a 16-year-old college freshman, her name cheyenne fitzgerald. ot once in the back, and recovering from a bullet being removed as well as a kidney. fitzgerald is credited with saving the life of another teen survivor, anna boylan, by telling her friend to play dead. bonnie fitzgerald, cheyenne's mom, sat down with me tonight to talk about her youngest child and how she learned about the shooting. >> bonnie, tell me about your daughter. what is cheyenne like? >> very energetic. on the go. >> reporter: she wants to be a nurse? >> she wants to be a nurse. >> reporter: so she was at school, her fourth day, on campus. and this happens. how did you hear about it? >> i started texting my daughter. but she wasn't replying, or responding back, which that meant -- i was going to go to the school. instead i came here, to mercy medical center. because my inside feelings brought me here. >> reporter: what was the first thing you said to cheyenne? >> i touched her, and she was cold. and she -- she was in shock, but talking, and she said, "mom" -- she didn't wan

: authorities say the gunman killed nine people whose ages range from 18 to 67. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald was among the nine people injured. she lost her kidney. >> she was shot through the back and it clipped her lung. >> reporter: anna boylan was sitting next to her. the family says the shooter singled out his victims based on their religion. >> he was asking people what their religion was if they were christian and when he would stand them up and if he said they were christian he said they will be with god soon. >> reporter: the shooter left a document with one of the students to hand over to police. it could offer more insight. it was a rant of someone mad at the world feeling like a loser without a girlfriend, hatred of black men and going out in a blaze o glory. they found another gun. and that brings the total number of weapons found in the case 14. weapons found in the >> chris, the students must be going through a rough ordeal. what's being done to help them? >> reporter: yeah, it's not just the students in fact. it's a lot of people in the community. with that, they have set up

cheyenne fitzgerald. this is what was said. >> she was shot through the back and it clipped her lung and got lodged in her kidney. >> so she's having lung problem with this also. >> she's jumpy, as you can imagine. when she hears a loud noise she's starting to really remember the events and what happened. she was asked what her religion was and didn't say anything. >> bonnie, how did you hear about this? how did you hear about cheyenne? >> i heard there was a shooting at the college. i grabbed my purse, keys and flew out of my job. i text my daughter, i'm on my way to school. but i never went there. i came here. and that is where i found my daughter. >> she just had that mother's intuition. >> how far was i? oh, grateful. very, very grateful. yes. >> they've been amazing. >> did she know the shooter? >> not that we know of. >> no, she did not. >> bonnie, we've talked to a friend of cheyenne's, ana boylin. >> yes, her and ana were beside each other and they were talking to each other. and just telling each

cheyenne fitzgerald lost a kidney.>> it hit her back and clipped her long and lodged in her kidney -- lung and lodged in her kidney.>> she is jumpy, as you can imagine, and she is starting to remember what happened. >> the gunmen left a manifesto that said he was a loser without a girlfriend and medicated black men and he was going out in a blaze of glory.>>> video shows charred buildings with rooms still smoldering -- smoldering at a hospital for drs. without borders. at least 19 people were killed, including three children as the hospital was repeatedly bond. it is unclear who bombed the building, but u.s. air force's work conducting a strike in the area targeting insurgents.>>> yogi berra will be honored at a public memorial service in new jersey. the event and little falls will feature musical performers and members of the berra family. he died september 22 and was 90 years old. >>> the time is a deck 08 -- a 2:08 -- 8:08 and the search continues for missing cargo ship.>>> vice president joe biden takes the stand when it comes to transgender people serving in the military. >>> wha

took nine lives in ten minutes, and then his own after a shootout with police. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald's mother says she was shot in the back and survived by playing dead. >> she's having a tough time. healing is going to be slow. >> tonight the community gathered to pray for the injured and remember the lives lost. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. with meteorologist brittany shipp. >> we've seen a lot of activity over the past couple of days. as we head into the rest of tonight, we're in the final remaining hours of our first alert. that's due to the coastal flooding that's still going to be a concern in the overnight hours tonight, pushing into tomorrow. i'm tracking a drier sunday and i'll have an updated track of hurricane joaquin. the flood warning will stay in effect until 6:00 p.m. sunday, that's when the southern parts of delaware, stretching all the way up the coast, and the shore from cape may, into toms river. the concern is mainly going to be beach erosion, street flooding, back bay flooding, and it will reach its peak during high tide, which will occur at 1:00 a.m.,

meanwhile, family, friends, they're all remembering those victims. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald of shot in the back. her mother speaking for the first time says she survived by playing dead. >> having tough times. healing is going to be slow. >> chris mintz is also recovering. there's a picture of him this. he's the single father and army veteran hailed as a hero for charging the shooter and saving lives. i've been reading about him. a lot of people talking about him on social media. >> one inspiring thing out of a terrible story. >>> ahead on news 4 at 11:00, two men killed when their boa overturns at the height of the storm wanted tonight, we're hearing from one victim -- of the storm. tonight, we're hearing from one victim's family. >>> a historic night but not one that mets' fans will want to remember for long. [excited yelling] ah, yes! you can't stop it! aww...your mom liked my post. you're friends with my mother? whoa. another episode? definitely. we all use it differently. so why should we get it all the same way? call time warner cable to get the internet speed you need. a

shootout with police after the gunman killed nine people and injured nine more. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald lost a kidney. >> she was shot. >> through the back, and it clipped her lung and got lodged in her kidney. >> she's jumpy, as you can imagine when she hears a loud noise, and she is starting to really remember the events and what happened. >> reporter: police say the gunman also left a manifesto, and in it he reportedly wrote he felt like a loser without a girlfriend and had a hatred for black men and said he was going now the a blaze of glory. >>> a new jersey priest ended up in jail after pointing a musket at a child. kevin carter pointed a gun at an 8-year-old last month. it was all over an argument about the new york giants. apparently he is a giants fan, but the boy roots for the cowboys. he's charged with aggravated assault by pointing a firearm. the gun was functioning but not loaded. >>> now it's time to check in with elise finch in our weather center. she has our cbs 2 exclusive forecast. we are keeping you busy today. >> reporter: it was an interesting couple of days, but th

cheyenne fitzgerald was shot in the back, from the hospital, her mom says she should have been armed. >> i say, america we need to pack guns if this is what it's coming to to have to protect ourselves. >>> talks of guns and god. the shooting in so many sermons as they grieve for those who were gone and the lucky ones still here. miguel almaguer nbc news, roseburg, oregon. >>> search teams found debris that appears to belong to a cargo ship. the elfarro was last heard from during hurricane joaquin early thursday when a distress call went out saying it lost power. kristen dahlgren is in jacksonville florida where families are still waiting for news. >> it was the first trace of el faro. a life ring belonging to the cargo ship missing for more than three days now with 33 crew members on board. today there was more, what the coast guard is calling 225 square miles of debris field. more life rings, life jackets, containers and an oil sheen. officials wouldn't confirm they're from the elle faro. >> when we find the life ring that's tied to el faro. we can recalculate where we're searching.

cheyenne fitzgerald made at that time college earlier than most and her 14th day when the shots rang. >> i heard there was a shooting at the college. i grabbed my purse and keys and flew out of my job. i text my daughter, "i'm on my way to school." but i never went there. i came here. and that how i found my daughter. >> reporter: a bullet had gone through her back. >> she is currently in icu. she lost a kidney due to her gunshot wound. >> dispatch as many ambulance as possible to the incident. we have upwards of 20 victims. >> reporter: cheyenne is having a hard time reliving the terror but told her family the gunman had singled out one particular classmate, giving him an envelope, along with a verbal message. >> you're going to be the lucky one and to go to the corner. and he told everybody else to go to the middle of the room and lay down. >> reporter: cheyenne's family says she, too, was asked about her religion, but didn't answer. she played dead on the floor. authorities, so far, have declined to discuss a motive and what the shooter gave to that student, but we now know of the

she says her daughter, 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, was shot in the back but survived by playing dead. >> she's having some tough times. healing is going to be slow. >> police say mercer had six guns with him during the shooting, eight more weapons were found in the home he shared with his mother. and ian mercer, the father of the gunman, is speaking out about gun laws this morning, saying they need to change. he says he did not know about his son's cache of weapons. >> the healing will be slow, but the parents of victims killed in the sandy hook school tragedy are speaking out. they're offering comfort to the families that are impacted in oregon. nbc's matt austin has reaction from connecticut. >> absolute shock that it happened again. >> reporter: nicole hockley can't stand to watch the hauntingly familiar images coming from oregon. hockley lost her son dylan in the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. now another nine families are grieving the death of a loved one at school. >> my heart is so with them knowing what they're going through and knowing what's coming down the

a shootout with police after a gunman killed nine people and injured nine more. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald lost a kidney.>> it hit her back went through her long and lodged in her kidney -- her long -- lung and lodged in her kidney. she is starting to remember the events and what happened and said that he wrote -- that he black men and he was going to go out in a blaze of glory.>>> in afghanistan doctors without borders said at least 19 people were killed including three repeatedly bombed. it is unclear who bombed the building, but u.s. forces were conducting an airstrike in the area targeting insurgents. >>> yogi berra will be honored at a memorial service in new jersey. and little falls they will have musical performers and members of the berra family. berra died on september 22 and was 90 years old.>>> this cathedral -- the cathedral of st. john the divine will have blessing of the animals. animals will take part in the processing -- procession including an ox and a llama. owners are encouraged to bring their pets with them to sit in the pews. this honors st. francis of assisi who said

. >> i can tell you about the youngest victim of the shooting, 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, good news, she had been in critical condition, she was intensivive care, doctors had to remove one of her kidneys, she is now in fair condition. adam. >> sabrina register, live for us in roseburg, oregon. thank you. we are keeping close eye to this story, the fbi is warning colleges and universities in and around philadelphia, the threat of violence had been made against an unspecified university near philadelphia. that's about all they're saying. several schools including drexel and villa nova university, ha he issued warnings. colleges are not cancelling classes but beefing up security as a precaution. >>> meanwhile, four high school students are now under arrest in northern california for allegedly planning a mass shooting at their school. it all began on wednesday when fellow students at tuolomne county noticed that some group was acting suspiciously. a list targeting specific students and staff members at that school. >> they were going to come on campus and shoot and kill as many peo

i want to give you an update on the youngest shooting survivor, 16 year old cheyenne fitzgerald.er condition has improved from critical to fair. >> sabrina what is the reaction to the planned visit by the president to roseburg. >> reporter: yeah, we have been hearing that president obama might be visiting on friday. we have been talking to several people in the community, and a lot of people here do not share the president's views on stricter gun-control laws. the sheriff answered a question by the media, by saying this is hunting country and firearm s are popular. >> thank you. >>> coming up a massive international trade deal. >>> and prisoners studying for college degrees. a look at the program at sanguineton, and the results. >>> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. >> we have successfully concluded the trans-pacific partnership. >> a sweeping new international trade agreement, that could shake up the presidential race. >>> supreme importance, an new term for the high court. >> last term there were quite a few great liberal victories, but this is a

one of those injured was cheyenne fitzgerald shot in the back and ended up losing one of her kidneys.he has been upgraded to fair condition. her mother says the recovery will take quite a long time. >> she is having some tough times. healing is going to be slow, but i know my daughter is very strong and she is going to get through this. >> how old is she? >> she is 16 and in college. >> tells you a little bit about what an overachiever she clearly was, the youngest of those to be injured. standing next to her mother was her cousin. she joins me now on the phone. thank you for being here. >> no problem. glad to be here. >> how was cheyenne doing today? >> she is doing good. she is in pain but that is expected after being shot. >> absolutely, it is. i know that she started to talk a little bit about what she remembers from thursday pfls shooting. what is she saying to you? >> she's not saying much. we are not pushing her to say much. she is in a lot of pain and on a lot of medications and is not really talking all that much. it is mainly just to her father and her mom. i'm not hearing m

another survivor, a 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, was shot in the back because she refused to tell the gunman her religion. her mother said cheyenne then heard him tell another student he was the lucky one. >> he called one guy, gave him the envelope, and told him to go to the corner of the classroom because obviously he was going to be the one that was going to be telling the story. >> authorities say they have the shooter's manifesto, but have not revealed the contents. cheyenne lost a kidney to a bullet. doctors say she has a long road to recovery. tonight the san mateo chapter of the brady campaign against gun violence will hold a vigil in support for the oregon shooting victims many the vigil begins at 6:00 at the congregation natural church. in san francisco the giants are flying the flags at center field at&t park in honor of the victims of the oregon massacre. and if you would like to express your condolences to the shooting victims and their families, just go to our abc7 news facebook page to share this badge. >>> four high school students have been arrested after authorit

another survivor, a 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, was shot in the back because she refused to tellthe gunman her religion. her mother said cheyenne then heard the gunman tell another student he was the lucky one. >> he called one guy, gave him the envelope, and told him to go to the corner of the classroom because obviously he was going to be the one that was going to be telling the story. >> authorities say they have the shooter's manifesto, but have not revealed the contents. cheyenne lost a kidney to a bullet. doctors say she has a long road to recovery. tonight the san mateo chapter of the brady campaign against gun violence will hold a vigil in support for the oregon shooting victims many and in support of gun control. the vigil begins at 6:00 at the congregation natural church. in san francisco the giants are flying the flags at center field at&t park in honor of the victims of the oregon massacre. and if you would like to express your condolences to the shooting victims and their families, just go to our abc7 news facebook page to share this badge. >>> four high school stude

another survivor, a 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, was shot in the back because she refused to tell the gunman her religion. she then heard him tell another student he was the lucky one. >> he called one guy, gave him the envelope, and told him to go to the corner of the classroom because obviously he was going to be the one that was going to be telling the story. >> authorities say they have the shooter's manifesto but have not revealed the contents. cheyenne lost a kidney to a bullet. doctors say she has a long road to recovery. >>> tonight there will be a vigil for the oregon shooting victims. and in support of gun control. the vigil begins at 6:00 at the congregation natural church. it's located at san mateo drive and tilton avenue in san mateo. >>> in san francisco the giants are flying flags at half-staff in center field at&t park in honor of the victims of the oregon massacre. and if you would like to express your condolences to the shooting victims and their families, just go to our abc7 news facebook page to share this badge. >>> four high school students have been arrested

one survivor's family is speaking out. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald was shot in the back during the massacre. her family says she is now fighting to recover. >> healing is going to be slow. but i know my daughter's very strong, and she's going to get through this. >> so far fitzgerald has lost a kidney. she remains in intensive care. one other person is hospitalized and expected to recover. >>> nbc bay area will continue to have complete coverage of the school shooting in oregon. go to our website any time for the latest information. nbcbayarea.com. >>> deputies in california's gold country say they have foiled a murderous plot by four teenagers. the county sheriff says the summerville high school students planned to open fire on campus, and they had the names of potential victims and detailed plans. deputies say all four teenagers have been arrested. this happened when fellow students tipped off deputies after noticing suspicious behavior from the suspects. >> their willingness to get involved and report what they say prevented what well could have been another needless tragedy. >>

one of the young women that survived being shot cheyenne fitzgerald is still in the hospital.er condition has been upgraded. you can find a link to the gofundme page her family has set up for her on ac360.com. her mother and brother join me tonight. thank you both for being with us. first of all, how is cheyenne doing? >> she's doing good right now. she's been upgraded. she has a couple down falls, the entry wound she got was -- hurt some ribs and everything so she had cracked ribs she hasn't known about. but she's doing really good, not real good but, you know, as good as she can be. >> has she been able to tell you what she experienced? >> we're not going there as a family is what happened in there. we have respect for the victims and all the other family members, when they want to tell their story, they can. they seen horrible things in there and it's not my place to talk about it. >> that's understandable. bonnie -- >> but i can tell you anything you want to know about her. >> well, i'm just wondering, bonnie, you couldn't reach her on the phone. you went to the hospital a

we get that description from 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald's mother.s a nursing student and lost a kidney in the shooting and witnessed the bizarre behavior. and we'll send it back to you, julie. >> dan, thank you very much in oregon tonight. we apologize for not having that sound on tape for you. >>> developments in a bizarre murder case. police now searching for a woman who may have hired a hit man to kill a dentist in dallas. the story made national headlines after someone shot 35-year-old kendra hatcher. authorities now are charging this man christopher love with capital murder. they say they found what is believed to be the murder weapon when they arrested him. police also say this woman, brenda delgado hired him because she was apparently jealous of the victim. the victim reportedly dating the suspect's ex-boyfriend. >>> americans battening down the hatches tonight in the face of some historic weather. coming up, we'll take you inside a new kind of home that researchers say is storm proof. >>> plus, a live report from the coast. garrett? >> the w

one of those injured is 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, who graduated from high school a year early and is studying to be a nurse. she lost a kidney in the shooting and is still in critical condition. >> i don't want my daughter to be scared of a noise. this is very upsetting to me. >> reporter: and bonnie schaan went on to say that that killer also gave an envelope to another student and told him to go to the corner of the room. his life was spared. apparently, he had that note inside and that envelope that would tell his pathetic story. arthel? >> pathetic indeed. and our prayers of course are there with the family and that entire community. dan springer, thank you so much. >>> now it's time to turn to the campaign trail. donald trump out there today holding a rally in tennessee earlier this afternoon. pointing to his leading poll numbers on an upswing after that slight dip after that second republican debate. meanwhile, the other candidates are continuing to push their own proposals as the jockeying continues. kristen fisher has more from washington. >> reporter: the one issue th

in the backwoods here in -- outside of roseburg with a gentleman that's the great uncle of cheyenne fitzgeraldsurvivor of the shootings at the college and he told me that he's eager for hunting season to resume. people to get back to the normal activities. deer season started here and people would be doing normally. get back to school. he's an educator himself and with regard to the campus here, students in about 20 minutes ginn the first opportunity since thursday's shooting to come up and retrieve belongings from campus. classes don't resume until a week from today and a first opportunity to come back on the campus since the shooting last week. dr. rita cavin the interim president of the umpqua college said she's received about 100 messages of other colleges and universities going through similar tragedies and helping them get through, kit. >> a club nobody wants to be a part of. jacob soboroff, thank you. >>> hillary clinton addressed the tragic shooting in oregon. she unveiled her plan for tighter gun control measures. she also slammed republican rivals donald trump and jeb bush for their

the family of 16-year-old survivor cheyenne fitzgerald sharings the horrifying moments, survived onlyligion was and didn't say anything. >> fitzgerald said the killer singled out a male student telling him you're the lucky one and made him watch as his classmates were gunned down. the gunman gave him a package to pass on to police sparing his life. >>> as a fight breaks out at a texas football game both benches cleared as players rushed the field throwing punches in all directions. coaches and the refs tried to break it but couldn't and eventually had to call police. the fight didn't phase the cheerleaders, though. hear them cheering the entire time. trying to keep everything -- wow. >> all right. clayton, baseball time. >> oh, canadian man's love of baseball gets him out of jury duty. the man selected to be a juror on a murder trial in toronto but wrote a note saying he had tickets for the blue jays playoff game and waited 20 years for, quote, a moment like this. after discussing it with lawyers on both sides the man was excused from jury duty. >> you didn't -- >> there you go. >> ye

we've learned another shooting survivor, 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald, the youngest shooting victimis now in fair condition. she's been upgraded. she was here studying in the nursing program. there have been a number of vigils all in honor of the victims. >> our community -- ♪ -- has just been torn apart. >> it's hard to process the whole thing. i'm still in disbelief. >> witnesses say that 26-year-old chris harper mercer told the people in that classroom that had he been wanting to do this for years. he gave one student an envelope and told that student to go into the corner and said that he would let him survive to tell the story. he then proceeded to ask students if they were christ fen and unloaded on the entire classroom. we learned from one of the victim's father, a pastor in this area, apparently mercer said, i'm hit, laid down and seemed to give up. we've been told that after that he took his own life. now, in terms of his motivation, he told people online and in the letter he wrote that he was angry at the world, he was angry that he didn't have a girlfriend. his mom said t

his niece, cheyenne fitzgerald, is a survivor of the shooting. hunting in this area? >> i've hunted douglas county now for 52 years. >> reporter: 52 years. >> 52. >> reporter: oh, look, there's a deer sign right there. >> there will be deer along the road. >> reporter: you can see a spotted deer from here, what do you do? >> well, first thing you want to do is, is it a buck or a doe? because you can't just shoot any deer. if i were hunting, i'd have a big gun with me right now. >> reporter: just right on your hip. >> yep. i'd have it with me, either over my shoulder or across my arm. >> reporter: do you think that the media that's sort of descended on town here has given people the wrong idea about guns? >> there's just a lot of questions about the gun issue right now. the roseburg area, the south county area, they're adamant, you know. some people will call them rednecks. i mean, you're not going to take my gun. well, there's no way in tarnation that the government can take all of the guns. our family, we have a lot of guns -- shotguns, you know

: authorities say the gunman killed nine people whose ages range from 18 to 67. 16-year-old cheyenne fitzgerald was among the nine people injured. she lost her kidney. >> she was shot through the back and it clipped her lung. >> reporter: anna boylan was sitting next to cheyenne. her family says the shooter singled out his victims based on their religion. >> he was asking people what their religion was, if they were christian, and when he said they were christian, he said something along the lines of you'll be with god soon. that's what i've been told. >> reporter: the shooter reportedly left a document with one of the students to hand over to police. it could offer more insight. a source describes it as a rant of someone who was mad at the world. he wrote about feeling like a loser, without a girlfriend, his hatred for black men, and going out in a blaze of glory. roseburg, oregon. >> now, the father of the shooter says he had no idea his son had guns and that he believes gun laws should change. >>> campaign 2016 now, presidential hopeful bernie sanders is attracting huge crowds, as he campaig

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cheyenne was the youngest victim. anastasia and her are friends. related to steve and savannah fitzgerald and they all hang and car pool together, and for some reason steven and savannah weren't in that class that day. just minutes, they must have passed the gunman. >> how excited was cheyenne to start? >> very. on her phone she messaged to me, but also, up and ready, she was getting her cup and coffee and off she was going. really excited, very excited. >> you mentioned earlier you heard the news, came straight over here. was that intuition? >> totally. there's no other word. mother's intuition and by the grace of god. >> what are you thinking as you're driving here? >> okay, i was texting my phone, calling my daughter, and i didn't care if a police was going to pull me over. i didn't stop. i just came. through. pardon me? >> same classes? >> yes. >> we don't know the full story of how he got to the classroom. he was in the classroom or ran from another location. [ inaudible question ] >> or in the doorway. >> doorway. >> we're not sure. >> different stories, but we haven't really spoken