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‘Please Hurry’: Chilling 911 Calls Capture Horror of Nashville School Shooting


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White man. With camouflage. He had a vest on and an assault rifle.””]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”“He’s going down the halls shooting through glass in the doors,” the caller, who had escaped with a small group of students and teachers, said.”]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”Calls from inside the school were even more harrowing. As gunfire continued to erupt, one teacher told dispatchers she was hiding in an art room closet. “]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”“I’m hearing more shots,” the caller said. “Please hurry.””]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”Another caller frantically said, “I think we have a shooter at our church.””]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”“I’m on the second floor in a room,” the caller said. “I think the shooter is on the second floor.””]]],[1,”p”,[[0,[],0,”Dispatchers tried to keep the callers calm, repeatedly asking how the shooter entered the building and how many shots were being fired. One caller responded, “A lot. 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