& # 39; Run for their lives: & # 39; Professor UNC Charlotte's essay details murderous shootings

CHARLOTTE, NC (WTVD) – The UNC Charlotte instructor whose classroom was the scene of Tuesday's deadly shootout wrote and put online a test on the experience and the consequences that result.

Adam Johnson explained that the students prepared their final presentations before class and presented shortly after 5:15 pm.

He stated that the first group of students was about seven minutes in their video presentation on the static and dynamic universe when "without warning, a bright fringe echoes throughout the room, on the glass walls, creating a terrible reverberation" .

Johnson then stated that the students were starting to run out of classes, while he was driving them to the exit and keeping the door open.

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After leaving school, Johnson wrote, "Students are dispersing and running to save their lives in all directions."

He managed to catch some students and rushed to a nearby building, where he hoped to reach his office. Running, they shouted "ACTIVE SHOOTER!" warn others.

Johnson and these students eventually went to the Department of Anthropology, where they slammed the door and Johnson called 911. He felt that in less than four minutes they had seen the police heading to the place of the incident.

Most of the students left their belongings and their phones in the classroom, so he lent their phone with the director of the department so that students could alert their loved ones.

Johnson confirmed that the suspect – whom he subsequently declined to name – had been enrolled at the course earlier in the semester.

Johnson wrote about him: "At the beginning of the semester, the shooter is busy with the course material.They ask questions about the lessons, answer the questions I'm asking the class.This was quite typical . "

COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE UNCC SHOOTING

In January, Johnson learned that the suspect had withdrawn from the class. He remembered having met on campus – late January or early February – and "indicated that it was a shame that they had to leave the course, but I did not see him at all. understood that it was important to set priorities ".

Johnson said it was the last time he saw the shooter.

As a result of the shooting, Johnson described the interview that he and his students had had with court officers, as well as support received from friends.

In discussions with others present during the incident, Johnson shared more information about the incident itself:

"Before opening fire, the shooter did not say anything, did not say that they were going to shoot, he simply lifted the gun and started firing.

Everything was finished in a few seconds. A student tackled the shooter and undoubtedly saved more lives. They are an absolute hero.

The shooter emptied the magazine, dropped the pistol and sat on the ground.

A victim asked the shooter to stop firing and they replied "I'm done".

Johnson did not disclose the names of the victims, but his description of a student who attacked the shooter matches that of Riley Howell, the 21-year-old credited by police for his efforts to control the suspect.

He ended the essay by mentioning the "structural problems" of the collective shootings in the United States, referring to a summary of NCHS data compiled by Dr. Holly Hedegaard, Sally C. Curtin and Margaret Warner, Suicide: a study in sociology, by Emile Durkheim.

If you want to read the full test, click here.