, now reporting that chris mckenna, a freshman, he said he came face-to-face with the accused shooterust minutes before the rampage began yesterday afternoon, and according to the "sun sentinel" reporting, cruz told him, you had better get out of here, things are going to get messy, and as he proceeded to load his weapon, that freshman ran out and is alive today. of course, so as the suspect, who did not take his own life as so many of the mass shooters have done, but instead tried to blend in with the crowd of students and teachers trying to flee the school after stashing his gun and vest and magazine rounds inside the school. he was in court this afternoon, looking exactly as he is, 5'7", weighing just 131 pounds, the 19-year-old nikolas cruz had little to say. this was a court formality, first court appearance. his arraignment will come later, the judge ordered him held without bond. continuing that, the attorney said he is on suicide watch, and he is now facing charges, at 17 first-degree murder counts. as for the arrest of cruz yesterday, about a mile, mile and a half away from t

freshman chris mckenna claims he saw suspect nikolas cruz loading his gun in the hallway.nstead of killing him, cruz, a total stranger told him, quote, you better get out of here, things are going to start getting messy. he said he ran away and found assistant football coach aaron feis. i told him i saw a gun he said let me go check it out. then he drove knee to the baseball field and dropped me off and went back to the school. that's the last i saw of him. feis later died after shielding students from that gunman. hiding from the gunshots was history repeating itself. student tweeting this was my grandpa when he was 12 years old. he hid in a closet while his family was murdered during the first mass shooting in america almost 70 years later, i also hid in a loss closet from a murderer. these events shouldn't be repetitive. something has to change. referring to the 1949 mass shooting when a lone gunman shot and killed 13 people in new jersey. junior rotc student being hailed a hero covering classmates covering them. his training kicked in right after he heard the gunshots.

freshman chris mckenna actually came face-to-face with nicholas krooiks oig a cruz oig, cruz, an eyewitness to the tragedy. >> i opened the door of the staircase, there the shooter was. opening -- or loading his gun, loading up his gun. >> what did he say? >> he said you better get out of here, things are about to get bad. so i ran out the door and told the security guard coach feis. >> and coach feis ended up dying. what are you thinking about that? >> i was shocked. he's the last person i talked to. and then i heard the gunshots go off. >> caden culpepper knew coach feis for a decade. i'm so sorry, we're also sorry for the grief, for the horror that you are all experiencing. >> yes, ma'am. >> tell me about coach feis. >> i just want to start with saying that my heart and my prayers are in the heart of parkland, florida with all the families who lost children and kids and sons and daughters and friends. just such a cruel -- in such a cruel way. my heart goes out to everybody who was involved and to my brothers and family down there. >> do you still have family and others who are in the hig

chris mckenna says he came face-to-face with him as he was loading his weapon and the gunman said you better get out of here. things are going to tart to get messy. he ran outside and told assistant coach feistaaron feis. he dropped the gun and ran out to the door. >> he crossed the field and ran west along with others who were fleeing and tried to mix in with the gupta were running away fearing for their lives. >> reporter: police say cruz then went to a nearby walmart where he bought a drink at subway then sat down at a mcdonald's but he wasn't apprehended until almost an hour after the shooting when coconut creek patrol officer michael leonard noticed a teenager who matched the description from the school security cameras walking on a quiet street. >> he complied with my commands and was taken into custody. >> reporter: overnight thousands gathered for an emotional vigil. many of the survivors sharing hugs and stories about lost classmates. matt and daniela menescal were hiding when the ke the door's window and shooting. one ricocheted off the wall and hitting daniela in the leg. t

governor chris christie including high caliber ammunition ban n gloucester county investigators trying to figure out the motive behind murder suicide at a rehab facility in sewell. raymond mckenna shot his 72 year old wife arlene eight, just before 8:00 yesterday morning, right there inside the jefferson healthcare center sub accute rehabilitation unit. then he shot himself. medics rushed the woman to cooper medical center where she died. the suspect died there at the scene. and then in montgomery count amen behind barts accused of i illegally selling guns outside after gun show. year this month, that guy, kevin stillman in the parking lot of the greater philadelphia expo center in observation selling guns out of his car. there was undercover detective posing as buy here could not legally get a gun able to buy two guns from that suspect they say police later found multiple firearms and thousands of rounds of a.m. aoun anythings his car, in his home, he is facing charges. >> time now clicking over to 4:10. mistrial that's the verdict in the racketeering cake against against skinny joey merlino. after four days of deliberations, jurors told the judge they were hopelessly dead-loc