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THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, AS THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO NOTE EARLIER TONIGHT, THERE WAS A VIGIL HELD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN. OUR NATE STANLEY JOINING US NOW HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF APPALACHIAN HIGH SCHOOL. NATE, YOU WERE AT THAT VIGIL. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH YOUR PERSPECTIVE AT THAT VIGIL AND WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED THERE, RASHAD? IT WAS A SAD AND REFLECTIVE EVENING FOR MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY HERE. I SPOKE WITH LOCAL STUDENTS, ONE WHO WAS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. FOR THE FAMILIES THAT I SPOKE TO, THEY SAY THAT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS, THIS IS A REAL FEAR THEY DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY SAID THAT IT WAS GOING ON LOCKDOWN, SO WE WENT TO THE FOOTBALL HOUSE AND THEY KEPT US IN THERE TILL THEY TOLD EVERYBODY WE COULD COME OUT. TERRIFYING MOMENTS FOR APPALACHIA 11TH GRADER AMIR BALLARD. HE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THE SHOOTER BEGAN SHOOTING. ITS CRAZY. LIKE YOU NEVER KNOW. THAT COULD HAPPEN. LIKE JUST. IT WAS JUST A NORMAL DAY. YOU NEVER KNOW. HE WAS ONE OF THE HUNDREDS WHO CAME TO THE JUG TAVERN PARK IN WINDER TO PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF WEDNESDAYS SHOOTING. THIS ALWAYS KEEP APPALACHIAN IN OUR HEART AND OUR MINDS. AND WE KEEP THE STUDENTS IN OUR MINDS AND IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR PRAYERS. CITY LEADERS SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY AND A LOCAL PASTOR ASKED FAMILIES TO PRAY FOR THE LIVES LOST AND FOR THE LIFE OF THE SHOOTER. SOME OF YOU ARE FEELING CONFUSION. SOME OF YOU ARE FEELING ANGER. SOME OF YOU SADNESS. SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY PROBABLY ARE STANDING HERE AND HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU FEEL. 14 YEAR OLD CADEN GAMBRELL WAS AT A NEARBY HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE GOT THE ALERT THAT HIS CLASSROOM WOULD ALSO BE ON LOCKDOWN. I DIDNT KNOW IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WANT IT IN MY SCHOOL OR IT COULD, YOU KNOW, BE WHEREVER I WAS NEVER EXPECTED THAT TO HAPPEN. JUST RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW. THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT MY SISTER AND BROTHERS HAVE WENT TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEY WERE YOUNG. AMIR WANTS EVERYONE TO CHECK IN ON THEIR LOVED ONES AND NEVER TAKE A DAY FOR GRANTED. JUST BE THANKFUL THAT YOU COULD WAKE UP EVERY DAY AND GET A NEW CHANCE TO SEE LIFE. AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT THERE. AS YOU JUST SAW AS THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING F