Perry, Iowa high school shooting; at least 1 dead

WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS MULTIPLE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE FBI, ARE RESPONDING TO A SHOOTING AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN PERRY, IOWA, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST ONE VICTIM HAS BEEN KILLED AND TWO MORE INJURED. FBI ATF AND MEDICAL STAFF ARE ON SITE AND A CITY OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS CITY HALL IS ON LOCKDOWN AS A PRECAUTION. OFFICIALS ARE SET TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE SHORTLY. WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE AS IT HAPPENS. RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GO TO ABC’S ALEX PRESHA, WHO’S IN PERRY, IOWA, ALONG WITH ABC CONTRIBUTORS ROBERT BOYCE, FORMER NYPD

CHIEF OF DETECTIVES AND FORMER FBI BRAD GARRETT FOR MORE. ALEX, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM OFFICIALS THERE RIGHT NOW? >> HEY, DIANE. SO WE KNOW THAT IT’S ACTIVE SHOOTING SITUATION BROKE OUT JUST BEFORE 8 A.M. HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THIS PLACE IS ON LOCKDOWN. WE’VE GOT A HUGE LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE, STATE AGENCIES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ALSO, ONE OF THE STATE TROOPERS HERE TOLD ME THAT THE FBI IS ALSO ON SCENE. OF COURSE, WE’RE EXPECTING THIS UPDATE FROM POLICE AROUND 10 A.M., BUT A SHORT TIME AGO, I ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH

THE STEPMOM OF TWO STUDENTS HERE. SHE SAYS THAT ONE OF HER HER HER KIDS WAS ACTUALLY HIT IN THE BACK AND ON THE ARM. THANKFULLY, HE IS OKAY. AND

HIS BROTHER ACTUALLY KNEW THIS SHOOTER. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY ABOUT LEARNING THAT HER HER HER KIDS WERE. ONE OF THE WORST MOMENTS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE WAS THE BEST PHONE CALL I GOT SAYING THAT THEY WERE OKAY. THANK GOD THAT THEY’RE OKAY. OVERWHELMED WITH THE PAIN IN YOUR HEART IS JUST OVERWHELMING. >> DIANE. DIANE, YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT PHONE

CALL OR IN HER THAT TEXT MESSAGE, BUT CERTAINLY SOME RELIEF THERE STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWN QUESTIONS HERE. WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY SHOOTERS WERE INVOLVED. WE DON’T KNOW THE SCOPE OF INJURIES OR THE FATALITIES HERE JUST YET. WE DO KNOW ABC HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE FATALITY, BUT DON’T KNOW THE TOTAL SCOPE OF THAT. >> WE’RE GOING TO GET SOME UPDATES IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ALL RIGHT BRAD, OBVIOUSLY STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE ANSWERED AS ALEX OUT. BUT WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU FROM WHAT

WE KNOW SO FAR? >> SO YOU’VE GOT A RURAL HIGH SCHOOL AND A SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE AND PEOPLE DECEASED APPARENTLY BUT THE REAL ARE THE FOLLOWING WHAT INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE PRIOR TO THIS SHOOTING OCCURRING? IN OTHER WORDS, OBVIOUSLY THE SHOOTER GOT A WEAPON INTO THE SCHOOL. HOW DID HE SHE DO THAT? >> WHAT INFORMATION HAD HE SAID ? SHE SAID TO OTHER STUDENTS OR TALKED ABOUT ONLINE OR SAID TO THE PARENTS, WHAT CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR HAS THERE BEEN IN HIM OR HER IN RECENT DAYS OR WEEKS? AND DARK THOUGHTS ACQUIRING WEAPONS, TALKING

ABOUT PEOPLE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. >> WE WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS. CLEARLY TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE POPPED UP THAT COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS. >> AND, ROBERT, WE CAN SEE THE LARGE POLICE PRESENCE THERE. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGENCIES ON THE SCENE. HOW ARE OFFICERS TRAINED TO RESPOND TO A SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST TO ARRIVE HERE? FIRST OF ALL, WHAT YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSIGNMENT IS TO CONFRONT THE SHOOTER, FIND AND CONFRONT THE SHOOTER, AND TERMINATE THAT ATTACK, OR CERTAINLY TO GET IT. SO

THAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU DO EVERY USUALLY REQUIRES IS ATTACK ON A DOOR WITH OTHER OPTIONS. WHEN YOU GO INSIDE. WE’VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PROTOCOLS ARE UNNECESSARY BECAUSE THEY KEEP HAPPENING. BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A REALLY RAPID AND COORDINATED RESPONSE AND COULD SAVE LIVES EASILY BY DOING SO. SO RIGHT NOW, AS BRAD SAYS, WILL PEEL IT BACK AND FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON. BUT THAT RESPONSE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS SO NECESSARY, IT NEEDS TRAINING, IT NEEDS EXERCISES. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE TODAY. WE’RE SEEING A COORDINATED RESPONSE WHERE G