this does not need to happen again. >> reporter: a wave of emotions triggered by michael brandon hillr-old man from the atlanta area who managed to get into a school that is usually locked armed with an assault rifle and other weapons. >> he entered that property coming in we suspect behind some one. he started to fire from inside of the school at our officers. >> reporter: hill ran into the office of school clerk antoinette tuff. >> a young man ready to kill anybody he co>> reporter: she sy kept the gunman at bay even talked him into sur roundering. >> i asked him to put all the weapons down. put the gun on the table. told him to play on the loor. and told the police he was giving himself up. >> reporter: while tuff verbally disarmed the gunman, teachers rushed the children out ofhe school single file. anxious parents waited for any word about their kids. then the good news spread like wildfire. >> everybody is safe! everybody is safe! >> reporter: safe at the end of the day that could have easily turned into a tragedy. the suspect was arrested earlier this year for terrorist threats

. >> michael brandon hill said he had nothing to live for and a wanted to go to a mental hospital.obert gray has more. >> a neartr tragedy avoid. officials in georgia are giving more details about michael brandon hill, the man they say walked in an elementary school on tuesday afternoon with a gun and opened fire. no one wad your and hill eventually surrendered after exchanging gun fire with policel 911 calls released on wednesday giving us a glimpse inside the standoff. >> he said to tell home it backoff. ep doesn't want the kids. hean wants the police.olic back off? what else though he don't care if he die. he don't having in to live for i and he said he is not not mentally stable.tabl >> the school administrator kept repeating the threat to take his own life. lif >> tell them to stand down now. >> i'm giving the instruction.he >> she's giving the instruction. >> he he said he should justt shoot himself. >> they say he had nearly 500 rounds of ammo, an ak-47 and several weapons on him when he entered the school.ol they don't know the motive for attack. >> do you think he had a pl

police say michael brandon hill managed to enter the school with unsuspecting parent.n 800 students at the ronald e. mcnair discovery learning academy in decatur were evacuated. >> it's a feeling you can't describe. unless you have kids. you can't describe it. it -- it don't make sense. it just doesn't make sense. >> we are in a crazy time with a lot of crazy people. so -- hug your kids tight and tell them you love them all the time. all the time. >> the suspect was arrested earlier this year for terrorist threats and acts. he negotiated a plea deal and was sentenced to probation and anger management. >> now, a school clerk, antoinette tuff, worked to convince the gunman to put away her weapon and ammunition. she later spoke to our atlanta station about the ordeal. >> he first came in, i was like "oh." >> he said, "no, this is not a joke." then he told the teacher to go let everybody know this is not a joke. >> describe how he looked? >> he had a look on him he was willing to kill. matter of fact he said it. >> what did he say? >> he said that he didn't have any reason

. >> police say michael brandon hill eventually surrendered. he is facing charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats. >>> a 9-1-1 dispatcher helped deliver a baby boy on route 100. megan blizzard was talking to the dad taking him through the process when he brought his new son into the world. listen. >> place the balm of your hand against and apply firm and gentle pressure to keep the baby's head from moving too fast. okay? >> the baby's out. >> he's completely out now? >> yes, yes. okay. is the baby crying and breathing? >> yes. >> okay. okay. do you have a towel or a t- shirt or a cloth or anything like that with you? >> we have a towel. >> it is amazing how calm she stayed through that entire process. the newborn baby's named demon and his parents are at the anne arundel medical center right now. everyone doing fine. this is the first time where there was actually a delivery while blizzard was on the other end of that phone line. >>> a person's last wish made a lot of people very happy. a helicopter dumped $10,000 in cash over the

mark straws man has more. >> michael brandon hill took this photo of himself holding what police believe is the same ak-47 that he snuck into this elementary school. in the main office the 20-year-old confronted a school employee who called 911. >> okay. stay on the line with me, ma'am. where are you? >> i'm he in the front office. oh, he just went outside and started shooting. >> reporter: you can hear hill giving orders to police through his hostage. >> tell them to stand down now. tell him to stand down now, he said. >> reporter: the gunman demanded that police pull back. >> he doesn't want the kids, he want the police. back off and what else, sir? he said he don't care if he die. he don't have nothing to live for. and he said he's not mentally stable. >> reporter: hill stepped outside the school three times to fire at police before putting down the gun and agreeing to surrender. >> i just want you to know that i love you though, okay? and i'm proud of you. that's a good thing you did giving up, and don't worry about it. we all go through something in life. >> reporter: ray davis is t

that suspect has been identified as 25-year-old michael brandon hill firing at least half a dozen shots from inside the ronald e. mcnair elementary school as officers swarmed around that campus, they returned fire once the man was determined to be alone and hill eventually surrendered shortly after thanks in large part to a staff member who sat with him and talked him into surrendering. a number of weapons were found with hill. the exact number has not been released just yet. just a week into a new school year more than 800 students in pre-k through fifth grade were evacuated. buses arrived and delivered those students to a nearby shopping center where their parents were waiting to pick them up. that school superintendent michael therma is praising faculty and authorities who were able to get the students out to safety and following all the plans that were in place as they were put in by the school. teachers and students made it out unharmed. investigators are trying to figure out how michael brandon hill got through the school's tight security system and got inside the building. >>> 5:

this morning a 20-year-old suspect, michael brandon hill, is in custody.the school building levelily armed and took hostages and opened fire on police. cnn's david mattingly is following the developments live in decatur, georgia, this morning. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, kate. hundreds of parents here counting their blessings after a gunman entered their children's school yesterday, fired shots but ended up hurting no one. hundreds of kids, ages 4 to 10, running for safety, as gunfire erupts in their school. inside 20-year-old michael brandon hill, armed with what police say was an ak-47 and another of other weapons takes the office workers hostage and tells them to call a tv station with a chilling message. >> i've never experienced anything like this. he wanted us to start filming as police die. >> reporter: the gunman started firing at police, maybe a half dozen times, officers returned fire. one office worker convinced him to surrender. >> he wanted to go outside and start shooting again and i started telling him my life story and i

here's mark strassmann. >> reporter: suspect michael brandon hill took this photo of himself holding what police believe is the same ak-47 that he sneaked in to the elementary school yesterday afternoon. in the main office, the 20-year- old confronted a school employee who called 911. you can hear hill giving orders to police through his hostage. the gunman demanded that police pull back. hill stepped outside the school three times to fire at police before putting down the gun and agreeing to surrender. >> reporter: ray davis is the case's lead detective. >> he had approximately 500 rounds of ammo with him. >> reporter: how did he get his hands on the ak? >> he obtained the weapon, we believe, from an acquaintance. >> reporter: the acquaintance gave him the gun or he took the gun? >> we can't say at this point, but we believe he obtained it from the house of an acquaintance. >> reporter: davis would not elaborate on hill's motive, but his brother said his brother is bipolar and schizophrenic, and tried to kill himself several times. in june of 2009 he admitted setting his parents' ho

michael brandon hill will not be the last person with a supply of bullets and entering a public school with the intent to kill. it will happen again at some other time and place and it will happen soon enough. and it will happen several times after that. and antoinette tuff will not be there. but congress and state legislators can save lives in those situations by limiting access to firearms and to high capacity magazines for ammunition. that is what lawmakers did in connecticut after newtown. and that is what lawmakers did in colorado after aurora. last month, new laws went into effect in colorado that limit high-capacity magazines to 15 rounds and require a background check for every gun purchase, including private gun sales. colorado has required background checks at gun shows since the columbine massacre. a new poll shows that 82% of colorado voters support universal background checks in their state. but two state lawmakers are now facing a recall election for their support of those new gun laws. it should come as no surprise who is trying to force these lawmakers out of office. of

michael brandon hill is in custody after surrendering to police. >> the police don't have a motive. but the 20-year-old apparently had stopped taking his medication. >> there's the school clerk who managed to talk hill into laying down his weapon and ammunition, most likely saving many young lives. we begin our coverage with abc's kristin fisher. >> reporter: 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in police custody this morning. but his motive for terrorizing this atlanta elementary school may never be understood. even his own brother is at a loss. >> i couldn't tell you what his mindset was when he went up in there. i honestly can tell you he has a long history of medical disorders and everything. going to -- including bipolar. >> reporter: timothy hill says his brother has a troubled past. he was arrested earlier this year for alleged terrorist threats and acts and sentenced to probation and anger management. and yesterday, he alledgedly threatened to kill everyone at the ronald mcnair learning academy. >> he said, i'm not playing. this is for real. this is not for show. >> reporter:

he is 20-year-old michael brandon hill. he fired at least half a dozen shots. eventually surrendering still carrying weapons. hill has had a troubled past friends said. he is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. hundreds of parents who were eager to be reunited with their kids they waited at a nearby wal-mart as school buses pulled up tearings began to flow. >> me and my kids started crying other people started crying. nobody want to get hurt. >> those poor kids. the school superintendent says the gunman slipped through the front door unnoticed. they will review their security procedure. >> new details of a tragic death of an australia college student. captured a chilling account of the student's final moments. >> (indiscernible) he fell over in the ditch. >> turned the >> the three suspects all teenagers say they shot christopher lane to death because they were bored. investigators say they drove behind lane as he was jogging and shot him in the back. one of the kids later con

like eventually he would do something like this, but not to this magnitude. >> you called him brandon, not michael, right? >> yes, sir. >> so let's call him brandon. you grew up together, you're two years older than him. both your parents sadly died. what was he like as a kid, and when did things go wrong for him? >> he was like any other kid. we went out, played outside, played in woods, just did kidly things like everybody, and once he started hitting his teenage years, it -- something happened with him. it -- everything just started changing after doctors started messing with his medicines here and there and changing it up and putting him on a different one and institutionize him to correct his medicine. it just escalated from there. >> he got into criminality, he became violent and dangerous. ten times he was committed for treatment in mental health institutions. i believe all of them involuntary but by psychiatrists, by your parents, whoever. let's go through his escalation in his behavioral pattern. i believe there was an insurance tent in his mid teens when he tried to set fire to the famil

>> reporter: >> gary: >> reporter:pam police say the shooting suspect.20- year-old michael brandon hill.had hostages.and starting shooting at police when they approached the school. >> reporter:officers returned fire.but amazingly, no one was hurt. dramatic video here, you can see panicked students running from the school. they were loaded onto school busses. police say the suspect was armed with an ak-47 and a number of other weapons. gun-man reportedly barricaded himself in the front office and was holding employees hostage before that shootout with police that ended with michael brandon hill surrendering. >> reporter:for parents gathered at a local shopping center, terrifying. >> i just want to reassure that everyone is ok everyone is ok. >> we were lucky that everyone that no one was killed in the school because it had the makings of being a very bad situation >> reporter: same that he wanted camera crews to film him as he shot a police officer spirit has had to show id to get their children occurred is un clear that if he has any connection to the school. >> reporter:lori savage second

michael brandon hill was ready to shoot. here is how it unfolded. >> yes, ma'am, i'm in a school, and the gentleman said hold the police officers, because he is going to start shooting. so tell them to back off. >> and where are you? >> i'm inside, oh, he just went outside and started shooting. where can i run? >> can you get somewhere safe? >> yeah, i got to go. yeah, he is going to see me, call me back -- oh, hold on. >> put the phone down. >> as i said, hill was ready to kill until he met antoinette tuff. god was looking down on that school that day, because ms. tuff was exactly the right person to cross paths with michael brandon hill. >> he said he don't care if he dies, he don't have nothing to live for. he says he is not mentally stable. i can help you, you want me to talk to them and try to -- okay, well, let me talk to them and let's see if you can work it out so that you don't have to go away for a long time. no, it does matter. i can let them know that you are not trying to harm me or doing anything with me. but t

michael brandon hill was dressed in black and carrying weapons.not brfs an exchange of gun fire with officers. >> he stated he was sorry he was off his meds. m >> it could have been a lot worse but every single child is alive to talk about it. it. >> hill never made it past the front office. o most systems do have are putting in controlled access. in prince george's county cou there's a security upgrade wellw under way. eventually every school will have electronic security doors. visitors will have to be buzzedb in i.d.'s and a closedsed circumstance tv with audio capability so they can talk to people in the office without walking into the school. they'll put in panic buttons around the campus at each school. there's also been a lot of training for staff at all al schools in dealing with the threat and some schools near maryland's eastern shore arere testing out bullet proof white boards that staff and students possibly be able to hide behind. we'll talk about it later this morning. back to you guys. >> good ideas perhaps,o melani. thank you. >> a

. >> reporter: today police told us the 20-year-old michael brandon hill was carrying an ak-47 that herom a friend's home. his family say he has a history of psychiatric issues and he

>> reporter: he's been identified as michael brandon hill. police say he's 20 years of age.d with aggravated assault on a police officer, terroristic threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. they continue to interview him. as far as a motive, police aren't saying why he decided to do this, but we do know from talking to local television station, when this man went into the office and took a couple of office workers hostage, he had them call a television station and relay a message to them that he was not afraid to die, and that he wanted the television station to come out and take pictures while he was killing police officers. now, fortunately that didn't happen. this man, michael brandon hill, did fire half dozen shots at officers, they did return fire but then he gave himself up. so no bloodshed here. he never made any of the shots fired at any of the staff and luckily none of the children. but still very scary times at this school, as this gunfire was being exchanged. >> so he had an ak-47. there were reports of potential explosives in his car. did they f

the man suspected of firing shots inside a georgia elementary school on tuesday. 20-year-old michael brandon hill brought nearly 500 rounds of ammunition along with ak-47 rifle. cops say hill has a criminal history that included violence and threats. he was currently on probation. cops haven't said what the motive is here. edge on d.c. as mayor vincent gray is yet to receive the new living wage bill. it would see current minimum wage increase to $12.50 an hour and wal-mart who has a billion dollars or more. more than 40 days the bill remains in the hands of the council. >> i can tell you this, i haven't received it despite my best efforts, look why don't you send us the bill. it will come back in one of two conditions, signed or vetoed. if you tell me what day you want it back, i promise i will send it back that day. this is day 42. >> officials with wal-mart threatened to stop plans for expansion in d.c. if the mayor signs the bill. straight ahead, a mysterious illness sends vice president joe biden's son to the hospital. someone owes obama several hundred bucks over the past few years. whe

the man accused of terrorizing them, michael brandon hill, faces terrorist threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. hill has a history of mental health issues and a troubled past. his brother said it was only a matter of time before he went off. >> i couldn't tell you what his mind-set was when he went in there. i can tell you he's got a long hex of medical disorders and including bipolar. >> reporter: we're learning more about that hero book keep are antoinette tuft. she single handedly talked him down. >> he said no one loved him. >> i said i loved him. she spent hours with hill, convincing him to put the gun down. >> taking everything out of his pocket, all the magazines he had loaded, all the additional weapons and everything he had on him out of the bag and put the bag on the counter. >> reporter: tuft, other staff and students were congratulated by the principal who promised teaching and learning will go on. >>> teaching and learning will go on in baltimore county. >> sense the shooting leaders from the baltimore county public school system said they have taken

. >>> up first, we're learning more about the suspected gunman. 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in custody this morning. witnesses say the shooter told them he wasn't afraid to die. remarkably no one was injured in the shooting but as cnn's david mattingly telling us hundreds of students had the scare of their lives. >> reporter: hundreds of kids ages 4 to 10, running for safety as gunfire erupts inside the school. inside, the gunman tells them to call a tv station. >> i never discovered anything like this. he wanted to us start filming as police died. >> reporter: the gunman fired half a dozen times. officers returned fire when one office worker convinced him to surrender. >> i held him the whole time. because he actually wanted to go out and start shooting again. i just started telling him my life story. asked him to put the weapons down. >> reporter: police searched the suspect's car for explosives. children had to be escorted away from the school as a precaution before being reunited with their anxious parents. parents claim about a lack of communication. most say they heard ab

this man michael brandon hill did fire off we're told about a half dozen shots at officers.y returned fire, but then he gave himself up, and you just heard the woman in the office describing how she convinced him to do that. so, no bloodshed here. he never actually made any shots fired at any of the staff or luckily, at none of the children, but still, very scary times at this school as this gunfire was being exchanged. >> so he had an ak-47. there were reports of potential explosives in his car. did they find anything else? >> reporter: they did not find and plow sieves in the car but it took them a couple hours to carfully go through the car and find out what was in there. as they were going through it, they really haven't told us what actually they did find in the car, but because the car was parked in front of the police station -- or in front of the school, police couldn't take the kids out that way and that's why they had that elaborate means of escape for the kids the chief was describing, that they had to go out the back and a way out to get out safely just in case t

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the suspected gunman who opened fire in the atlanta area, he's been identified as 20-year-old michael brandon hill, authorities say hill slipped into the school with an ak47 and several other weapons and he barricaded himself in the school's front office and fired at police officers as they arrived. he surrenders after the police returned. no one was injured and hill is in custody tonight and he faces several charges and still no clear motives identified in this incident. more news coming up after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] when the a.c. goes out in a heat wave, it's nuccio heating and air conditioning that comes to the rescue. at&t helped nuccio put a complete mobile solution to work. mobile routing to send the closest technician and mobile payments to invoice on the spot. where do you want to take your business? call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ popular beaches is closed after a shark scare, a shark was spotted close to where a whale wash ashored yesterday. >> reporter: the beach has been closed out here for the past five days. al

the police say it is michael brandon hill, who was recently arrested for aggravated assault on a policem by a felon. his connection to the school is unclear, he approached the school. >> when he came in the door, he came in the door with the gun drawn. and so when me and the other teacher was looking, he said i'm not playing. this is for real, this is not a show. >> reporter: shots were fired, thankfully with nobody injured. young students were rushed, many ran away from danger. police stormed the building. in a bizarre twist, the gunman asked antoinette to call our local abc affiliate. >> she said she was in the school and that the gunman was there and that he wanted channel 2 news to come to the school. >> i got to the first number, i called channel 2, and he said tell them this, tell them to get out here. >> i asked why he wanted channel 2 to come, and she said he wants you to start filming as police officers die. >> he was going to end his life and take all the cops and everybody with him. >> and i knew then that she was -- you know, completely serious. i said does he have a gun, an

the suspect is 20-year-old michael brandon hill seen here in this chilling new photo. recovered. we do have it. it is an ak-47 type assault rifle. he had approximately 500 rounds of ammo with him and a couple magazines. >> reporter: hill has a history of mental health issues and a troubled past. he was arrested earlier this year for alleged terrorist threats and acts. his brother says it was only a matter of time before he went off. >> i had a feeling he was going to eventually one day do something stupid. but not this magnitude. >> reporter: police say the suspect has given them a statement. but they say they can't release it. hill is facing a number of charges including making terrorist threats and aggravated assault on a police officer. diana, john. >> thank you. really incredible. we talked about this earlier, she yesterday from everything we saw in her interviews, we just -- this woman is magnificent. unbelievable. >> calm, cool, collected. >> an angel. after hearing the 911 tapes even more profoundly affected by how amazing she is. >> at the end of the 911 tapes

michael brandon hill slip into the school yesterday and held one staff member cap at this time. they say that he got into a shootout with the police before he surrendered. and children and teachers were evacuated and the police made an arrest and no one hurt. >>> san jose police are reviving a student that keeps students in school. police finds and picks up students. this one student said he just doesn't like school. >> reporter: aren't you supposed to be in school? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you not there? >> it boring. >> that student later told us after his experience at the tabs program, he'll return to school. may of the daytime break-ins are students that should be in school. >>> right now 4:48. we want to check in with sal for a complete look at traffic. >>> good morning once again. we're doing well in the bay area. we're looking at mostly clear conditions on the roads as we two to 80 westbound and this is down to the mccar thursday. no major problems here and -- mccarthur. and the traffic is moving along pretty well getting into the city. from hayward to fremont, 880 s

. >> the gunman is identified as michael brandon hill. police say he exchanged gunfire with school officers, but no one was hit. there's no apparent connection between the school and hill. >>> it took a san rafael jury just five hours to find joseph naso guilty of murder. the 79-year-old defendant was charged with killing four prostitutes, dating back to 1977. he is also convicted of several circumstances that make him eligible for the death penalty. >>> the city of san francisco, demanding nevada pay up for dumping mentally ill patients in california. 500 patients have been discharged from a nevada hospital since 2008 and given one way bus tickets to california. he's threatening to sue unless the city is reimbursed. it cost the city of san francisco a half a million dollars to treat and house those patients. >>> san jose police are looking for a gunman who opened fire on a vietnamese restaurant. one died at the hospital, and police say the shooting appears to be random. this is san jose's 31st homicide of the year. >>> contra costa count

michael brandon hill had a couple of weapons including an ak-47. hundreds of rounds of ammunition. he barricaded himself in the front office. a new 911 shot captured the gunshots. >> he just went outside and started shooting. >> can you get somewhere safe? >> yeah, i got to go. he will see me. >> remarkably, no one was hurt. hill eventually surrendered after exchanging gunfire with authorities. he told one of the hostages he prepared to die. the 20-year-old is in jail facing multiple charges. >>> we are still dealing with the threat of thunderstorms. our normal summer pattern will resume with temperatures in the 80s and 90s . friday will be the warmest day. we are going to see very little fog friday morning. let's talk a little bit about the thunderstorm activity. lightning strikes off the northern california coastline. one of the strikes getting a little close to the north bay. we have an area of pressure moving so slowly to to the north. you can see the thunderstorms moving offshore, the thunderstorms in the sierra still at this hour. the core of

. >> 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in custody but the motive for terrorizing this atlanta healthty school will never be understood even his brother is at a loss. >> i could not tell you what his mine set was. i can say he has a long history of medical disorders including bipolar. >> he says his brother has a troubled past and arrested early this year foaled terrorist threats and sentenced to probation and anger management. yesterday, he allegedly threatened to kill everyone at the learning academy. >> he said "i'm not playing this is for real, that is not a game." he slipped into the school and barricaded himself inside the front office. he opened fire on the believes outside school clerk tried to talk him down. >> he was going to end his life and take the cops with him. he had a look on him that he was willing to kill and he said it. he said that he didn't have any reason to live and that he knew he was going to die today. >> she talked him into surrendering as teachers rushed the children out of the school. >> i give it to god. i'm now the hero. i was terrified. >> everyone's saf

. >> reporter: police say a 20-year-old michael brandon hill carrying an ak-47 and other weapons slipped past a buzzer security system and into the school by following someone who was authorized to be there. >> he didn't get any further than the front office. he barricaded himself with a couple office employees. >> reporter: as police arrived, the gunman left the office firing at least half a dozen rounds at responding officers. >> the officers were able to return fire. when they saw him in -- alone. >> reporter: when police fired back, the suspect dropped to the ground and surrendered. >> my husband called and said, hey, the baby is -- there's a gunman at his school. and i'm like, what? >> reporter: hundreds of parents scrambled to a nearby walmart parking lot waiting for hours to be reunited with their children. >> we are so blessed and pleased that all of our children are safe, all of our employees are safe. >> reporter: safe and back in the arms of loved ones, kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> vice president joe biden's son remains at a hospital after undergoing testing on tuesday. beau ex

the suspect eventually surrendered to police who identified him as michael brandon hill. investigators say the 20-year-old has no ties to the school. >>> in mexico teachers have taken to the streets to protest against plans to grade them on their performance. mexico's president said the reforms are necessary so his country can compete with the rest of the world. we have this report. >> this is how teachers try to get their voices heard in mexico. they occupy the main plaza and try to pressure leaders with people power. thousands are now camped out here. their aim, to block the implementation of state run schools in part evaluating teachers. these teachers are hoping that their leaders will hold high-level meetings with congress to convince them to change or derail the education reform. when request for meeting was rejected this is how some teachers reacted. 20 police injured, three of them hospitalized. teachers have been protesting the reform for months. under the new law for the first time an independent commission can hire and fire teachers and grade their performance.