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OF PERSON YOU CAN RELY ON. NEW AT 11, WE'RE HEARING FROM A PARENT WHO, LIKE MANY, GOT FRANTIC TEXTS AND CALLS FROM THEIR KIDS AS THE ACCUSED MASS SHOOTER MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE HALLS. NEWS EIGHT REPORTER ROB DIRIENZO IS LIVE IN WINDER TONIGHT, CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE AND ROB GETTING A TEXT MESSAGE LIKE THAT IS ANY PARENT'S NIGHTMARE. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE. CHRISTINE, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. WELL, THE PARENT OF THAT SOPHOMORE, THE FATHER OF THAT SOPHOMORE GIRL SAYS AS SOON AS HE GOT THAT TERRIFYING TEXT, HE DROVE STRAIGHT HERE. HE JUST NEEDED TO KNOW HIS DAUGHTER WAS SAFE. >>>>: MY PHONE. IT'S LIKE RAPID FIRE GOING OFF. WHAT IS IT? DADDY! DAD. THERE'S GUNSHOTS. I'M SCARED. DAD! DAD! DAD! I'M SCARED. ROB MCGINNIS WAS WORKING IN DUNWOODY WHEN HE GOT THOSE TEXTS COMING FROM INSIDE THE SCHOOL, FROM HIS DAUGHTER BRENNAN, WHO WE ALSO SPOKE WITH THURSDAY. EIGHT SHOTS GOT FIRED OFF RIGHT NEXT TO ME. I COULDN'T HEAR FOR A SECOND, I JUST BOLTED. I SAID I GOT TO GO. MCGINNIS SAYS HE MADE IT FROM DUNWOODY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT 40 MILES IN UNDER 20 MINUTES. BRENNAN GIVING HIM MOMENT BY MOMENT UPDATES. I THINK THE POLICE GOT HIM. I CAN'T TALK, I HEAR THE POLICE. I THINK THEY GOT HIM. MCGINNIS SAYS WHEN HE GOT TO THE SCHOOL, HE RAN ON FOOT PAST POLICE BLOCKADES. THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO DIRECT PARENTS ONE WAY, AND I WASN'T HAVING IT. SHE HAD TOLD ME THROUGH A TEXT, I'M ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. I WAS GOING TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD. MCGINNIS SAYS HE'S FOCUSED ON TRYING TO WRAP HIS HEAD AROUND WHY THIS HAPPENED IN HIS TOWN, AND JUST CLINGING TIGHTLY TO HIS DAUGHTER, BRENNAN. I WORRY ABOUT MY CHILD, YOU KNOW. YOU THINK I GUESS THEIR LIVES CHANGED FOREVER. HE SAYS AT FIRST, THE KIDS SEEMED PRETTY NORMAL, INCLUDING HIS DAUGHTER. BUT THURSDAY, AS A SHELL SHOCK WORE OFF, REALITY SET IN. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU KNOW WE'RE STRONG. THIS IS A STRONG COMMUNITY. AND AT THIS POINT, MCGINNIS SAYS HIS BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHAT'S NEXT? HE SAYS THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING ISN'T AN OPTION BECAUSE ALL OF THEIR LAPTOPS ARE STILL INSIDE THE SCHOOL. MEANWHILE, BARROW COUNTY SCHOOLS SYSTEM WIDE WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH COUNSELORS AVAILABLE. THAT'S THE LATEST FROM HERE. LIVE IN WINDER. ROB DIRIENZO, FOX FIVE >>CHRISTINE: NEWS. JUST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR SO MANY THERE. THANKS ROB. SEVERAL OFFICIAL GOFUNDME PAGES HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR THE VICTIMS. AS OF NOW, MORE THAN $300,000 HAVE BEEN RAISED ACROSS

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