They proceed inside to the school cafeteria, shooting as they walk, then upstairs to the library, still shooting. As bullets ricochet throughout the building, scores of students hide in closets, bathrooms, under tables and chairs. Some students barricaded behind a heavy door, whisper their terror to relatives over cell phones. Dozens more flee the building, hiding in bushes or sprinting to a nearby park. Noon Police SWAT teams find several explosive devices around the school.
Ambulances take the first wounded students, all of whom managed to run outside to area hospitals.
Anguished parents, awaiting word on their children gather at nearby Leawood Elementary School. In small groups, the students and teachers run from the building to a holding area where they are frisked, questioned, offered medical care and then bused to Leawood elementary to be reunited with parents 4 PM Sheriff's spokesman confirms that as many as 25 people are dead. This includes some combination or students and teachers. Officers searching the library find the bodies of both suspects who apparently died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Sheriff's spokesman says entire school is regarded as a massive crime scene.