right now on the phone is nick powell who is a reporter at the "houston chronicle." nick, what are you understanding? we hear there is going to be a briefing coming up. >> i'm going to have to hop off because they're approaching the podium but we're about to hear from santa fe school district. the judge and several other local officials but we're about to start now so i have to hop off. >> and we'll carry that live as well. we'll bring you this briefing from santa fe regional high school with the school superintendent and other officials momentarily. >> we've received an outpouring of support from across the state and we appreciate your continued prayers from our student, staff and community. i'm going to turn it over to our chief of police to share details that we have at this time. thank you. >> as you're aware, a horrific event occurred today at santa fe high school. this time the campus has been cleared of all students and staff members and the students and staff have been relocated. they're in the processover people being reunited with their families. one santa f

just -- i am extraordinarily impressed by them. >> nick powell with "the houston chronicle." nick, thank you for that. our affiliate in houston, kprc a reporter is on the scene outside one of the family member's home. the family of the 17-year-old gunman. let's listen in to kprc. >> wrapping up, a good way to put it. show you the scene right now. two minutes ago a bunch of folks in big trucks including dps. you can see the back of that guy's vest, fbi, and that's a saw tool. you see that guy has in their hand, are going to, pretty clear to me, make entry into a home at end of this block. we are in a subdivision about 4.5 mimemiles to the north and of santa fe high school. we've been here the better part of an hour and giovanni is maneuvering just a little bit. you can see the fella with a battering ram sitting now on the side of the road. as you see, these guy whose look fairly serious to me are getting ready to make entry in a home that is about -- i would say, an eighth of a mile from where i'm standing. even less than that. it's just a circular street and they are going to

. >>> nick powell is with us by telephone. he's a reporter with the houston chronicle. nick, first off. something we've just learned talking to a sophomore student. there was no active shooter drill, especially post parkland, according to her at this high school. how unusual is that starting with the state of texas in the houston region. >> i can't speak to how unusual it is but i can say that i'm not sure that that -- that doesn't match up with some of the accounts from students i talk to now. i'm not sure whether they were -- a couple of students referred to doing the typical emergency procedure. i don't know if it was meant as a fire drill or something like that. but unfortunately, i can't speak to whether that's common state wide but if that is the case that there was no active shooter drill after parkland, yes, that would certainly be notable. >> she talked about something where they learned to barricade their doors. but in the classic sense that we've seen in so many other schools post newtown certainly, post parkland certainly where you know your nearest exit almo