some of the parents have been outside and talking to kgw. let's listen in. >> a lot of people, a lot of confusion. how would you describe the scene? >> nobody knows what's going on. some people got texts and some people didn't. we just wait. we just wait. >> reporter: you did hear from your son that he is okay but it's obviously still emotional. i can see the tears in your eyes. as a parent, how did it feel to get that text from him? >> awesome, wonderful, relief. i want to go find him. >> reporter: we'll let you get back to getting information and glad to hear your son is okay. we'll send it back to you, cathy, parents very emotional here at the scene. we'll continue to talk to the parents and bring updates when we can. cathy? >> and as we continue to watch this scene, we're talking about an unknown shooter. we believe only one but we don't know more details about that. active shooter in troutdale oregon. police and emergency responders from a number of towns as you can see converged on the scene. there are reports of injuries. we have not

right now into the fred meyer parking lot, you can see them there. >> that was our local affiliate, kgw. we have a shooting in troutdale oregon, a gunman who entered reynolds high school this morning at 8:07 a.m. and standoff that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes in which he shot one student and apparently in which the gunman also ended up deceased. the school has been evacuated and families are being directed to a meeting point. there's a lot of confusion. we see the scene there about exactly where people's loved ones are. they are waiting for answers. meanwhile, many of the students were texting loved ones to tell them they were already but many did take to twitter and voice their concerns and show support for the community. young k.d. tweeted, honestly, what's wrong with people these days? it's a sad world we live in. #prayforreynolds. >> that shootser was someone's child. someone lost a child today and it could have been prevented. don't pray for reynolds, do something. the #rhshooting is where officials say answers will be. up next on "ronan farrow daily," we're going to stay on t

waiting for this police news conference to begin to one set of parents that was speaking live with kgwphone rang and they got that call every parent wants to get in a circumstance like this. >> hello? good. that's what we were waiting for. that's okay. i'm -- yeah. yeah, i know, that's what they were saying, so i am glad to hear from you. all right. so are you almost ready to get on the bus to come down here or wa what's the deal? >> i can breathe. >> okay, that's going to take a while. so good. thank you for calling. i know. i'm sure people are blowing up your phone too. well, i'll get a hold of your mom because i -- we let her know what's going on so she's going to come down here too. okay. good. i'm glad you're okay. all right. i love you. bye. >> how good is that? >> well, we were sure he was okay but, you know, to finally confirm it, you know, just like you guys, you got to confirm everything, reports. much better. >> the bittersweetness of seeing an interview like that. parents getting a call from their son at reynolds high school that he indeed is okay after one other of the stu