Lyela Sayarath described Colt Gray as a 'quiet' teen and said she was 'not surprised' when he was identified as the school shooter who opened fire at her classmates on Wednesday morning.
A junior at Apalachee High School who was sat next to shooter Colt Gray revealed the gunman's chilling behavior moments before he opened fire - and how she and her classmates narrowly avoided death.
Sayarath said she 'wasn't surprised' when Gray was identified as the shooter, and said that 'when you think of shooters and the way they act, it's usually the quiet kid and he was the one that fit that description.' But while he was gone, a loudspeaker announcement told teachers to check their emails, before Sayarath said Gray re-appeared at their classroom door.
She said he proceeded to fire off a number of bullets 'one after another', adding: 'When we heard it, most people just dropped to the floor and like kind of crawled in an area like piled on top of each other.' It comes as 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn became the first of the four victims in the school shooting to be identified.
Officials have not yet offered any identification on the other three individuals that were shot dead, and said there is no early indication that they were targeted specifically, although the investigation is ongoing.
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