one shooting victim has been taken to utmb in galveston. we're there live with more information on what's happening. >> andy, we just had an update from utmb spokes american raul reyes. i'm getting an echo so i'm going to take my ear piece out so i can talk to you. but raul reyes told us three people were transported here to utmb. one person, a male, is in surgery right now. he is in critical condition shot in the chest area. there is another woman here reported to be in good condition. she was shot in the leg and we're told there is a male here under the age of 18, presumably a student, we're still waiting to get that confirmed, who is shot in the leg but also in good condition. this is a level one trauma center, utmb, they're trained for this kind of situation, emergency situations where there are multiple injuries. they do have social workers on standby if there are family members or anyone having difficulty with this situation, you can come in through the e.r. and they can get hem help to you. if anyone has any questions they said to ca

she was talking about how they're trained to deal with those situations at utmb. it's a level one trauma center. they train for those types of things and go through practice drills. the same could be said also for santa fe high school. we talked to a student earlier this morning who said yeah, we've practiced these types of drills before, these active shooter situation drills. given the times that we live in today, school districts all across not just the state of texas but across the country instituted these types of policies where students and staff have to be ready in the event of an active shooter situation. so this morning when they heard the fire alarms, it certainly raised a red flag in their minds thinking something serious could be happening here. and depending on who you talk to, some students say they heard the fire alarm followed by shots. other students were telling us they heard the shots fired first then followed by the fire alarms. >> the situations are difficult. there's so much confusion even from people there and heard what happened. we do want

so we're just getting an update from utmb, the university of texas medical branch, medical center out of galveston, texas, i believe, and they're giving an update on the patients they received. you heard from one of the physicians, one person under the age of 18, two adults, one adult in surgery now. the breaking news is that law enforcement sources say there are multiple fatalities following this school shooting at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. one of the students that was in the school this morning, makenna evans was with me before we went to the press conference. are you still with me? >> yes. >> thank you so much. i'm so sorry i had to jump away to get that update. you were telling me right when we were just speaking, you were telling me that the principal ran to you, and said run. and when you moved across the street, your aunt actually called and informed you that it was a shooting. so when you first -- the first time you learned how dangerous the situation was, it was from your aunt giving you a phone call. >> yes. >> what did she tell you? >> she said that are you o

utmb is a level 1 trauma center. that means they've got the surgeons, the nurses, everybody who is in house to be able to care for these patients when necessary come in the door. they have operating rooms that are standing by, they have blood of all different types that they can transfuse. that's what you need to have. but when you start to have multiple patients coming in and the kiconcern about more patien coming in, you have to be able to prepare for that as well. you have to have a lot of redundancy in the medical system. typically i work at a level 1 trauma center. we all start to get calls. we may be getting more patients, we need to have you either here at the hospital standing by very close, whatever. i'm sure those calls have probably been going out, especially in galveston around that level 1 trauma center. >> sanjay, listen to some more of the eyewitness accounts of what happened. listen to this. >> we heard the alarms. everybody just started leaving, following the same procedure as we did because nobody t

. >> that's the latest update from utmb where they have three patients in their care, one in critical care, a female shot in the leg. that's the latest update they have, a male student 18 years old. we're going to continue following the shooting at santa fe high school in santa fe, texas. >>> i'm dana bash in washington picking up the breaking news right now. we are following a high school shooting in texas. inside the school, we now know that several people are dead. at least eight have died. this is santa fe, texas we're talking about just outside of houston. the harris county sheriff just minutes ago said the majority of those killed were students. as for the person or people who did this, police say one person is in custody, another person is detained and that the situation at the school is now contained. here in washington, president trump said he is monitoring it from the white house and had these remarks a few minutes ago. >> unfortunately, i have to begin by expressing our sadness and heartbreak over the deadly shooting at santa fe high school in texas that just took place mom

i do know that a few people were taken to utmb hospital in galveston. which is about 20 miles south of santa fe. one of the big kind of regional hospitals. so -- but i can't say, you know, with any confirmation how many people have been taken total. >> what can you tell us about this high school? how large it is? the neighborhood? the demographics of the area? what kind of high school is this? >> you know, it's -- it's just kind of your run of the mill big, public high school. i don't know the -- the exact student population. it's in kind of a suburban -- suburban rural area about, it's like half way between galveston and houston. and, you know, i mean, they're kids and they all -- so i talked to several students and they were really shocked and upset. several had tears in their eyes and, you know, just the mere fact that many of them were able to keep their composure and talk to reporters and recount what happened is really impressive. so -- yeah. but that's about all the information i have. >> nick, the students that you talked to, did they know the g