Oxford High School students described a chaotic scene in which a voice over the intercom said there was an active shooter.
At first, they didn’t know whether it was a drill, they said.
When they realized it wasn’t, they were struck by fear and panic. Teachers locked and barricaded doors and covered windows. Students hid. Some with cellphones quietly texted to alert their parents and friends.
Abbey Hodder, a 15-year-old sophomore, was in chemistry class when she thought she heard glass breaking.
“My teacher kind of ran out and was scrambling,” she said. “The next thing I knew I saw he was pushing tables. It’s part of school protocol to barricade, so we all knew, barricade, barricade down. And we all started pushing tables.”
