Student describes seeing person pull gun out at on-campus bagel shop at UNC
ALSO LEARNED THAT THEY'RE
REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
AT THIS POINT. WE'RE GOING TO
TOUCH BASE. YOU HEARD OUR CARLY
HAYNES ASKING A QUESTION THERE
A MOMENT AGO. WANT TO TOUCH
BASE WITH HER IN JUST A SECOND
TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO
THE DETAILS WE LEARNED DURING
THIS NEWS CONFERENCE. BUT WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, OF COURSE,
EVERYONE HAS THE INTEREST IN
SEEING THAT AND WATCHING HOW IT
PLAYED OUT. BUT IN THIS CASE,
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF
EYEWITNESSES IN THIS VERY BUSY
SECTION OF THE CAMPUS DURING A
VERY BUSY TIME OF DAY OUT KEELY
ARTHUR, I SPOKE TO SOMEONE
TODAY WHO WAS INSIDE AT THE
BAGEL SHOP AND WATCHED IT ALL
GO DOWN. KALEY, TELL US WHAT
THEY SHOULD.
>> AND WE SPOKE WITH MULTIPLE
PEOPLE AND I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT 5 FEET. THAT'S A VERY
SHORT DISTANCE THAT'S SHORTER
THAN MY WINGSPAN. THAT'S HOW
CLOSE THE STUDENTS SAY THEY
CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE GUN.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS KIND OF
STRESSFUL PROBABLE FOR THE LAST
MONTH. STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE
QUESTIONING THEIR SAFETY AND
SOME OF THEM TODAY QUESTION
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING
TO LIVE.
>> IT'S A LOT THIS UNC, 2023
SCHOOL YEAR IS A LOT AT THIS
MOMENT, ALI, AT MILLION US A
FAR AWAY FROM CAMPUS EARLIER
SHE WENT FROM EATING A BAGEL AT
THE SHOOTING UNION TO
BARRICADED HERSELF AND HER
ROOMMATE AND ABUSED AT ALPINE
BAGEL BE KIND OF GOT UNDER THE
TABLE WITH OUR CLOSE AS WE
COULD
>> LETTERMAN KIND OF LIKE HE
THROWS LIKE WHAT WE DO. AND
I WAS LIKE JUST GET DOWN.
>> CURRENCIES.
>> WITH THE ALLEGED GUNMAN TO
HER LEFT AND WINDOWS BLOCKING
THEM. ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THE 2 ARE TRAPPED IN THE
MOMENT. I HAD A SPLIT SECOND
OF THING MYSELF. OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S AGAIN. LATE. AND THEN
THE IT WAS LIKE. AGAIN, LATE.
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. AND THERE
WAS THE FEAR THAT. SO THE SHOT
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND THEN
POSSIBLY THAT HE WOULD TURN
AROUND AND SEEING AND MY
ROOMMATE AND SHOOT US NEXT
TIME. I KNOW LEE SAYS AN ALPINE
WORKER PLEADED WITH THEM AND TO
PUT THE GUN AWAY LEFT. THAT'S
WHEN THEY RAN. LIKE WE JUST
GRABBED OUR BACKPACKS AND
>> RAN TO THE BACK OUTSIDE AND
THEN YOU ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE
STREET JUST TO GET AWAY.
>> EARLY UNION N.
>> AS WE'RE RUNNING, I CALL
9-1-1 AND DESTRUCTION AND LIKE.
THERE'S US, THERE'S A GUNMAN
ON CAMPUS AND LIKE 1000 PERSON
EVER HAVING TO CALL 9-1-1.
AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY SCARY.
IT TOOK A FULL 10 MINUTES FOR
UNC TO PUT OUT ITS ALERT HERE
AT 12. 55, SHE TEXTED FRIENDS
ON CAMPUS MORNING THEM AND WAS
PERPLEXED WHEN THE SIRENS IN
THE WARNINGS DIDN'T GO OFF FROM
THE TIME SHE CALLED 9-1-1 AT
12. 45? IT'S JUST
>> TERRIFYING TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
YEAH, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT NO
ONE WAS HURT.
I'M SITTING ON THE OUTSIDE WORK
THERE TOO LATE. HE HAD A GUN IN
HIS FACE. BUT JUST THE FACT
THAT WE COULD HAVE WATCH THAT
MAN DIED AND THAT ALSO COULD
HAVE BEEN NEXT. IS. IT'S A LOT.
>> AS YOU HEARD IN THE NEWS
CONFERENCE, OFFICIALS KIND OF
JUSTIFIED THE TIME BETWEEN THE
9-1-1 CALLS AND THEN PUTTING
THE ALERT OUT BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A CREDIBLE
THREAT. AGNELLI SAID THEY STILL
DID NOT ACT FAST ENOUGH.
STUDENTS GOT THE ALL CLEAR
ALERT AND IT SAID SOMETHING
TO THE EFFECT OF RESUME NORMAL
ACTIVITIES. THEY TELL ME AT
THIS POINT, THERE'S NO SUCH
THING AS NORMAL ACTIVITIES THIS
WEEK, THEY SAY WAS THE FIRST
WEEK THEY WERE FINALLY FEELING
NORMAL AFTER THE DEADLY
SHOOTING 2 AND A HALF WEEKS AGO