the mansfield isd center, and that's the center for performing arts at 1110 west debbie lane. we were told by the mayor that it's not too far from here but far enough that law enforcement could secure that area away from this one and felt like that's where they could take potentially thousands of people with parents responding and whatnot if needed. i want to bring in casey stegall who is driving now towards this point. he joins me by phone on his way to timber view high school and if people are just joining, kc, as we've fold you into the coverage, i want to remind everybody that in the last couple of hours, something quite frightening unfolded on a high school campus in arlington, texas. the mansfield school district high school, timber view. and that's the aerial footage that we can see and the medical examiner vehicle there and dozens of police officers from arlington, grants field, moments ago the assistant police chief giving a better idea of who was on scene and also almost immediately, the atf. casey stegall will come as we head towards the school, i know you are alrea

the south side and we're going to bus them to the school district center for performing arts on debby lane. we ask that all of the parents please report there. we have several students that we have interviewed that were witnesses to this incident. we will hold on to those children, hopefully they will be allowed to call their parents, and i'm sure many students reached out and ensured they are safe and locked in the rooms and police are going to go room by room to ensure that erin is safe and no one else is a suspect or a person of interest in this area. >> i don't, i don't. >> i don't have that information, but i would suspect that yes, the parents have been contacted and asked to report to see their loved one, to be with them, at the hospital, yes. >> do you know the detectives at the school by chance? >> i'm not certain of the safety. >> i'm jeff, i'm the special agent in charge for atf for the dallas field division. we're here to support our state and local partners in this incident. as law enforcement officer and as a parent, this is kind of your scariest moment, right? when this happ

we're going to bus them to the mansfield school district center of performing arts on debbie lane. we ask that all parents please report there and your children will get off the buses and then you can see them there. we have got several of the students that we have interviewed that were witnesses to this incident. so we're going to hold onto those children. hopefully my detectives will allow them to call their parents, and i'm sure there are many, many of the students that have reached out to their parents and ensured that they are safe and they are locked in rooms, and police are going room by room, ensuring that everybody is safe and no one else is a suspect or person of interest in this area. >> it's a big school. any sense of how many students are in there today? >> i don't. i don't. >> has the families of the victims already been contacted? that way parents know if they didn't get a call, their children are fine? >> i don't have that information, but i would suspect, yes, the parents have been contacted and been asked to report to see their loved one, to be with them at the ho

the south side and then we are going to bus them to the school district center performing arts on debbie lane. we ask that all the parents, police report there and your students your your children will get off the buses and then you can see them there. we have several the students that we interview that were witnesses to this incident. so we're going hold on to those children. hopefully my detectives will allow them to fall. their parents. and i'm sure that many, many of the students that have reached out to their parents ensure that they are safe. they are locked in their rooms and police are going room by room ensuring that everybody is safe and no one else is a such suspect or a person of interest in this area. don't i don't. i don't have that information, but i i would suspect that, yes, the parents have been contacted. been asked to report to see their loved one, to be with them at the hospital. yes. now it's made its mansfield independent school district is in charge of the school district itself. >> and so i'm have not noticed myself that i check with atf from the special agent charge