He wanted local reporters to capture him on video shooting police

Aug 21, 2013 07:29 GMT  ·  By
Georgia news editor talks to school worker in Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy
   Georgia news editor talks to school worker in Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy

Police have eliminated a shooting threat at an elementary school in Decatur, Georgia, but a school worker informs that he has asked for a local news station to capture the incident on video.

Michael Brandon Hill opened fire at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy. He asked school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff to call WSB TV and ask them to come to the school.

She made the call and talked to editor Lacey LeCroy, conveying what he wanted her to say. He reportedly wanted reporters to "start filming as police die."

LeCroy stayed on the line with the woman as the gunman went outside to confront police.

They both heard shots fired outside, but had no idea about what was about to happen. Five minutes of silence went by until Tuff said "they got him."

"I was so worried for her. She was the only one in the office with him," LeCroy details.

As I mentioned before, nobody was injured and Hill was talked into giving himself up.