medications or anything?

00:19:34He used to have

00:19:35them but I think

00:19:35he was saying

00:19:36that his mom

00:19:37took them away.

00:19:38Okay.

00:19:39So he was

00:19:40on the cocaine

00:19:41you know.

00:19:41Devin also shared

00:19:42that someone

00:19:43had spread

00:19:44an explicit rumor

00:19:45at Stim

00:19:45about Alec

00:19:46which had been

00:19:47very upsetting.

00:19:48Still,

00:19:49Devin said

00:19:49he'd never

00:19:50expected Alec

00:19:50to take such

00:19:51horrific action.

00:19:53While speaking

00:19:53with detectives

00:19:54Alec reported

00:19:55that life

00:19:55at home

00:19:56was just

00:19:56as tumultuous

00:19:57as it was

00:19:57at school.

00:19:59According to

00:19:59Alec and Morgan

00:20:00Alec's father

00:20:01Jose was

00:20:02no longer

00:20:02in the picture

00:20:03and currently

00:20:0414 family members

00:20:06were all living

00:20:06under the same roof.

00:20:08Alec's mom

00:20:09Morgan consented

00:20:10to let police

00:20:10execute a search

00:20:11warrant on the

00:20:12family house.

00:20:14However,

00:20:14nothing was found

00:20:15in regards

00:20:16to the shooting.

00:20:17All the evidence

00:20:18it seemed

00:20:18would be found

00:20:19in the school

00:20:20and witness statements.

00:20:22I'm sorry

00:20:22if I'm not

00:20:23totally clear-headed

00:20:23I'm still trying

00:20:24to wrap my mind

00:20:25around his life

00:20:25totally hosed now.

00:20:27Totally hosed.

00:20:28In the interrogation

00:20:29room with Devin

00:20:30he told police

00:20:31more about

00:20:32what led up

00:20:32to the violent

00:20:33outburst

00:20:33at STEM school.

00:20:35Last night

00:20:35he told me

00:20:36not to come

00:20:37to school tomorrow

00:20:38and I saved it

00:20:38and I wanted

00:20:39to save my friends

00:20:40because I have

00:20:41a lot of friends

00:20:41at that school.

00:20:44And then

00:20:45I saved that message

00:20:47and then I was

00:20:48going to tell my friends

00:20:49it saved on Snapchat

00:20:50on my phone

00:20:50and I was going to

00:20:51tell my friends

00:20:52and that's when

00:20:52he started threatening

00:20:53me.

00:20:53What else

00:20:54did he tell you?

00:20:55He told me

00:20:55that he was

00:20:57just super

00:20:58he wanted to

00:20:59get revenge

00:21:00on a lot of people.

00:21:02He told me

00:21:03he was considering

00:21:03killing his mom

00:21:04and his siblings

00:21:05too

00:21:05because he hates

00:21:07them

00:21:07but

00:21:08he didn't do that.

00:21:11I kept telling

00:21:12him not to

00:21:12and he said

00:21:17he was going to

00:21:18kill me

00:21:19if I told anyone

00:21:19and the only way

00:21:20I'd let him

00:21:21live is if he

00:21:22helped me.

00:21:23Back with Alec

00:21:23the police asked

00:21:24more about the

00:21:25planning process

00:21:26and Devin's role.

00:21:28If Devin was

00:21:28as innocent

00:21:29as he claimed

00:21:30the detectives

00:21:30needed to understand

00:21:31why he had a

00:21:32firearm in his

00:21:33hands.

00:21:34Had you guys

00:21:34talked about this

00:21:35last night?

00:21:37Yeah.

00:21:38He was saying

00:21:38something on a

00:21:39Snapchat text message

00:21:40conversation.

00:21:41Tell me about that.

00:21:44Basically we had

00:21:45come up with a

00:21:46code name for this

00:21:46and we would joke

00:21:48about it all the time.

00:21:50Gamerboat is

00:21:51what we called it

00:21:51and specifically

00:21:53what were you

00:21:55calling Gamerboat?

00:21:56What was the

00:21:56code word?

00:21:57The

00:21:57like a gun

00:22:00was our

00:22:02code word for

00:22:03or Gamerboat

00:22:04was our code word

00:22:05for a gun.

00:22:06There was another

00:22:07code word Devin

00:22:08and Alec had too.

00:22:09The meaning behind

00:22:10it and the

00:22:11implications of

00:22:12its use would

00:22:13change everything.

00:22:14It was like

00:22:15are you down

00:22:16to like jokingly

00:22:18I was like

00:22:18are you down?

00:22:19And he was like

00:22:20haha that's funny

00:22:21like haha yeah

00:22:23but really it was

00:22:24like I wasn't

00:22:26kidding and he

00:22:28like was ready

00:22:30to tell the office

00:22:31or someone what

00:22:32was going on but

00:22:33I was like you'd

00:22:34really do that to

00:22:35your best friend.

00:22:36Like this is what

00:22:37best friends are for.

00:22:38Like you're with me

00:22:40till the end and

00:22:41this is the end.

00:22:42I didn't think he

00:22:43was really going to

00:22:44do it.

00:22:44I never thought

00:22:45he could actually

00:22:46do that because

00:22:46he never seemed

00:22:47like that crazy.

00:22:48He didn't seem

00:22:49like evil.

00:22:49He just seemed

00:22:50sad and like

00:22:50lonely.

00:22:51At school I'm

00:22:52a completely

00:22:54different person.

00:22:55No one would

00:22:55ever have guessed

00:22:56this from me.

00:22:58What kind of person

00:22:59are you at school?

00:23:00I'm I try to be

00:23:02friends with everyone.

00:23:03I try to I'm a

00:23:05people pleaser

00:23:05and I kind of let

00:23:07people walk all

00:23:08over me.

00:23:12Don't laugh at me.

00:23:14Walk walk walk.

00:23:16Pose.

00:23:17Got any penis

00:23:18enlargement pills?

00:23:23As they continued

00:23:24investigating police

00:23:25had to wonder what

00:23:26changed in Alex's

00:23:27approach.

00:23:28Morgan McKinney

00:23:29Alex mom had her

00:23:30own theory.

00:23:31All these years

00:23:32I've never told my

00:23:34kid not to hang

00:23:35out with a certain

00:23:35somebody and about

00:23:37three months ago

00:23:38I told him to

00:23:39stop hanging out

00:23:40with the

00:23:40and then Devin

00:23:43Devin

00:23:44I don't know

00:23:45if it's relevant

00:23:48at this time but

00:23:49and just

00:23:50different you know

00:23:52and I was like

00:23:53I just don't like

00:23:54the way he's

00:23:54rubbing off on you

00:23:55and you know

00:23:58I was like you

00:23:58need to focus on

00:23:59you right now.

00:24:00Alex's Snapchat

00:24:01revealed the side

00:24:02of Devin that

00:24:03Morgan might have

00:24:04found concerning.

00:24:05just how much of a role

00:24:30Devin's influence played

00:24:31on the stem attack

00:24:32would come out

00:24:33in due time.

00:24:34For now though

00:24:35Alec offered

00:24:36this explanation.

00:24:37Really there was like

00:24:38a breaking point

00:24:41last night

00:24:41with

00:24:42my siblings.

00:24:44They don't care.

00:24:46Like no one cares.

00:24:48So

00:24:48I'm finally gonna

00:24:50give in to

00:24:51my thoughts

00:24:53because what's

00:24:54the point of

00:24:54trying to protect

00:24:55everyone else?

00:24:56What did you think

00:24:56about hurting the family?

00:24:59Only yesterday.

00:25:00As Alec shared

00:25:01more about

00:25:01the triggering

00:25:02moment before

00:25:02taking the lead

00:25:03on the shooting

00:25:04Devin's assistance

00:25:05in the horrid

00:25:06attack began

00:25:07to take shape.

00:25:08Did something

00:25:09happen at school

00:25:10this week or

00:25:11what

00:25:13what

00:25:13helped me

00:25:14understand

00:25:15what the

00:25:15big thing

00:25:17the analogy

00:25:18you always hear

00:25:19the straw

00:25:19that broke

00:25:19the camel's back.

00:25:22What was that?

00:25:23this kid kept

00:25:26calling me

00:25:27by my biological

00:25:28name

00:25:28and that's

00:25:29that's what

00:25:31made me lose it.

00:25:32Devin agreed

00:25:33that Alec's mood

00:25:33had been noticeably

00:25:34different that morning.

00:25:36Today was like

00:25:37when it really got

00:25:37scary.

00:25:38It was like

00:25:38a different person

00:25:39kind of like

00:25:40seeing him.

00:25:42That

00:25:42to me

00:25:43was like

00:25:44okay maybe

00:25:44Alec is like

00:25:45Alec is really

00:25:46like going

00:25:47like crazy

00:25:48this time.

00:25:49According to Alec

00:25:50Devin's uncertainty

00:25:51had been a part

00:25:52of the plan

00:25:53all along.

00:25:54Devin's

00:25:55he's an idiot.

00:25:56He's a complete

00:25:57idiot.

00:25:58So basically

00:25:58anything I say

00:25:59he would

00:26:01be like

00:26:01okay

00:26:03because I'm

00:26:04his best friend.

00:26:05Forensic research

00:26:06has found that

00:26:06in cases where

00:26:07there is more

00:26:08than one perpetrator

00:26:09there's always

00:26:10an alpha figure

00:26:11to execute

00:26:11the plan.

00:26:13While there can

00:26:13be multiple

00:26:14submissive characters

00:26:15there's only

00:26:16one dominant

00:26:16personality.

00:26:18Devin's guidance

00:26:19counselor

00:26:19Ms. Wright

00:26:20had also shared

00:26:21some insight

00:26:21on the subject

00:26:22with the police.

00:26:23Alec is weird.

00:26:25He gravitates

00:26:26to vulnerable

00:26:27people.

00:26:28Okay.

00:26:29Do you know

00:26:29what I mean?

00:26:30Devin's very vulnerable.

00:26:32Is Alec bullied

00:26:33in any ways?

00:26:34I feel that Alec

00:26:35is a bully.

00:26:36This would require

00:26:37a lot more

00:26:37investigation

00:26:38but for the

00:26:39time being

00:26:39the detectives

00:26:40prioritized

00:26:41establishing a

00:26:42timeline of events

00:26:43from both Devin's

00:26:44and Alec's

00:26:45perspectives.

00:26:46Originally

00:26:47I was going

00:26:47to figure out

00:26:49a way for someone

00:26:50to buy me a gun

00:26:50but no one

00:26:52would.

00:26:53And then

00:26:54Devin and I

00:26:55had a conversation

00:26:56where he was like

00:26:57yeah my parents

00:26:58have like a couple

00:26:59guns in their house.

00:27:00In the other room

00:27:01Devin continued

00:27:02his harrowing

00:27:03version of that

00:27:04morning's events.

00:27:05I left school

00:27:06went to

00:27:06back to my house

00:27:08then as I was

00:27:09about to go inside

00:27:10I opened the garage

00:27:11and then Alec

00:27:12messaged me again

00:27:13told me to come back.

00:27:14Why were you

00:27:15going back to your house?

00:27:16I was going back

00:27:17to my house

00:27:17because I was

00:27:18going to call

00:27:19the police.

00:27:21That's when I

00:27:21picked him up

00:27:22and then we

00:27:22went back to my

00:27:23house and that's

00:27:23when he kind of

00:27:24seemed a little

00:27:25off.

00:27:27And then we

00:27:28went into my

00:27:29basement.

00:27:31And that was

00:27:31when he pulled

00:27:32out the cocaine

00:27:33the first time

00:27:35and I told him

00:27:37I was like

00:27:37I just don't

00:27:38I'm not down

00:27:39with this

00:27:39like you're

00:27:40going kind of

00:27:41too far

00:27:42and you're like

00:27:42scaring me a little

00:27:43bit.

00:27:44And I was like

00:27:44I don't want you

00:27:45to hurt anybody

00:27:46at school

00:27:47or anything

00:27:47like that.

00:27:48I really think

00:27:49you need help

00:27:50and that was

00:27:52when he started

00:27:52really threatening me.

00:27:54Did you use

00:27:54the cocaine

00:27:55when he pulled

00:27:55it out?

00:27:56Not the first time.

00:27:57What did he do

00:27:57with the cocaine?

00:27:58He did one

00:27:59line of it

00:28:00and then

00:28:01we went upstairs.

00:28:02According to Alec

00:28:03things only escalated

00:28:04from there.

00:28:05You said you broke

00:28:06into his house?

00:28:07I didn't break

00:28:08into his house

00:28:08I like

00:28:09trashed it.

00:28:12How did you

00:28:12trash?

00:28:13I went through

00:28:14looking for the

00:28:15key to the safe

00:28:16originally

00:28:16and I trashed

00:28:18looking for it.

00:28:19He knows

00:28:19from other times

00:28:20I've told him

00:28:21that my dad

00:28:21had four guns

00:28:23in the safe

00:28:23up in my mom's

00:28:24room but it was

00:28:25locked and I

00:28:26didn't know

00:28:26where the keys

00:28:26were.

00:28:27That morning

00:28:28though the lack

00:28:28of keys was

00:28:29little more

00:28:30than a speed

00:28:30bump.

00:28:31And then I

00:28:31led him to

00:28:32the safe

00:28:32and that's

00:28:33when he

00:28:33hit it a few

00:28:35times and then

00:28:36told me to

00:28:36pull it out

00:28:37and made me

00:28:37pull it out.

00:28:38What did he

00:28:39hit him with?

00:28:40The axe he

00:28:41got in my

00:28:42garage.

00:28:42I was just

00:28:43like holding

00:28:44it up and

00:28:44I was like

00:28:45do it.

00:28:46Okay.

00:28:47And what

00:28:47happened after

00:28:47that?

00:28:48He just

00:28:49kept crying

00:28:50and opening

00:28:51the safe

00:28:52and he

00:28:54had to help

00:28:54me pry it

00:28:54open.

00:28:55According to

00:28:56the videos

00:28:56found on

00:28:57Alex's phone

00:28:57this appeared

00:28:58to be the

00:28:59truth.

00:29:00Open it!

00:29:06Open it.

00:29:07I'm trying.

00:29:09Additionally

00:29:10when searching

00:29:11Devin's house

00:29:11police found

00:29:12the scene

00:29:13just like

00:29:13it was

00:29:14described.

00:29:15However

00:29:15they still

00:29:16suspected

00:29:16something

00:29:17wasn't quite

00:29:17right about

00:29:18Devin's

00:29:18story.

00:29:19He hit

00:29:20open the

00:29:20gun safe

00:29:21with the

00:29:21axe a bunch

00:29:22of times

00:29:22tried with

00:29:23the crowbar

00:29:24and that's

00:29:24how he

00:29:25pried open

00:29:25the door

00:29:25without the

00:29:26key.

00:29:27It like

00:29:27popped out

00:29:28he was

00:29:28making me

00:29:29help him

00:29:29so he

00:29:29didn't get

00:29:30too tired

00:29:30because he

00:29:31didn't want

00:29:32me to be

00:29:32able to run

00:29:33away.

00:29:33It was

00:29:34wearing me

00:29:34out a bunch

00:29:35and he

00:29:35just kept

00:29:36telling me

00:29:36to and I

00:29:37told him

00:29:37I just

00:29:37can't anymore

00:29:39and so

00:29:39he grabbed

00:29:40the crowbar

00:29:41and tried

00:29:42it open

00:29:42and just

00:29:43like broke

00:29:44it basically

00:29:44it's just

00:29:45like bent

00:29:45a bunch.

00:29:46What were

00:29:46you writing

00:29:46on the

00:29:47walls?

00:29:48The voices

00:29:49when.

00:29:50The voices

00:29:50when?

00:29:51Yeah.

00:29:52And where

00:29:53did you

00:29:53write that?

00:29:54Um,

00:29:55in his

00:29:56mom's

00:29:56closet.

00:29:57More about

00:29:58these mysterious

00:29:58voices and

00:30:00the nature

00:30:00of the

00:30:00writing would

00:30:01be investigated

00:30:02in due

00:30:02time.

00:30:03Back with

00:30:04Devin he

00:30:04told police

00:30:05everything he

00:30:06and Alec

00:30:06took out

00:30:07of the

00:30:07safe.

00:30:08He got

00:30:08all the

00:30:08guns,

00:30:09put them

00:30:09in his

00:30:10backpack and

00:30:11then he

00:30:11told me to

00:30:12follow him

00:30:13which is

00:30:13when he

00:30:14recorded the

00:30:14video making

00:30:16me do the

00:30:16cocaine because

00:30:17he was holding

00:30:17it down to

00:30:19my head.

00:30:20Do it.

00:30:21I'm sorry.

00:30:23Hurry the

00:30:23f*** up.

00:30:24Sorry.

00:30:25Had you ever

00:30:26done cocaine

00:30:26prior to that?

00:30:28No.

00:30:29I couldn't

00:30:30do all of it

00:30:31because it was

00:30:32like freaking

00:30:32me out too

00:30:33much.

00:30:33Who loaded

00:30:35the guns?

00:30:36Alec loaded

00:30:36all the guns

00:30:37yeah.

00:30:37So all the

00:30:38guns were

00:30:38unloaded?

00:30:39Yeah he made

00:30:39me hand him

00:30:40the ammo

00:30:40because he

00:30:41grabbed all

00:30:41the guns

00:30:41and then he

00:30:42loaded all

00:30:43the guns.

00:30:44I had to

00:30:44help him

00:30:45carry some

00:30:45stuff but I

00:30:46carried the

00:30:47ammo and then

00:30:47I didn't

00:30:48touch the

00:30:49guns until

00:30:49he made me

00:30:51put them in

00:30:52the guitar

00:30:52case because

00:30:54he wanted it

00:30:55to be

00:30:55inconspicuous.

00:30:56In the other

00:30:57room Alec

00:30:58admitted to

00:30:58vandalizing

00:30:59Devin's mom's

00:31:00car and

00:31:01explained more

00:31:01about the

00:31:02reason.

00:31:02So after

00:31:04you set

00:31:04mom's car

00:31:05on fire

00:31:05is mom's

00:31:06car on

00:31:06fire?

00:31:07Tell me

00:31:07about that.

00:31:08He spray

00:31:09painted it

00:31:09and then I

00:31:10put gasoline

00:31:10all over it

00:31:11and then he

00:31:12lit it on

00:31:13fire.

00:31:14When searching

00:31:14Devin's house

00:31:15the police

00:31:15had seen

00:31:16this for

00:31:16themselves.

00:31:18The side

00:31:18of the

00:31:18car was

00:31:19tagged with

00:31:19the number

00:31:20666

00:31:20a pentagram

00:31:22and the

00:31:22phrase

00:31:23society.

00:31:24The interior

00:31:25showed evidence

00:31:26of burning

00:31:27but the fire

00:31:28had apparently

00:31:28gone out

00:31:29before the

00:31:29conflagration

00:31:30spread.

00:31:31In a story

00:31:32full of

00:31:33disturbing

00:31:33details

00:31:34what Alec

00:31:35said next

00:31:35was perhaps

00:31:36the most

00:31:36hair-raising

00:31:37fact so

00:31:38far.

00:31:38How did

00:31:39you guys

00:31:39get into

00:31:39school when

00:31:40you got

00:31:40there?

00:31:41Oh we

00:31:41just walked

00:31:41in.

00:31:43So tell

00:31:43me when

00:31:43you get

00:31:43to miss

00:31:44heartburn

00:31:44and what

00:31:44happens?

00:31:45I lied

00:31:45and say

00:31:46I need

00:31:47to talk

00:31:47to this

00:31:47kid

00:31:48when really

00:31:49I didn't

00:31:49want to

00:31:49go to

00:31:50the room

00:31:50and

00:31:52basically

00:31:54my aunt

00:31:55was in

00:31:56there for

00:31:56what reason

00:31:57I don't

00:31:57know and

00:31:58I was like

00:31:59you need

00:31:59to leave.

00:32:00Grace

00:32:01Alexant

00:32:01who goes

00:32:02to the

00:32:02same

00:32:02school

00:32:03spoke

00:32:03with

00:32:03police

00:32:04too

00:32:04and

00:32:05shared

00:32:05her

00:32:05memories

00:32:05of

00:32:06the

00:32:06interaction.

00:32:07He said

00:32:07that Devin

00:32:08was kind

00:32:08of upset

00:32:09and he

00:32:09thought he

00:32:09was going

00:32:10to get

00:32:10in a fight

00:32:10with our

00:32:10friends.

00:32:11He said

00:32:12he was

00:32:12going to

00:32:12calm

00:32:12Devin

00:32:12down.

00:32:14Speaking

00:32:14of

00:32:14counselors

00:32:15that morning

00:32:15Devin's

00:32:16guidance

00:32:16counselor

00:32:17had been

00:32:17trying to

00:32:18track him

00:32:18down

00:32:18anyway.

00:32:20According

00:32:20to her

00:32:20he was

00:32:21not on

00:32:21track

00:32:21to graduate

00:32:22in three

00:32:22days

00:32:23since he

00:32:23was failing

00:32:24all of

00:32:24his

00:32:25classes.

00:32:25Do you

00:32:26think he

00:32:26knew what

00:32:27was going

00:32:28to happen?

00:32:29I hope

00:32:29not but I

00:32:30feel like

00:32:30that's a

00:32:31possibility.

00:32:32Devin

00:32:32meanwhile

00:32:33tried to

00:32:33explain his

00:32:34plan.

00:32:35I was

00:32:35still kind

00:32:36of trying

00:32:36to talk

00:32:37him out

00:32:37of it

00:32:37and get

00:32:38help but

00:32:38my plan

00:32:39was

00:32:39to leave

00:32:41and then I

00:32:42was going

00:32:42to go to

00:32:43the office

00:32:43and I was

00:32:44going to

00:32:44tell them

00:32:44anyways

00:32:45because I

00:32:46was just

00:32:47going to

00:32:47leave my

00:32:47suitcase

00:32:49or not

00:32:49the

00:32:50guitar

00:32:51case

00:32:51in there

00:32:51because the

00:32:52suitcase

00:32:52can't

00:32:53handle.

00:32:54I was

00:32:54just going

00:32:54to leave

00:32:55I left

00:32:55it in

00:32:55there and

00:32:56I went

00:32:56to the

00:32:56office

00:32:56and told

00:32:57Ms. Harper

00:32:57I was

00:32:58sick.

00:32:58Mitchell

00:32:59walked me

00:32:59to the

00:33:00office

00:33:00because she

00:33:01told him

00:33:01to.

00:33:02Why did

00:33:03you want

00:33:03to go

00:33:04to the

00:33:04office?

00:33:05Because I

00:33:05wanted to

00:33:06see if I

00:33:06could just

00:33:07report him

00:33:07and get

00:33:08anything but

00:33:09he threatened

00:33:09me.

00:33:09He said

00:33:10he was

00:33:10still going

00:33:10to kill

00:33:10people.

00:33:12Over the

00:33:12phone he

00:33:12said he

00:33:13would kill

00:33:13me and

00:33:13everybody

00:33:14in the

00:33:14office.

00:33:15Mitchell,

00:33:15another

00:33:16senior at

00:33:16STEM,

00:33:17had no

00:33:17idea what

00:33:18was about

00:33:18to happen

00:33:18but reportedly

00:33:19had problems

00:33:20with Alec.

00:33:21Do you

00:33:22know Mitchell?

00:33:23I never

00:33:23talked to

00:33:24him.

00:33:24I try

00:33:24not to

00:33:24associate

00:33:25with him.

00:33:25Basically,

00:33:27all I ever

00:33:27hear about

00:33:28him is

00:33:28how he

00:33:30hates me.

00:33:31How do

00:33:32you hear

00:33:32that he's

00:33:33saying all

00:33:33this stuff?

00:33:34Through

00:33:34Devin.

00:33:36Okay.

00:33:36How is

00:33:36Devin hearing

00:33:37it?

00:33:38Because that's

00:33:39all Mitchell

00:33:39talks about

00:33:40apparently.

00:33:41When the

00:33:41police spoke

00:33:42with Mitchell

00:33:42directly though,

00:33:43he did not

00:33:44mention having

00:33:44any issue

00:33:45with Alec.

00:33:46However,

00:33:46he did report

00:33:47an incident

00:33:48with Devin

00:33:48that took

00:33:49place a few

00:33:49months earlier.

00:33:50I was like,

00:33:51hey Devin,

00:33:51Devin,

00:33:52and he was

00:33:52ignoring me.

00:33:53And then I

00:33:54said,

00:33:54is the

00:33:54skinwalker

00:33:55dead or

00:33:55something like

00:33:56that?

00:33:56And then he

00:33:57turned around

00:33:57and I'm

00:34:01not going to

00:34:01lie,

00:34:01and I

00:34:02had crossed

00:34:02my mind

00:34:02that he

00:34:03would seem

00:34:03like kind

00:34:04of the

00:34:04person who

00:34:04would try

00:34:05to harm

00:34:05other

00:34:05students.

00:34:06Very

00:34:06sarcastic

00:34:07and generally

00:34:08kind of

00:34:09mean with

00:34:09his remarks.

00:34:10Mitchell

00:34:11would have

00:34:11more to

00:34:12add to

00:34:12the

00:34:12investigation

00:34:12later.

00:34:14For now,

00:34:14the detectives

00:34:15continued to

00:34:16question Devin.

00:34:17I didn't

00:34:17tell Mitchell.

00:34:19I didn't

00:34:19tell Mitchell.

00:34:20You walked

00:34:21to the office?

00:34:21Because I

00:34:22didn't want him

00:34:22to freak out

00:34:23about anything.

00:34:24I wanted to

00:34:24get to the

00:34:24office so I

00:34:25could tell an

00:34:25adult and get

00:34:26the security

00:34:26officer so

00:34:27that one

00:34:27freaked out.

00:34:28Okay.

00:34:29So you go

00:34:30back to the

00:34:30office,

00:34:31then what?

00:34:32They gave me

00:34:33some water and

00:34:33stuff because I

00:34:34said I was

00:34:35feeling sick and

00:34:36dehydrated because

00:34:38I was all sweaty

00:34:39and freaked out

00:34:40from the

00:34:41cocaine because I

00:34:42just kept

00:34:42running trying

00:34:43going to

00:34:44delay and

00:34:47get him to

00:34:48change his

00:34:48mind and

00:34:50then they

00:34:50gave me

00:34:50an ice pack

00:34:51and some

00:34:51water.

00:34:52I drank all

00:34:52the water

00:34:53with the

00:34:53ice pack on

00:34:54my head and

00:34:54they left

00:34:55the room and

00:34:55closed the

00:34:56door and

00:34:56that's when

00:34:56I checked

00:34:57my phone and

00:34:57saw his

00:34:58thing.

00:34:58Devin hadn't

00:34:59been shy about

00:35:00expressing this

00:35:01exact concern to

00:35:02the officers on

00:35:03scene at the

00:35:03school as he

00:35:04insisted that he

00:35:05only wanted to

00:35:06save everyone.

00:35:07He came to

00:35:07the door outside

00:35:09of the office.

00:35:09He'd

00:35:10Snapchat messaged

00:35:10me that he

00:35:11was going to

00:35:11rush the

00:35:12office and

00:35:12kill me and

00:35:12everyone in

00:35:13there.

00:35:14I didn't

00:35:14come back.

00:35:17And I was

00:35:17like super

00:35:18freaked out

00:35:19because I

00:35:20mean it's

00:35:21the worst

00:35:22thing I've

00:35:22ever been

00:35:23through.

00:35:25I can't

00:35:26remain calm

00:35:27when he's

00:35:28doing that.

00:35:30I was just

00:35:32so freaked

00:35:33out and like

00:35:34shaky when I

00:35:34got there.

00:35:35When you guys

00:35:36were walking

00:35:36down that

00:35:37hallway, did

00:35:38you guys talk

00:35:39about it?

00:35:39How did you

00:35:39guys decide what

00:35:40doors to go?

00:35:41Tell me about

00:35:41that.

00:35:42I said you

00:35:42cover the

00:35:43other door.

00:35:44So we went

00:35:44through separate

00:35:44doors.

00:35:45Devin picked

00:35:46up the story

00:35:47when he and

00:35:47Alec entered

00:35:48Miss Harper's

00:35:49room.

00:35:49So you both

00:35:51entered at the

00:35:51same time?

00:35:53I think so.

00:35:54And I sat

00:35:54down in the

00:35:55suitcase and I

00:35:56went to

00:35:57and tried to

00:35:58get away one

00:35:59more time but

00:36:00it seemed like

00:36:01he wasn't

00:36:01listening to me

00:36:02and he was

00:36:02pissed off so

00:36:03I grabbed the

00:36:04suitcase and I

00:36:05was going to

00:36:05leave but then

00:36:06I saw Alec

00:36:07like look at

00:36:09me and like

00:36:10kind of like

00:36:10nod at me

00:36:11because he

00:36:11knew I was

00:36:12trying to

00:36:12leave because I

00:36:13opened the

00:36:13door again and

00:36:13then I closed

00:36:14it and just

00:36:15opened the

00:36:17suitcase and

00:36:17told everybody

00:36:18to stay down

00:36:19and not

00:36:21move and

00:36:23then I was

00:36:23just going to

00:36:25run.

00:36:26Alec however

00:36:27added a tiny

00:36:28detail that had

00:36:29the potential to

00:36:30change everything.

00:36:31He picks up the

00:36:32guitar case,

00:36:33actually he's

00:36:33going to leave,

00:36:34tells Miss Harper

00:36:34that he's

00:36:35leaving and

00:36:36then goes to

00:36:36the door and

00:36:38takes off the

00:36:39magnet slip so

00:36:41no one from the

00:36:42outside could get

00:36:42in.

00:36:43The magnet was a

00:36:44standard security

00:36:45feature on all the

00:36:46doors at STEM

00:36:47school that were

00:36:47instituted as part

00:36:48of the lockdown

00:36:49protocol.

00:36:50If moved from

00:36:51their place, the

00:36:52strips would

00:36:52immediately lock the

00:36:53doors, securing

00:36:54everyone inside and

00:36:56locking out anyone

00:36:57who was outside the

00:36:58room.

00:36:59The police likely

00:37:00wondered why

00:37:00Devin hadn't

00:37:01addressed this tiny

00:37:02detail if he was an

00:37:03unwilling participant,

00:37:05but they would

00:37:05return to this

00:37:06later.

00:37:07In the course of

00:37:08the investigation,

00:37:09the police also

00:37:10spoke with Miss

00:37:10Harper, the

00:37:11teacher in room

00:37:12107 when the

00:37:13shooting took

00:37:14place.

00:37:15He grabs the

00:37:15guitar case,

00:37:16it's kind of

00:37:16really loud,

00:37:18shuffling,

00:37:19just to the

00:37:20point now where

00:37:20it's getting weird.

00:37:21Like I'm like,

00:37:22why are you being

00:37:22so loud,

00:37:23child?

00:37:25And I thought

00:37:26he was just

00:37:27being rude to

00:37:28his classmates.

00:37:29In front of the

00:37:30door, he drops

00:37:30the guitar case

00:37:31blocking the

00:37:32door.

00:37:32back with

00:37:37Devin, the

00:37:38police tried to

00:37:38clarify more

00:37:39details.

00:37:40Who pulled out

00:37:41a gun first?

00:37:43Alec was

00:37:44pulling it out

00:37:44and that's when

00:37:45I pulled mine

00:37:45out and told

00:37:46everyone not to

00:37:47move because I

00:37:47saw Alec

00:37:48reach for it

00:37:48because that

00:37:48was what he

00:37:49told me he

00:37:50was going to

00:37:50do.

00:37:51Devin said

00:37:51nobody move

00:37:52and then

00:37:54that's when

00:37:55everyone started

00:37:56freaking out

00:37:57and that's

00:38:00when like

00:38:00everything goes

00:38:01blurry.

00:38:02I just

00:38:02I still

00:38:04can't comprehend

00:38:05the fact that

00:38:06I did that

00:38:07and

00:38:08like I still

00:38:10can't comprehend

00:38:11what I did.

00:38:12A video clip

00:38:13from Snapchat

00:38:14hinted that this

00:38:15might not have

00:38:15been an entirely

00:38:16foreign feeling

00:38:17for Alec.

00:38:18I feel like

00:38:19this isn't

00:38:20real.

00:38:21What was Devin

00:38:21doing this?

00:38:22Could you see

00:38:22or hear him?

00:38:24No I was

00:38:24there was like

00:38:25a crowd of

00:38:26people jumping

00:38:27towards him

00:38:28trying to get

00:38:28the gun away

00:38:29from Devin

00:38:29and there was

00:38:30a the other

00:38:31half of the

00:38:31class was

00:38:32coming towards

00:38:32me and so

00:38:34that's when I

00:38:34was like

00:38:35shooting aimlessly.

00:38:38Kendrick and

00:38:38Brendan both at

00:38:39the same time

00:38:40just pushed

00:38:40rushed against

00:38:42me and they

00:38:42like tackled

00:38:43me and hit me

00:38:44which is when

00:38:44the gun I was

00:38:45holding went off.

00:38:46It was so quick.

00:38:48It was as if

00:38:49he said

00:38:50don't move

00:38:51and then all

00:38:52of a sudden

00:38:52bam he's against

00:38:53the wall.

00:38:53Did you say

00:38:54anything to

00:38:54Kendrick or

00:38:55Brendan when

00:38:55they came at

00:38:56you?

00:38:56I told Kendrick

00:38:57and Brendan

00:38:58when they were

00:38:58rushing me I

00:38:59started to yell

00:38:59no and I

00:39:01was like

00:39:01trying to

00:39:02throw it down

00:39:02and that's

00:39:03when I threw

00:39:03it down and

00:39:04I was like

00:39:04Brendan no I'm

00:39:05serious here's

00:39:06the gun like

00:39:07there's another

00:39:07gun in there

00:39:07Alec has two

00:39:08guns he has a

00:39:10Beretta and the

00:39:10revolver and he's

00:39:11trying to kill

00:39:12everyone.

00:39:13When the police

00:39:14talked to Brendan

00:39:14directly he said

00:39:16that's not how

00:39:16his confrontation

00:39:17with Devin

00:39:18went at all.

00:39:18At that moment

00:39:19my brain went

00:39:20this has to be a

00:39:21joke but this

00:39:22is nanoseconds

00:39:23I know it's

00:39:24nanoseconds

00:39:24because how fast

00:39:25things went

00:39:26Kendrick shot up

00:39:27and by time

00:39:28Devin was at

00:39:29the board I

00:39:30was up behind

00:39:32Devin delivering

00:39:32blows.

00:39:33During this

00:39:34confrontation

00:39:35at the white

00:39:36board where we

00:39:37were trying to

00:39:37move to the

00:39:37ground I heard

00:39:38one or two

00:39:39shots one or

00:39:40two during the

00:39:41wrestle during

00:39:42the initial when

00:39:42he brandished the

00:39:43weapon he had

00:39:45maybe fired

00:39:46not too sure

00:39:47about that but

00:39:47Josh was

00:39:48still still was

00:39:49doing what he

00:39:50needed to do.

00:39:52As Devin

00:39:53laid on the

00:39:53ground and his

00:39:54hand was coming

00:39:54near he attempted

00:39:55to twist the

00:39:56pistol back towards

00:39:57my and Josh's

00:39:58head and my

00:39:59head.

00:40:00When I saw this

00:40:00happening I

00:40:01delivered as many

00:40:03blows as I could

00:40:03to the arm and

00:40:04was able to peel

00:40:05his fingers away

00:40:06from the grip of

00:40:06the handgun.

00:40:07At that point he

00:40:08started apologizing

00:40:09and he immediately

00:40:10stopped resisting.

00:40:11Devin on the other

00:40:12hand said he

00:40:13never resisted at

00:40:14all.

00:40:15And I willingly

00:40:16just let Brendan

00:40:17grab the gun and

00:40:18take it and I

00:40:18immediately told him

00:40:19where all the other

00:40:20guns were that Alex

00:40:21had a gun, what his

00:40:22name was, I told

00:40:23everybody where my

00:40:24stuff was, where

00:40:25everything was.

00:40:26What was I doing

00:40:27when this was

00:40:27happening?

00:40:28I couldn't see

00:40:29anything because

00:40:30Josh and Brendan

00:40:31held me down and

00:40:33then Brendan got all

00:40:34the guns gathered

00:40:34them and I don't

00:40:35know what happened.

00:40:36I was just laying

00:40:38on the ground telling

00:40:39people information.

00:40:40I thought I heard

00:40:41more gunshots.

00:40:42I just heard a lot

00:40:43of yelling and

00:40:44screaming.

00:40:47I was just so in

00:40:48shock and freaked

00:40:49out.

00:40:49My ears were ringing

00:40:50from the gunshot

00:40:51because it was

00:40:51really close to me

00:40:52because he tackled

00:40:53me and that's why

00:40:54I just laid down.

00:40:59Alec offered an

00:41:00alternate perspective

00:41:01on the chaos that

00:41:02followed the initial

00:41:03gunshots.

00:41:04I don't remember

00:41:05who shot first, but

00:41:07I started freaking

00:41:08out because I

00:41:10still couldn't

00:41:11comprehend what I

00:41:12was doing and I

00:41:14just started shooting

00:41:16randomly.

00:41:19Shooting randomly?

00:41:20Yeah.

00:41:20At people?

00:41:21In the air?

00:41:22In the building?

00:41:22In the air.

00:41:23In the air.

00:41:24Tell me how you were,

00:41:24can you show how you

00:41:25were shooting?

00:41:26I was just like kind

00:41:27of like that.

00:41:29Okay.

00:41:30And you were moving

00:41:31your hand?

00:41:32As you were moving

00:41:32your hand were you

00:41:33pulling the trigger?

00:41:34Yeah.

00:41:34Ms. Harper though

00:41:35didn't seem to think

00:41:36that Alec's aim was

00:41:37random.

00:41:38Alec, I believe,

00:41:40had shot at me.

00:41:41I had a bullet

00:41:42casing burn here.

00:41:45I tripped back

00:41:47and fell into the

00:41:48bookcase.

00:41:49Okay.

00:41:50And I fell down

00:41:51to the floor.

00:41:52I thought for a

00:41:53moment that Alec

00:41:54was standing over me

00:41:55to make sure I was

00:41:57dead.

00:41:57And so for a few

00:41:59seconds I played

00:42:00dead.

00:42:01How many shots

00:42:02do you think you

00:42:02fired?

00:42:03Twelve.

00:42:04How do you know

00:42:04that?

00:42:05Because that's how

00:42:06many rounds was in

00:42:06the gun and then

00:42:07it stopped shooting.

00:42:09Alec exited the

00:42:10classroom intending

00:42:11to get the second

00:42:12gun.

00:42:13However, the students

00:42:13of 107 weren't

00:42:15having it.

00:42:15So you said that

00:42:16a kid tackled,

00:42:18he was hitting on

00:42:19you?

00:42:19Or he was hitting

00:42:20you?

00:42:20Yeah.

00:42:20Sorry.

00:42:21Tell me about that.

00:42:23This was after I

00:42:24started shooting and

00:42:25he jumped, he went

00:42:27onto Ms. Harper's

00:42:28desk and jumped on

00:42:29me and I tried to get

00:42:31out into the hallway

00:42:31and then he started

00:42:33like banging my

00:42:33head against the

00:42:34floor and then I

00:42:35like bit him to get

00:42:38him off me and

00:42:39that's when Ms.

00:42:40Harper like shoved

00:42:41him away and got

00:42:41on top of me.

00:42:42I had Alec in my

00:42:45hands and I was

00:42:48terrified that I

00:42:51didn't know all of

00:42:52a sudden if Alec,

00:42:55part of me was like

00:42:56am I going to break

00:42:56this kid's neck?

00:42:58And I'm like is this

00:43:00a shooter or is this

00:43:00an innocent kid that

00:43:01got the gun?

00:43:02I don't know.

00:43:03Let go.

00:43:05So I let go.

00:43:06Everybody was getting

00:43:07out of the classroom

00:43:08screaming.

00:43:08I started screaming

00:43:09down the hallways

00:43:09lockdown, lockdown,

00:43:11lockdown and my only

00:43:11goal was to get the

00:43:14rest of the school

00:43:14in lockdown.

00:43:15She succeeded.

00:43:16Ms. Harper and

00:43:17several students made

00:43:18it to the office where

00:43:19the lockdown alarm was

00:43:20activated throughout all

00:43:22of STEM school, saving

00:43:23countless lives.

00:43:25From there she also

00:43:26called 911 and reported

00:43:28that two of the students

00:43:30who made it out with

00:43:30her had gunshot wounds.

00:43:32I didn't know how

00:43:33many there were so I

00:43:34wanted everybody

00:43:34unlocked until we'd be

00:43:36safe.

00:43:40I didn't want anybody

00:43:41wandering the hallways

00:43:42if they were there.

00:43:49I don't want to see it.

00:43:50I don't want to see it.

00:43:52Oh God.

00:43:53Why did they do this?

00:44:02While Ms. Harper tried

00:44:03to come to terms with

00:44:04what she'd lived through,

00:44:06Alec explained what

00:44:07happened after getting

00:44:08tackled.

00:44:09And then that's when

00:44:09the teacher showed up

00:44:10and he was in awe and

00:44:13he took the gun and

00:44:14then put it on the floor

00:44:15because some kid got

00:44:17shot.

00:44:17I don't think he knew

00:44:18I was the one who had

00:44:19the gun.

00:44:20I think he just thought

00:44:22I was a kid who found

00:44:23the gun and was

00:44:24freaking out.

00:44:25The teacher in question

00:44:26was the school IT worker,

00:44:28Mr. Pritchard, whose

00:44:29office was just across

00:44:30the hall from room 107.

00:44:33Alec was right.

00:44:34Mr. Pritchard had no

00:44:35idea that Alec was

00:44:36one of the shooters.

00:44:37He gave it to me

00:44:39very easily.

00:44:41And so in my mind,

00:44:43he wasn't involved.

00:44:45So as I was walking

00:44:46into the classroom,

00:44:48Brandon's walking

00:44:49towards me with a

00:44:51semi-automatic pistol

00:44:52in his hand and

00:44:53he's holding it by

00:44:54the barrel with the

00:44:56handle out towards

00:44:56me and he walks up

00:44:57to me and hands it

00:45:00to me and I take it.

00:45:01So that's when I have

00:45:02two pistols in my

00:45:03hands.

00:45:04I walk over and I

00:45:05see Kendrick lying

00:45:09at an angle towards

00:45:11the front wall of the

00:45:12classroom.

00:45:14Unattended in the

00:45:14hall, Alec took

00:45:15advantage of the

00:45:16opportunity.

00:45:17I went in, go to my

00:45:19backpack to get another

00:45:19gun because no one

00:45:20else knew I had that.

00:45:21And I was going to

00:45:22shoot myself.

00:45:22So I'm starting to

00:45:23walk away and the

00:45:24security guard comes up

00:45:25with a gun in his

00:45:26hands and says, tells

00:45:28me to put it down.

00:45:29And I'm basically like,

00:45:31okay.

00:45:32I put the gun down

00:45:33and he like,

00:45:35kneed me to the

00:45:37ground, like, put his

00:45:39knees on me.

00:45:40The security guard,

00:45:41Sam, who subdued Alec,

00:45:43realized that something

00:45:44was wrong while taking

00:45:45his break all the way

00:45:46across the building.

00:45:47As soon as he heard the

00:45:49words shooting and

00:45:50room 107, he started

00:45:52running, weapon drawn.

00:45:54Sam spoke with the

00:45:55police directly multiple

00:45:57times.

00:45:57You know, I'm asking

00:45:58Alec, hey, are you

00:45:59alone?

00:46:00Where's the other

00:46:00shooters?

00:46:01You know, what's going

00:46:02on here?

00:46:04Alec's only response was,

00:46:05kill me, kill me now.

00:46:07I don't deserve to live.

00:46:09Things are getting

00:46:10louder.

00:46:11They're coming.

00:46:12I'm like, who?

00:46:13Where?

00:46:15Alec kept replying and

00:46:16saying those things to

00:46:17me.

00:46:18Just kill me now.

00:46:19They're getting louder.

00:46:21I see an AR rifle and

00:46:24someone in plain clothes

00:46:25coming through the

00:46:26hallway.

00:46:27I didn't hear a breach.

00:46:28I didn't hear police or

00:46:30any of that.

00:46:31And I yelled security and

00:46:32I fired around.

00:46:34One of the bullets from

00:46:35the friendly fire injured

00:46:36someone in room 106.

00:46:38Back with Alec, the

00:46:39police asked about some

00:46:40specific details.

00:46:42Do you know if you

00:46:43hit any kids?

00:46:46I don't know.

00:46:47My aim's not good, so

00:46:48I'm not sure if I hit

00:46:49any kids, but I know

00:46:49Devin shot.

00:46:51He fired.

00:46:53And I don't know if it

00:46:54was me or him that

00:46:55hit this kid.

00:46:57Do you know who that

00:46:57was?

00:47:00I don't remember his

00:47:01name.

00:47:03Is that a male?

00:47:03Yeah.

00:47:05Did you see what

00:47:06happened to that kid?

00:47:07All I know is he was

00:47:09on the ground and I

00:47:10could hear him like

00:47:11screaming.

00:47:12Did you see if that

00:47:13hit anybody?

00:47:15Kendrick.

00:47:16Okay.

00:47:17Did you see that?

00:47:18I don't think Josh

00:47:19got hit, but I don't

00:47:20know if that was.

00:47:21I don't like her if it

00:47:22went through Kendrick

00:47:23because I heard someone

00:47:24say exit wound.

00:47:26Statements from the

00:47:27witnesses revealed far

00:47:28more about who had been

00:47:29injured.

00:47:30As soon as Brendan

00:47:31noticed that Kendrick

00:47:32was down, he rushed to

00:47:33his side while Josh

00:47:34kept Devin down.

00:47:36I came over, immediately

00:47:38started tapping him,

00:47:39Kendrick, stay with me,

00:47:40stay with me, you all

00:47:40right, you all right?

00:47:42No response.

00:47:43His breathing was

00:47:43completely staggered, his

00:47:44eyes rolled back.

00:47:45In the midst of all this

00:47:46chaos, Brendan managed to

00:47:48call 911.

00:47:50Help was nearer than he

00:47:51expected though, as he was

00:47:53aided immediately by Mr.

00:47:54Pritchard, who's a former

00:47:55Navy sailor.

00:47:57When I'd asked Brendan if

00:47:58there was anything I could

00:47:59use to apply pressure to

00:48:01Kendrick's wound, he didn't

00:48:03find anything, so I just

00:48:06went ahead and started

00:48:07putting pressure with my

00:48:08hand.

00:48:08At that point, he was

00:48:09breathing, it was like he

00:48:12was almost kind of moaning

00:48:13with like some spittle

00:48:16coming out of his lips.

00:48:18I see Josh laying on top of

00:48:20Devin, and I looked and I

00:48:23saw Josh had some blood

00:48:25marks on his legs, but it

00:48:28didn't look like they were

00:48:29growing, so I just figured,

00:48:32okay, he's okay for now.

00:48:34Devin Erickson, while still

00:48:35on the ground, being held

00:48:36down by Josh was going,

00:48:38Alec made me do it, I'm

00:48:39sorry, I'm sorry, it wasn't

00:48:40my fault, and then just

00:48:41through an absolute fit of

00:48:43aggravation, I got up in

00:48:44his face and I screamed as

00:48:45loud as I could, shut the

00:48:46fuck up.

00:48:47Or then Mr. Pritchard then

00:48:48responded with, please don't

00:48:49do that, keep your voice

00:48:50down.

00:48:51Devin then responded,

00:48:52there's a jacket out in the

00:48:53hallway to put pressure on.

00:48:54While Brendan went to get

00:48:57the jacket, Mr. Pritchard

00:48:59made a grim discovery.

00:49:01I looked back over and

00:49:02Kendrick stopped breathing

00:49:03at that point, and I was

00:49:06fearful that he had

00:49:08passed.

00:49:09You know, I tapped him on

00:49:11the cheek, hey, come on,

00:49:12stay with me, check for a

00:49:14pulse, I couldn't get one.

00:49:16In the hallway, Brendan

00:49:18didn't find the jacket.

00:49:20Instead, he ran into the

00:49:21security guard and Alec.

00:49:23And from the other end of

00:49:24the hallway, behind a

00:49:25little jut out for the size

00:49:27of the classroom, was a

00:49:28security guard.

00:49:28He was brandishing another

00:49:30Glock, and he told me to

00:49:31drop to the ground.

00:49:32I immediately did, and I

00:49:34yelled, two students have

00:49:35been shot, two students have

00:49:36been shot, I do not have a

00:49:37gun, we have one of the

00:49:38shooters in there.

00:49:40He then told me to crawl to

00:49:41him, and that is when I

00:49:43noticed that he had the

00:49:44second shooter, Alec, in

00:49:47handcuffs, off to the right

00:49:48side of the hallway.

00:49:50How long do you think

00:49:50that'll take?

00:49:52Oh, it couldn't have been

00:49:53more than two minutes.

00:49:55In addition to the

00:49:55carnage in the classroom,

00:49:57Alec's next comment made

00:49:58the situation even more

00:50:00hair-raising.

00:50:01When you saw these kids,

00:50:03especially Kendrick, go

00:50:04down, what was going on

00:50:06in your head?

00:50:06Was it, I'm going to

00:50:08continue shooting, or I'm

00:50:10going to help them, or was

00:50:11something else going on

00:50:12in your head?

00:50:14Everything was quiet.

00:50:15Like, it's only quiet

00:50:19when, like, everything's,

00:50:21like, they're satisfied

00:50:22with what I'm doing.

00:50:23That's the only time

00:50:23they're quiet is when I

00:50:25listen to them.

00:50:26Alec's aunt, Grace, said

00:50:27that Alec had previously

00:50:28reported hearing voices,

00:50:30but the family was unsure

00:50:31if this was true.

00:50:33As opposed to the silence

00:50:34in Alec's mind, Devin

00:50:36seemed to have experienced

00:50:37the resulting chaos in a

00:50:39blur.

00:50:40He only seemed to remember

00:50:41bits and pieces of what

00:50:42came next.

00:50:43Then what happened?

00:50:44Well, I got handcuffed,

00:50:46obviously, because the

00:50:48people came in, because

00:50:49Josh just held me down

00:50:50and I just let him.

00:50:52And he said he was hit,

00:50:53and I just kept telling

00:50:54him, you know, just wrap

00:50:57something around his leg

00:50:59and save himself.

00:51:00And just, like, you know,

00:51:01telling everyone about

00:51:02Alec and what he was

00:51:04wearing, because I didn't

00:51:05want other people to get

00:51:06hurt, because I knew he

00:51:08was just going to keep

00:51:09going, killing people.

00:51:11And now everyone's going

00:51:12to think I'm a monster.

00:51:15By this point, police

00:51:16made entry into the

00:51:17school to attend to the

00:51:18wounded, rescue the

00:51:20students, and, of course,

00:51:21detain Alec and Devin.

00:51:23Meanwhile, word was

00:51:25getting out about the

00:51:25calamity at STEM.

00:51:27Devin's friend David

00:51:28recalled the chilling

00:51:29moment he found out

00:51:30what was happening.

00:51:32I got a message saying

00:51:33that there were three

00:51:34shooters and that one of

00:51:36them had purple hair,

00:51:37and immediately I just

00:51:38went, like, Devin, it's

00:51:39got to be Devin.

00:51:39With all of these

00:51:41statements, the police

00:51:42now knew what had

00:51:43happened.

00:51:44The reason why, however,

00:51:45remained elusive.

00:51:47So why were you

00:51:48planning to do this?

00:51:50I feel like I was

00:51:51doing people a favor,

00:51:53like, showing them

00:51:53the real world.

00:51:55I'm basically showing

00:51:57people how I feel.

00:52:01Was your intention

00:52:02to shoot people today?

00:52:03Not really.

00:52:04I just wanted to...

00:52:05I wanted to shoot...

00:52:08but I didn't

00:52:10necessarily want to

00:52:11kill anyone.

00:52:12I just want them to

00:52:13have something bad

00:52:15happen to them.

00:52:15I'm still, like,

00:52:17completely...

00:52:18I'm just in awe

00:52:21about how I let my

00:52:23thoughts get to be

00:52:24like this, how I

00:52:25thought I was in

00:52:26control, but I'm not.

00:52:27I was just thinking

00:52:28I'm just doing what

00:52:32everyone expected me

00:52:32to.

00:52:33At what point did you

00:52:34know that Alec was

00:52:36going to hurt students

00:52:37or shoot the school?

00:52:39Or shoot anybody

00:52:40at the school?

00:52:40Once I knew he was

00:52:41going to, when I saw

00:52:44the axe and he started

00:52:45to use, like, getting

00:52:46really pissed off with

00:52:47the cocaine and stuff

00:52:48and he told me I

00:52:49better get back, I was

00:52:50like, thinking I could

00:52:51still talk him out of

00:52:52it and convince him

00:52:53not to, that he was

00:52:54just probably going to

00:52:55do something stupid

00:52:55because at first I

00:52:57thought you might

00:52:57just...

00:52:59but obviously not.

00:53:02So when he had the

00:53:05axe, that's when you

00:53:06first thought that...

00:53:07That's when I was

00:53:07like, okay, he's

00:53:08serious, he's going to

00:53:11hurt me if I don't

00:53:12cooperate with him.

00:53:14Alec said that

00:53:15actually wasn't the

00:53:16case.

00:53:16What was your

00:53:17intention if he

00:53:17didn't do the

00:53:18cocaine?

00:53:19I really wasn't

00:53:20going to do

00:53:21anything.

00:53:22This wasn't the

00:53:22only discrepancy the

00:53:24police had noticed.

00:53:25They began to press

00:53:26Devin harder about

00:53:27some of their

00:53:27concerns, but his

00:53:29responses ended up

00:53:30raising more questions

00:53:31than they answered.

00:53:32When Alec messaged

00:53:34you and asked you to

00:53:35pick him up at

00:53:36school, you went

00:53:38back to school, you

00:53:39picked him up, did

00:53:40you ever see a

00:53:41weapon on him?

00:53:42No, I was just

00:53:42really worried about

00:53:43him because I thought

00:53:44he might hurt

00:53:44himself too, but I

00:53:46was also a little bit

00:53:47scared because, like,

00:53:48you know, I know he

00:53:49has all those problems,

00:53:50I don't know if he

00:53:51was going to snap or

00:53:52something.

00:53:53Alec, though, said

00:53:54that Devin decided he

00:53:55was willing to go

00:53:56through with the

00:53:56attack on his own.

00:53:58We weren't going to

00:53:58go through with it,

00:53:59but then he was

00:54:00like...

00:54:01I'm back and, like,

00:54:04I'll do what you

00:54:04want me to.

00:54:05And I was like,

00:54:05okay.

00:54:06Aside from when you

00:54:08made threats to him

00:54:09at home, like, with

00:54:10the axe and all that

00:54:11stuff, did you say

00:54:12anything to him?

00:54:13Threatening or...

00:54:15I was just...

00:54:18I don't...

00:54:18I don't know.

00:54:19He was just, like,

00:54:20okay with everything.

00:54:22I think he thought

00:54:23that I had a point.

00:54:24I think I actually

00:54:25got into his head.

00:54:27And he was

00:54:27listening to me.

00:54:28On that note, the

00:54:30detectives began to

00:54:31wrap up Alec's

00:54:32interrogation.

00:54:33I hope no one

00:54:34died today.

00:54:35Tragically, there was

00:54:36one fatality at the

00:54:37STEM shooting.

00:54:39Kendrick, the first

00:54:40student to rush Devin,

00:54:41had been shot twice

00:54:42and was pronounced

00:54:43dead shortly after the

00:54:45responding officers

00:54:46dragged him to

00:54:47safety.

00:54:48Officers met with

00:54:49Kendrick's parents to

00:54:50answer what questions

00:54:51they could, and in

00:54:53the process learned

00:54:53more about what a

00:54:54hero Kendrick was.

00:54:56his parents described

00:54:57him as kind,

00:54:59outgoing, and a

00:55:00friend to everyone.

00:55:01They asked him,

00:55:02are you surprised

00:55:03that he would do

00:55:04that?

00:55:04And immediately,

00:55:05both of us were

00:55:06like, no, it doesn't

00:55:07surprise us.

00:55:08You're going to pull

00:55:08one kid out of there

00:55:09and it has to be

00:55:10mine, you know,

00:55:10that has to have

00:55:12this happen to him.

00:55:13I just can't figure

00:55:14it out.

00:55:14We get to view him

00:55:15today.

00:55:19Since the last time

00:55:20we've seen him

00:55:20alive and, you know,

00:55:24I don't know if I'm

00:55:25ready for that.

00:55:26The initial

00:55:29interrogation

00:55:30concluded, but the

00:55:31police would soon

00:55:32speak with Alec

00:55:32again and learn

00:55:34that there was

00:55:34still more to be

00:55:36uncovered.

00:55:37Devin, on the

00:55:37other hand, stuck

00:55:38to his story and

00:55:39professed his

00:55:40innocence.

00:55:41Did you ever try

00:55:41telling an adult

00:55:42at any point?

00:55:44Yeah, that's when

00:55:44I went to the

00:55:45office to try and

00:55:46tell the adults,

00:55:46and I was going

00:55:47to try and tell

00:55:47Ms. Harper, but

00:55:48he was already in

00:55:49there.

00:55:49After he loaded up

00:55:51guns and brought

00:55:51them to the school?

00:55:51Yes, and he had

00:55:52them loaded up and

00:55:53brought to the

00:55:53school because the

00:55:54thing was, once he

00:55:55made his plan

00:55:55clear and had

00:55:56the ax, I

00:55:57didn't have a way

00:55:58to go to anybody

00:55:58because that was

00:55:59the last time we

00:56:00were at the

00:56:00house.

00:56:00Did it ever

00:56:01cross your mind

00:56:02to tell an adult

00:56:02before that point?

00:56:04No, because I

00:56:06had all these

00:56:06other reasons and

00:56:07all these things he

00:56:08was telling me, and

00:56:09I believed him

00:56:10because he's

00:56:12seeming like he

00:56:13was fine, and

00:56:15he told like he

00:56:16was fine, so I

00:56:19didn't think it

00:56:20was anything to

00:56:21worry about.

00:56:22You didn't think

00:56:22it's anything to

00:56:23worry about when

00:56:23somebody tells you

00:56:24don't come to

00:56:24school tomorrow?

00:56:26I thought he

00:56:26was still like, he

00:56:27was just like, he

00:56:28was still messing

00:56:29with me a little

00:56:29bit.

00:56:30All of us just

00:56:31joke about that

00:56:32stuff.

00:56:32It's just like

00:56:33teenage boys do

00:56:34that stuff.

00:56:35I never thought

00:56:37he would do all

00:56:39that.

00:56:40You realize we

00:56:41were teenage boys?

00:56:41Yeah, I know, I

00:56:43know, but my

00:56:44parents don't really

00:56:44understand that

00:56:45humor, so I just

00:56:46figured I'd say

00:56:46that.

00:56:47I'm sorry.

00:56:47In talking to

00:56:52so many witnesses,

00:56:53it became clear

00:56:54that Devin was

00:56:54known for his

00:56:55dark humor.

00:56:56However, his

00:56:57friend David took

00:56:58it one step

00:56:59further.

00:57:00I wouldn't call

00:57:00him violent, I

00:57:01don't think, right

00:57:02off of the bat,

00:57:02but he has

00:57:05sociopathic

00:57:05tendencies.

00:57:06He's a very

00:57:07cold person.

00:57:08He gets angry

00:57:09really fast, and

00:57:10he's very

00:57:12rational.

00:57:13He would have

00:57:15these bipolar

00:57:16bursts where

00:57:17he would just

00:57:19snap at us,

00:57:20tell us to

00:57:21fuck off or

00:57:21whatever, and

00:57:22he really seemed

00:57:24to victimize

00:57:26himself as soon

00:57:27as any kind of

00:57:28blame was put

00:57:29on him.

00:57:30Very big liar.

00:57:31He's manipulative.

00:57:33I see Devin as

00:57:33a lost cause.

00:57:34This is not

00:57:35your fault.

00:57:36There's nothing

00:57:36you could have

00:57:37done that prevented

00:57:37it, because you

00:57:38seem like a pretty

00:57:39nice guy.

00:57:40Devin made these

00:57:40decisions on his

00:57:41own, and this

00:57:42doesn't come down

00:57:43on you, because

00:57:44keeping it in is

00:57:44going to be the

00:57:45worst thing for

00:57:45you.

00:57:46You're going to

00:57:46have a lot of

00:57:46friends out there

00:57:47that are going

00:57:47through the

00:57:47same exact

00:57:48way.

00:57:48So be there

00:57:50for each

00:57:50other, okay?

00:57:51Check in on

00:57:51each other, and

00:57:53you know, talk

00:57:56to mom.

00:57:56David also

00:57:57shared that Devin

00:57:58had recently

00:57:59broken up with

00:57:59his girlfriend.

00:58:01Another Snapchat

00:58:02saved on Alex's

00:58:03account offered a

00:58:03potential explanation

00:58:05why.

00:58:05Devin was appearing

00:58:13more suspicious by

00:58:14the minute, but the

00:58:15question of his

00:58:16involvement wouldn't

00:58:17be resolved for

00:58:18quite a while.

00:58:20For now, the

00:58:20police were

00:58:21unconvinced by his

00:58:22claims of

00:58:22innocence, and

00:58:23both Devin and

00:58:24Alec were taken

00:58:25to jail.

00:58:26While in the

00:58:27county jail, Devin

00:58:28kept busy with many

00:58:29phone calls, including

00:58:30this fraught interaction

00:58:32with his parents.

00:58:33The only thing

00:58:34was, today was

00:58:35like the

00:58:36Julia and like

00:58:37Dr. Kendall

00:58:38thing was like

00:58:39they were prepping

00:58:39me for the state

00:58:40hospital visit thing,

00:58:42so it was really

00:58:42stressful, because

00:58:44they were like

00:58:44doing like fake,

00:58:45like...

00:58:46Devin, Devin, Devin,

00:58:49let's not talk

00:58:49about that.

00:58:50Guys, this is not

00:58:51about the case.

00:58:53We're allowed to

00:58:53talk about this.

00:58:55I don't know why

00:58:55you're so freaking

00:58:56touchy.

00:58:57I just always want

00:58:59to make sure we

00:58:59take the safe route,

00:59:00that's all.

00:59:01Right, Elder.

00:59:02So, anyways, um...

00:59:05Let's not have one

00:59:05freaking thing with

00:59:06you guys.

00:59:08However, it wasn't

00:59:09just family members

00:59:10that Devin kept

00:59:11up with.

00:59:12It seems that

00:59:12somehow, despite

00:59:13being under lock

00:59:14and key, he began

00:59:15a romantic

00:59:16relationship with

00:59:17a girl named

00:59:18Melanie.

00:59:18You're my baby.

00:59:20You're my

00:59:20son of a doctor.

00:59:22But it wasn't

00:59:23all sunshine and

00:59:24rainbows in that

00:59:25relationship, either.

00:59:26You told me that

00:59:27your love for me

00:59:28was a joke.

00:59:30I don't know why

00:59:30you call me if I

00:59:31make you so

00:59:32miserable.

00:59:33Um, just because

00:59:34it's, um, it

00:59:35seems like fun to

00:59:37like make fun of

00:59:38you sometimes.

00:59:39Say bronchitis

00:59:40without stuttering.

00:59:42Don't hurt.

00:59:43Don't hurt.

00:59:45Don't hurt.

00:59:45Bronchitis.

00:59:46Bronchitis.

00:59:47Bronchitis.

00:59:48Bronchitis.

00:59:49Bronchitis.

00:59:50You stuttered, so.

00:59:52No, I didn't.

00:59:54Okay.

00:59:55Fuck.

00:59:56You're taking

00:59:57advantage of me.

00:59:59You're using me

01:00:01for your

01:00:02entertainment.

01:00:03And

01:00:04entertainment.

01:00:06I thought I had

01:00:07a special place

01:00:08in your heart.

01:00:10Yeah, you do.

01:00:10It's last.

01:00:11I'm going to dump

01:00:13you for

01:00:13pepper pigs

01:00:15if you don't

01:00:16shut up.

01:00:17Oh my god,

01:00:18stop.

01:00:20There are tears

01:00:21on my face

01:00:22right now.

01:00:24Why?

01:00:26Because I don't

01:00:27want that to

01:00:28happen and I'm

01:00:29so confused

01:00:32right now.

01:00:33Devin wasn't

01:00:35the only one

01:00:36who kept

01:00:36in touch

01:00:36with the

01:00:37outside world

01:00:37though.

01:00:38Nine months

01:00:39after Alec

01:00:39and Devin

01:00:40were arrested,

01:00:41Alec reached

01:00:41out to detectives

01:00:42to share

01:00:43additional details

01:00:44about the

01:00:44case.

01:00:45When they

01:00:45got to

01:00:46talking,

01:00:46many of

01:00:47the sinister

01:00:47details the

01:00:48police had

01:00:48suspected all

01:00:49along were

01:00:50finally confirmed.

01:00:51The plan was

01:00:52it was going

01:00:53to look like

01:00:54I was the

01:00:54one that was

01:00:55killing all

01:00:55these people

01:00:56but it was

01:00:57Devin,

01:00:58but it was

01:00:58going to be

01:00:59pinned on me

01:00:59because he

01:01:02was going to

01:01:03shoot me in

01:01:04that he was

01:01:04going to come

01:01:05out like the

01:01:05hero in this

01:01:06situation.

01:01:07He was going

01:01:07to essentially

01:01:09stop me.

01:01:11Why did you

01:01:12do that for

01:01:12Devin?

01:01:14I felt like

01:01:15he was going

01:01:15through a lot

01:01:16of pain in

01:01:16life.

01:01:17I felt like

01:01:18he was going

01:01:18through a lot

01:01:18and I wanted

01:01:19to help him.

01:01:19What if you

01:01:20guys got caught?

01:01:22We didn't

01:01:22think we'd

01:01:23get caught.

01:01:24Or get

01:01:26arrested.

01:01:28Another

01:01:28inconsistency

01:01:29between Alec's

01:01:30new statement

01:01:31and what

01:01:31Devin said

01:01:32in his

01:01:32interview on

01:01:33the day

01:01:33of the

01:01:33shooting

01:01:33emerged

01:01:34when the

01:01:34investigators

01:01:35came to

01:01:36the topic

01:01:36of the

01:01:37firearms.

01:01:38Who loaded

01:01:38the guns?

01:01:39Alec loaded

01:01:40the guns.

01:01:43Why didn't

01:01:43you leave

01:01:44then?

01:01:45Because he

01:01:46had me in

01:01:46the corner

01:01:46of the closet.

01:01:47I was

01:01:48backed up.

01:01:48There was no

01:01:49doors I could

01:01:49go to.

01:01:50He still

01:01:50had the

01:01:50guns.

01:01:51Devin

01:01:54briefly touched

01:01:54on this

01:01:55while talking

01:01:56with Melanie

01:01:56after he

01:01:57was arrested.

01:01:58You put a

01:01:58gun to my

01:01:59head and

01:01:59you shoot

01:02:00up my

01:02:00screw.

01:02:01I'm

01:02:01sorry.

01:02:02Wait,

01:02:03you're not

01:02:03out.

01:02:04If Alec's

01:02:05new story

01:02:05was true,

01:02:06it threatened

01:02:06to undercut

01:02:07Devin's

01:02:08accusations

01:02:08entirely.

01:02:10Any

01:02:10point as

01:02:11this is

01:02:11happening

01:02:11was Devin

01:02:12trying to

01:02:12leave?

01:02:13No.

01:02:14Get out

01:02:14of the

01:02:15closet

01:02:15at all?

01:02:16No.

01:02:17Even on

01:02:17the day

01:02:18of the

01:02:18shooting,

01:02:19the police

01:02:19noticed

01:02:19issues

01:02:20with Devin's

01:02:21story and

01:02:21didn't hesitate

01:02:22to call him

01:02:23out.

01:02:23Why didn't

01:02:24you flee the

01:02:24house?

01:02:25I was in

01:02:25the back of

01:02:25the closet in

01:02:27my mom's

01:02:27room.

01:02:28There's only

01:02:28one door.

01:02:29He was on

01:02:29that side.

01:02:30The safe's

01:02:30laid down in

01:02:31the middle.

01:02:31I'm on the

01:02:32other side of

01:02:32the safe.

01:02:33He told me to

01:02:33stay on that

01:02:34side.

01:02:34What I don't

01:02:35understand is

01:02:35how is he

01:02:36loading the

01:02:36gun?

01:02:37Because he

01:02:39made me give

01:02:39him the

01:02:39bullets while

01:02:40still holding

01:02:40the hatchet

01:02:41because he

01:02:41grabbed the

01:02:41guns with

01:02:42his other

01:02:42hand and

01:02:43that's when

01:02:44he made

01:02:44me hand

01:02:44him the

01:02:44ammo.

01:02:45He told

01:02:45me to

01:02:45sit down

01:02:46still holding

01:02:46the hatchet,

01:02:47put one

01:02:47bullet in

01:02:48and put it

01:02:48in the

01:02:48magazine and

01:02:49cocked it so

01:02:50there was one

01:02:50in the

01:02:50chamber he

01:02:51could aim

01:02:51at me.

01:02:52Devin

01:02:52insisted he

01:02:53was innocent

01:02:54but something

01:02:54else he said

01:02:55that day led

01:02:56the police to

01:02:56believe he

01:02:57was anything

01:02:58but.

01:02:58The only way

01:02:59I'd let

01:02:59him live is

01:03:00if he

01:03:01helped me.

01:03:02It's possible

01:03:02that Devin

01:03:03just got

01:03:03tongue-tied

01:03:04but police

01:03:05had to

01:03:05wonder if

01:03:06this was

01:03:06the truth

01:03:07slipping

01:03:07through

01:03:07accidentally.

01:03:09So a lot

01:03:09of this to

01:03:10me sounds

01:03:10like self

01:03:10preservation.

01:03:12Then why

01:03:13do I have

01:03:13videos of

01:03:14him threatening

01:03:14me and why

01:03:15do I have

01:03:15all the

01:03:16evidence?

01:03:17If you

01:03:17find his

01:03:18iPhone you

01:03:18will see a

01:03:19video of

01:03:19me crying

01:03:20while he

01:03:21makes me

01:03:22do that.

01:03:23This kid

01:03:24gave me

01:03:24cocaine and

01:03:25you're expecting

01:03:25me to think

01:03:26straight?

01:03:29Before you

01:03:29did cocaine.

01:03:30I'm freaking

01:03:30the out dude.

01:03:32Again Devin

01:03:33said something

01:03:33during one

01:03:34of his

01:03:34jail calls

01:03:35that made

01:03:35this defense

01:03:36even more

01:03:37questionable.

01:03:38The cocaine

01:03:38made me

01:03:39aggressive.

01:03:40I was like

01:03:41literally about

01:03:42to do

01:03:42shrooms one

01:03:43night and

01:03:44then Alex

01:03:44sent me a

01:03:45picture of

01:03:46like want

01:03:46to come

01:03:46do cocaine

01:03:47and I was

01:03:48like sure.

01:03:49I'm so glad

01:03:50I started

01:03:50doing cocaine

01:03:51because that

01:03:51was great

01:03:52for me.

01:03:52Can't wait

01:03:5310 years

01:03:53off my

01:03:54lifespan.

01:03:55In fact

01:03:55Devin claimed

01:03:56that his

01:03:56substance use

01:03:57history was

01:03:58far more

01:03:58extensive than

01:03:59he'd initially

01:03:59let on.

01:04:00I think I

01:04:01like smoked

01:04:01too much

01:04:02weed and

01:04:03like I

01:04:03permanently

01:04:04did that

01:04:04to my

01:04:04brain.

01:04:05I was

01:04:05high on

01:04:06cough

01:04:06medication

01:04:06like

01:04:07every

01:04:07day

01:04:07for

01:04:08like

01:04:08four

01:04:08months

01:04:08straight.

01:04:09On another

01:04:09occasion

01:04:10Devin said

01:04:11that Alec

01:04:11talked him

01:04:12through a

01:04:12particularly

01:04:12intense

01:04:13trip

01:04:13that

01:04:14included

01:04:14some

01:04:14very

01:04:15dangerous

01:04:15decisions.

01:04:16And so

01:04:17basically

01:04:17Alec was

01:04:18like I'm

01:04:18going to

01:04:18stay on

01:04:19the call

01:04:19with you

01:04:20so you

01:04:20can

01:04:20talk

01:04:20to me

01:04:21through

01:04:21this.

01:04:22And so

01:04:22he just

01:04:24talked to

01:04:24me and I

01:04:25drove all

01:04:26the way

01:04:26home.

01:04:27Nine

01:04:27months

01:04:27later in

01:04:28Alec's

01:04:28second

01:04:28interview,

01:04:29Devin's

01:04:30so-called

01:04:30video

01:04:31evidence

01:04:31is brought

01:04:32into

01:04:32question

01:04:32in a

01:04:33discussion

01:04:33with the

01:04:34investigators.

01:04:35The videos

01:04:35that he made

01:04:36in the

01:04:36house,

01:04:37that was,

01:04:38tell me

01:04:39again why.

01:04:40So it

01:04:41would all

01:04:41come

01:04:41together

01:04:42in the

01:04:42plan

01:04:42that oh

01:04:42I have

01:04:43proof

01:04:43in case

01:04:44he didn't

01:04:45come out

01:04:45there or

01:04:46I had

01:04:46proof

01:04:46that or

01:04:48he had

01:04:48proof

01:04:48that I

01:04:50made him

01:04:50do it.

01:04:50Okay.

01:04:52To make

01:04:53it seem

01:04:53like he

01:04:53was forced

01:04:54into this.

01:04:55Okay.

01:04:56Was he

01:04:57forced

01:04:57into this?

01:04:58No.

01:04:58It was a

01:04:59mutual

01:04:59agreement.

01:05:01Took us

01:05:01a couple

01:05:01times,

01:05:02like three

01:05:02times to

01:05:03actually shoot

01:05:03this video.

01:05:04Okay.

01:05:05The first

01:05:05time we

01:05:08were laughing

01:05:08and we

01:05:09couldn't get

01:05:09it like

01:05:10through the

01:05:10video and

01:05:11then the

01:05:11second time

01:05:12it was

01:05:13like I

01:05:14just didn't

01:05:14think it

01:05:14was convincing

01:05:14enough and

01:05:15the third

01:05:15time I was

01:05:15like this

01:05:16is good

01:05:16enough.

01:05:17So after

01:05:17the video

01:05:18was shot

01:05:18are you

01:05:19still holding

01:05:20a gun to

01:05:20his head

01:05:21or do you

01:05:22put it

01:05:22down and

01:05:22you guys

01:05:23are you

01:05:23know buddy

01:05:24buddy again?

01:05:26No I

01:05:26put the gun

01:05:27away.

01:05:27The gun

01:05:28was on safety

01:05:28the whole

01:05:28time.

01:05:29Okay.

01:05:29I wasn't

01:05:30going to

01:05:30shoot him.

01:05:33He was

01:05:33talking about

01:05:34how he

01:05:35has two

01:05:36alter egos

01:05:37two like

01:05:38split personalities

01:05:38I don't know

01:05:39and he was

01:05:40saying that

01:05:41one of them

01:05:42is like the

01:05:43pussy Devon

01:05:44one of them's

01:05:44like the

01:05:45wimp Devon

01:05:46and the other

01:05:46one's like

01:05:47has a god

01:05:47complex.

01:05:48after that

01:05:48we were

01:05:49hugging

01:05:50and I

01:05:50was saying

01:05:50goodbye

01:05:51to him

01:05:51he said

01:05:52he was

01:05:52glad he

01:05:52met me

01:05:53and he

01:05:54is sorry

01:05:55he's never

01:05:56going to

01:05:56see me

01:05:56again.

01:05:57During Devon's

01:05:58interview on

01:05:58the day of

01:05:59the shooting

01:05:59the police

01:06:00had noticed

01:06:00yet another

01:06:01inconsistency.

01:06:02So how many

01:06:05times did you

01:06:05say you've

01:06:06been shooting?

01:06:07Maybe like

01:06:08four times

01:06:08total.

01:06:09Okay.

01:06:11So knowing

01:06:11that how

01:06:13did Kendrick

01:06:14get shot?

01:06:15Kendrick got

01:06:16shot because my

01:06:17finger was right

01:06:17there still.

01:06:18I was still

01:06:19grabbing it.

01:06:20My finger's

01:06:20right there.

01:06:21He bumps

01:06:21into me because

01:06:22they're rushing

01:06:22me and they're

01:06:23actually hitting

01:06:24the barrel end

01:06:24of the gun

01:06:25with their

01:06:25body and

01:06:26grabbing me.

01:06:27was your finger

01:06:28on the trigger?

01:06:29My finger was

01:06:29next to the trigger

01:06:30but it wasn't

01:06:30over the trigger

01:06:31because I wasn't

01:06:31going to hurt

01:06:32anybody.

01:06:32I was just

01:06:33going to tell

01:06:34everyone to

01:06:35stay and then

01:06:35run.

01:06:39So I tried

01:06:40to throw it

01:06:40down.

01:06:41What was

01:06:41going through

01:06:42my head was

01:06:42should I kill

01:06:44myself to save

01:06:45these people?

01:06:47Do you mind

01:06:47if we take a

01:06:48break?

01:06:48Absolutely.

01:06:50Do you need

01:06:51any water or

01:06:52anything?

01:06:52We'll step out

01:06:53the secure

01:06:54building so we've

01:06:55got to walk

01:06:55anybody anywhere

01:06:56we go.

01:06:57Okay.

01:06:58But we'll just

01:06:58be outside.

01:07:02Police likely

01:07:03had to wonder

01:07:04if any show

01:07:04of emotion

01:07:05since the day

01:07:06of the incident

01:07:06was ever

01:07:07genuine.

01:07:08Why didn't

01:07:08you just

01:07:09open the door

01:07:09and say

01:07:10Alex got a

01:07:10gun get

01:07:11out?

01:07:12Because he

01:07:12was still

01:07:13going to

01:07:13shoot people

01:07:13like that.

01:07:13But you

01:07:14knew he

01:07:14was going

01:07:14to shoot

01:07:15somebody

01:07:15either way.

01:07:16But I

01:07:17was going

01:07:17to try

01:07:17to stop

01:07:18him.

01:07:18That's

01:07:18why I

01:07:18went to

01:07:18the office

01:07:19so I

01:07:19could

01:07:19try to

01:07:19get to

01:07:20an

01:07:20adult

01:07:20who

01:07:20would

01:07:20be

01:07:21able

01:07:21to

01:07:21do

01:07:21it

01:07:21so

01:07:22the

01:07:22school

01:07:22didn't

01:07:22like

01:07:23people

01:07:23weren't

01:07:23just

01:07:23freaking

01:07:24out.

01:07:24But you

01:07:25still

01:07:25didn't

01:07:25tell

01:07:26anybody.

01:07:26Yes,

01:07:27because he

01:07:27told me

01:07:28he was

01:07:28going to

01:07:28the office

01:07:29because he

01:07:29was going

01:07:29to kill

01:07:30me and

01:07:31everybody

01:07:32inside the

01:07:32office.

01:07:33Does it

01:07:33matter?

01:07:34It does

01:07:36matter because

01:07:36I was trying

01:07:36to save

01:07:37everybody,

01:07:38not just

01:07:38me.

01:07:39After

01:07:39composing,

01:07:40Alex said

01:07:40something else

01:07:41that,

01:07:41if validated,

01:07:42obliterated

01:07:43Devin's

01:07:44previous

01:07:44claims.

01:07:45Did he

01:07:46ever tell

01:07:46you,

01:07:46hey,

01:07:47I can't

01:07:47go through

01:07:48with this,

01:07:48I'm going

01:07:48to refuse

01:07:49to go

01:07:49through

01:07:49with this,

01:07:50I'm

01:07:51backing

01:07:51out,

01:07:52anything

01:07:52like that?

01:07:53You

01:07:53never

01:07:53told me

01:07:54anything

01:07:54like that?

01:07:55It wasn't

01:07:55just what

01:07:56Devin

01:07:56hadn't

01:07:57done that

01:07:57led

01:07:57investigators

01:07:58to suspect

01:07:58that he'd

01:07:59helped

01:07:59instigate

01:08:00the crime.

01:08:01Mr.

01:08:01Pritchard,

01:08:02who had

01:08:02tried to

01:08:03save

01:08:03Kendrick,

01:08:04discovered

01:08:04this

01:08:04disturbing

01:08:05footage of

01:08:06Devin

01:08:06leaving the

01:08:06office and

01:08:07meeting up

01:08:07with

01:08:08Alec.

01:08:17He said,

01:08:18like,

01:08:18let's go

01:08:18or something.

01:08:19In his

01:08:20interview,

01:08:20soon after

01:08:21the incident,

01:08:22the detectives

01:08:22had tried

01:08:23to get

01:08:23the truth

01:08:24from Devin,

01:08:25but he

01:08:25wouldn't

01:08:25budge.

01:08:26So again,

01:08:27at what

01:08:27point did

01:08:28you try

01:08:28to stop

01:08:29him?

01:08:31There was

01:08:31multiple

01:08:31times he

01:08:32just kept

01:08:32threatening

01:08:33me.

01:08:33Not what

01:08:34I'm hearing.

01:08:34That's

01:08:35exactly what

01:08:35you're

01:08:36hearing.

01:08:36Literally,

01:08:37you're

01:08:37separated.

01:08:37I'm not

01:08:38talking to

01:08:38you guys

01:08:39anymore

01:08:39until I

01:08:39have a

01:08:39lawyer

01:08:40and

01:08:40my

01:08:40dad.

01:08:40Get

01:08:40him

01:08:41in

01:08:41here

01:08:41because

01:08:41you

01:08:41guys

01:08:41aren't

01:08:42listening

01:08:42to

01:08:42me.

01:08:42I'm

01:08:42telling

01:08:43you

01:08:43something.

01:08:43I

01:08:43have

01:08:50since

01:08:51Devin

01:08:51wanted

01:08:52to speak

01:08:52with a

01:08:52lawyer

01:08:53back

01:08:53then,

01:08:53the

01:08:54detectives

01:08:54departed,

01:08:55leaving him

01:08:55alone in

01:08:56the interrogation

01:08:57room where

01:08:57his pleas

01:08:58of innocence

01:08:59continued.

01:09:07In the

01:09:08interview

01:09:08now,

01:09:09Alec's

01:09:10story

01:09:10included

01:09:10even

01:09:11more

01:09:11drastic

01:09:12changes.

01:09:12Mitchell,

01:09:20the student

01:09:21Devin had

01:09:21a verbal

01:09:21altercation

01:09:22with,

01:09:22had been

01:09:23in room

01:09:23107,

01:09:24but that

01:09:25wasn't

01:09:25all.

01:09:26Mitchell

01:09:26said that

01:09:27Devin

01:09:27disliked

01:09:28Ms.

01:09:28Harper

01:09:28because she

01:09:29demanded

01:09:29her students

01:09:30make an

01:09:30effort in

01:09:31class.

01:09:32Alec's

01:09:33statement

01:09:33seemed to

01:09:33support the

01:09:34theory that

01:09:34the attack

01:09:35was very

01:09:36carefully

01:09:36timed.

01:09:37The only

01:09:37person I

01:09:38really,

01:09:38truly remember

01:09:39shooting at

01:09:39is Mitchell.

01:09:41As it

01:09:50turned out,

01:09:50Alec's

01:09:51aim was

01:09:51true.

01:09:52Mitchell

01:09:53had given

01:09:53his statement

01:09:54to police

01:09:54from a

01:09:55hospital bed

01:09:55after the

01:09:56incident.

01:09:56I remember

01:09:57just after

01:09:58the first

01:09:58gunshot,

01:10:00I remember

01:10:00standing up

01:10:01and running.

01:10:02I remember

01:10:03more gunshots,

01:10:04I remember

01:10:04falling over.

01:10:05I run towards

01:10:06that door,

01:10:07and I

01:10:07passed Kendrick,

01:10:08and he's

01:10:08laying down,

01:10:09face down,

01:10:10not moving.

01:10:11He told

01:10:14police that

01:10:15he and

01:10:15several other

01:10:16students fled

01:10:17through the

01:10:17cafeteria and

01:10:18out of the

01:10:18school.

01:10:19I run

01:10:20past,

01:10:22I want to

01:10:23say,

01:10:23four buildings

01:10:24before I'm

01:10:25out of breath.

01:10:26I'm like,

01:10:26this is so

01:10:26weird,

01:10:27why am I

01:10:27out of breath?

01:10:28And then I

01:10:29reached behind

01:10:29me and

01:10:30feel my back.

01:10:30I pull my

01:10:32hand forward,

01:10:33and there's

01:10:33blood there.

01:10:34I didn't

01:10:35know that I

01:10:35got shot.

01:10:36Mitchell's

01:10:37classmates

01:10:37had applied

01:10:38pressure to

01:10:38the wound and

01:10:39called 911.

01:10:40When more

01:10:41shots were

01:10:41fired,

01:10:42later determined

01:10:43to have been

01:10:43fired by Sam,

01:10:44a good

01:10:45Samaritan had

01:10:46helped move

01:10:46the group

01:10:46inside to

01:10:47the safety

01:10:48of his

01:10:48house.

01:10:49Paramedics

01:10:49arrived shortly

01:10:50afterwards to

01:10:51take Mitchell

01:10:51to the

01:10:52hospital.

01:10:53Back with

01:10:53Alec,

01:10:54police learned

01:10:54even more

01:10:55about Devin's

01:10:55involvement in

01:10:56the lead-up to

01:10:57the crime.

01:10:57Did you

01:10:58guys do

01:10:59any other

01:11:00sort of

01:11:01research into

01:11:02how to

01:11:03carry this

01:11:04plan out?

01:11:05Not to

01:11:05how to

01:11:06carry the

01:11:06plan out.

01:11:07It was

01:11:07when Sol

01:11:08Pais came

01:11:09to Colorado

01:11:10and we

01:11:11heard that

01:11:12she had

01:11:12Columbine

01:11:13tattoos.

01:11:14That's

01:11:14kind of

01:11:14when we

01:11:14started

01:11:14searching

01:11:15up Columbine.

01:11:16It wasn't

01:11:17to execute

01:11:17this plan.

01:11:18It was

01:11:18just kind

01:11:19of trying

01:11:19to put

01:11:19the two

01:11:20and two

01:11:20together

01:11:20with Sol

01:11:21Pais and

01:11:22the Columbine.

01:11:23Sol Pais was

01:11:24a student who

01:11:25received national

01:11:25attention when she

01:11:26became the

01:11:27subject of

01:11:27a large

01:11:28FBI manhunt

01:11:29after she

01:11:29was found

01:11:30armed in

01:11:30Colorado on

01:11:31the 20th

01:11:32anniversary of

01:11:33the Columbine

01:11:33school shooting.

01:11:35Given her

01:11:35obsession with

01:11:36that incident,

01:11:37police believed

01:11:38she was

01:11:38planning a

01:11:39copycat

01:11:39massacre at

01:11:40Columbine

01:11:40school on

01:11:41its anniversary.

01:11:43Facebook

01:11:43records indicated

01:11:44that Devin

01:11:45and Alec had

01:11:45discussed Sol

01:11:46Pais at

01:11:47length,

01:11:48even sending

01:11:48each other

01:11:49screenshots of

01:11:50her website

01:11:50and Instagram.

01:11:52Follow-up

01:11:52investigation had

01:11:53revealed even

01:11:54more on the

01:11:55subject of

01:11:55Columbine on

01:11:56Alec's

01:11:56Snapchat.

01:11:57Tomorrow is

01:11:59the 20th

01:12:00anniversary of

01:12:00the Columbine

01:12:01shooting.

01:12:01It's like,

01:12:02geez,

01:12:03everything's

01:12:03going on in

01:12:04one week.

01:12:05In hindsight,

01:12:05it seems

01:12:06disturbingly

01:12:07obvious why

01:12:07Alec saved

01:12:08this clip.

01:12:09Unfortunately,

01:12:10the video did

01:12:11not reveal who

01:12:12the speaker

01:12:12was.

01:12:13The police

01:12:14knew by now

01:12:15that Devin's

01:12:15interest in

01:12:16Columbine was

01:12:16not the only

01:12:17red flag.

01:12:18Back in the

01:12:19early days of

01:12:20the investigation,

01:12:21one of Devin's

01:12:22former classmates,

01:12:23Brian, had

01:12:24shared some

01:12:24chilling information.

01:12:25Back in the

01:12:46present with

01:12:46Alec, the

01:12:47police had a

01:12:48few more

01:12:48things they

01:12:49wanted to

01:12:49follow up on.

01:12:50In the

01:12:51interview with

01:12:52Detective

01:12:52Williamson,

01:12:52you mentioned

01:12:53something about

01:12:53Gamer Boat.

01:12:55Yes.

01:12:55Anything else?

01:12:57Um, I think

01:12:59it was

01:12:59Blobfish.

01:13:01Blobfish?

01:13:02Blob.

01:13:03Blobfish.

01:13:03I'm sorry.

01:13:04Blobfish.

01:13:05What is that?

01:13:07Um, that was

01:13:08going to be

01:13:08code word for

01:13:09Devin's

01:13:10shoot me.

01:13:11This memory

01:13:11was recovered

01:13:12from Alec's

01:13:13Snapchat, proving

01:13:14that they had

01:13:14in fact used

01:13:15the code word.

01:13:16Blobfish.

01:13:19If this really

01:13:20was what the

01:13:21code word

01:13:21meant, it

01:13:22seemed that

01:13:23on the day

01:13:23of the

01:13:23crime, Devin

01:13:24would have

01:13:25had to

01:13:25know he

01:13:25would be

01:13:26shooting, if

01:13:27only at

01:13:27Alec, all

01:13:28along.

01:13:29Nine months

01:13:29later, in

01:13:30Alec's new

01:13:31version of

01:13:31events, Devin

01:13:32was responsible

01:13:33for more than

01:13:34just the

01:13:34school shooting.

01:13:36I was doing

01:13:36coke in the

01:13:37bathroom, and

01:13:38I came back,

01:13:39and he was

01:13:40like, he

01:13:41didn't have

01:13:41any clothes

01:13:42on.

01:13:42He had

01:13:42his boxers

01:13:43on, and

01:13:43that was it.

01:13:44He was

01:13:44sitting with

01:13:45his mom's

01:13:45nail polish

01:13:46and painting

01:13:46something about

01:13:49the voices

01:13:50in the

01:13:51corner of

01:13:52the closet.

01:13:54Alec stated

01:13:54that it had

01:13:55been Devin's

01:13:56idea to

01:13:56vandalize

01:13:57his mother's

01:13:57car, and

01:13:58that still

01:13:59wasn't all.

01:14:00Did you guys

01:14:01ever have a

01:14:01conversation

01:14:02about locking

01:14:04the doors?

01:14:05We did

01:14:06have a

01:14:06conversation

01:14:06about taking

01:14:07the magnet

01:14:07strip off

01:14:08the doors.

01:14:09With the

01:14:09security

01:14:10compromised

01:14:10at school,

01:14:11protecting

01:14:12everyone inside

01:14:13was the

01:14:13top priority.

01:14:15This was

01:14:15one of the

01:14:16main topics

01:14:16Sam discussed

01:14:17with the

01:14:17police.

01:14:18He said

01:14:19that STEM

01:14:19school was

01:14:20the only

01:14:20location where

01:14:21he was

01:14:21directed to

01:14:22not be

01:14:22armed, which

01:14:23felt odd

01:14:24to him.

01:14:25He chose

01:14:25to carry

01:14:26his weapon

01:14:26anyway with

01:14:27the intention

01:14:27of protecting

01:14:28as many

01:14:28students as

01:14:29possible in

01:14:29the event

01:14:30of violence.

01:14:32Despite

01:14:32saving lives

01:14:33on May 7th,

01:14:34Sam still

01:14:35expressed regret

01:14:36that he did

01:14:37not do

01:14:37more.

01:14:38I guess

01:14:39one kid

01:14:40was just

01:14:40reported

01:14:40dead.

01:14:41Yeah.

01:14:42Yeah.

01:14:44Yep.

01:14:46So,

01:14:47I,

01:14:48do the best

01:14:49I can,

01:14:49man.

01:14:50I don't

01:14:50have any

01:14:51doubt that

01:14:52you,

01:14:53by your

01:14:54actions,

01:14:55saved lives.

01:14:56Oh yeah,

01:14:56you took,

01:14:57you took

01:14:57literally one

01:14:58of the two

01:14:59shooters out.

01:15:00I guess I could

01:15:01save all of them,

01:15:02man.

01:15:02Surprisingly,

01:15:03Devin had

01:15:03reached out

01:15:04to police

01:15:05nine months

01:15:05ago,

01:15:06the day

01:15:06after he

01:15:07ended his

01:15:07first interrogation

01:15:08by asking

01:15:09for a lawyer.

01:15:10All I

01:15:11can think

01:15:11about is

01:15:12Kendrick

01:15:12and everybody

01:15:15else

01:15:16who's looking

01:15:18to gunshots.

01:15:21They keep

01:15:21hearing the

01:15:22gunshots.

01:15:25Devin,

01:15:25are you

01:15:26aware that

01:15:26this was

01:15:27all over the

01:15:28media?

01:15:29I assumed

01:15:30it would

01:15:31be,

01:15:31yeah.

01:15:32so this

01:15:37might be

01:15:37your last

01:15:38opportunity

01:15:38to kind

01:15:39of tell

01:15:39the world

01:15:40what happened.

01:15:41Yeah,

01:15:42that's what

01:15:43I'm doing.

01:15:46Did you

01:15:47help

01:15:47Alex carry

01:15:48this through?

01:15:52Only the

01:15:52perks he

01:15:53made me.

01:15:54At any

01:15:54point,

01:15:55did you

01:15:55plan on

01:15:55doing what

01:15:57Alex told

01:15:57you?

01:15:58No,

01:15:58no point

01:15:59did I

01:16:00plan on

01:16:00going through

01:16:01this plan?

01:16:02When asked

01:16:02about the

01:16:02perspective

01:16:03now,

01:16:04Alec had

01:16:04this to

01:16:05say.

01:16:06I've

01:16:06changed my

01:16:07perspective on

01:16:09change on

01:16:09my perspective

01:16:10has changed

01:16:11on me

01:16:11trying to

01:16:12protect

01:16:12Devin and

01:16:13I need

01:16:13to keep

01:16:15my promises.

01:16:16Who are you

01:16:16talking about

01:16:17in terms of

01:16:17your promises?

01:16:18I'm not

01:16:26crazy guys.

01:16:27This is

01:16:27I talk to

01:16:28Kendrick

01:16:28a lot.

01:16:37I promised

01:16:38that I would

01:16:39do good for

01:16:39him.

01:16:43I promised

01:16:44to help

01:16:45everyone

01:16:46that I

01:16:46can for

01:16:46him.

01:16:48I promised

01:16:48I'm

01:16:48going to

01:16:49change

01:16:50for the

01:16:50better

01:16:50for him.

01:16:54In

01:16:542020,

01:16:55Alec McKinney

01:16:56was sentenced

01:16:56to life

01:16:57in prison,

01:16:58plus 38

01:16:59years after

01:17:00pleading

01:17:00guilty on

01:17:00several

01:17:01charges.

01:17:02Alec was

01:17:03ultimately

01:17:03convicted of

01:17:0411 charges,

01:17:05including but

01:17:06not limited to

01:17:07murder after

01:17:07deliberation,

01:17:09murder with

01:17:09extreme

01:17:10indifference,

01:17:11attempted

01:17:11murder,

01:17:12and possession

01:17:12of a weapon

01:17:13on school

01:17:13grounds.

01:17:15Subsequently,

01:17:16Devin and

01:17:16Melanie did

01:17:16a lot of

01:17:17theorizing over

01:17:18the phone

01:17:18regarding what

01:17:19his fate would

01:17:19be.

01:17:20There was no

01:17:21overkill.

01:17:22You, like,

01:17:22that one kid

01:17:23said you fought,

01:17:24but, like,

01:17:24no one else

01:17:24said you fought

01:17:25back, which,

01:17:26like, obviously

01:17:26you didn't,

01:17:27but, like,

01:17:27there's a lot

01:17:28of things that,

01:17:29like, show

01:17:29that you're not,

01:17:30like, a violent

01:17:31person.

01:17:32Yeah, I wish,

01:17:33like, I wish the

01:17:33DA would just

01:17:34give me a deal

01:17:35so I didn't have

01:17:35to go to trial

01:17:36so I could just,

01:17:37like,

01:17:38skirt, skirt.

01:17:39Call is recorded

01:17:39and monitored,

01:17:40so, uh,

01:17:41DA Brockler,

01:17:42if you're listening,

01:17:43I'll vote for you.

01:17:44Wait, have I

01:17:45told you that

01:17:45I'm saluted

01:17:46with my parents

01:17:46that I'm gonna

01:17:47get out in,

01:17:48like, three years?

01:17:49I mean,

01:17:50that'd be sick,

01:17:51but, no.

01:17:52It's not gonna

01:17:53happen.

01:17:54No, it's not.

01:17:56Melanie was

01:17:57right.

01:17:57On September

01:17:5817, 2021,

01:18:00Devin Erickson

01:18:00was sentenced

01:18:01to life in prison,

01:18:02plus 1,282 years,

01:18:06despite entering

01:18:06a plea of not

01:18:07guilty.

01:18:08He was convicted

01:18:09on 46 charges

01:18:10in total,

01:18:11including murder

01:18:12after deliberation,

01:18:14murder with

01:18:14extreme indifference,

01:18:16multiple counts

01:18:16of attempted murder,

01:18:18theft,

01:18:18reckless endangerment,

01:18:19and more.

01:18:21He is not eligible

01:18:21for parole.

01:18:23The robotics lab

01:18:24at STEM School

01:18:25has since been

01:18:26renamed in honor

01:18:27of Kendrick.

01:18:28His heroic actions

01:18:29meant that his

01:18:30was the only life

01:18:31lost that day

01:18:32at STEM.

01:18:34His parents

01:18:34still visit his grave

01:18:36every day.

01:18:37The other eight victims

01:18:38all physically recovered,

01:18:39though the psychological

01:18:40impact on everyone

01:18:42at STEM

01:18:42is incomprehensible.

01:18:44and the other

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