Parents described terrifying moments after a 14-year-old student armed with a gun showed up at their Wisconsin school.
Mount Horeb Police shot and killed the boy outside of Mount Horeb Middle School Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon.
For panicked kids and terrified parents, there were anxious moments as the violence unfolded.
Children hid in closets, afraid to communicate on phones, the Associated Press reported. Some students even fled the school gym on in-line skates.
Max Kelly, 12, said they had been practicing staking when the shots rang out. He said they skated to a street, got out of the skates and ran to a nearby store to hide in a bathroom.
Parent Melissa Alvarado described the scary moments her daughter experienced.
"All the teachers were telling the children, they were yelling, telling all the kids to run to the other side of the school and then about a half hour later she called and said they were barricading doors," Alvarado told WMTV-TV.
Authorities said the shooter was "neutralized" outside the school.
Brittany Rodriguez, a parent of four, said her son called her after hearing shots.
"To get a call when you're at work from your babies crying, saying there's a shooting going on and we're scared, and you're 30 minutes away from them," Rodriguez said.
The mother of a 12-year-old girl at the school said she heard all the sirens going off from her nearby home.
"it's one of those gut-wrenching feelings you never want to experience as a parent," Alyssa Kopsczynski said.
State Attorney General Josh Kaul told reporters Wednesday evening no one else was harmed and that an investigation is ongoing.
"This incident took place outdoors. The subject in this case never gained entry," he said.
