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Roommate describes escape from UCF gunman
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Trace Gallagher reports from Los Angeles
- Duration 2:21
- Date Mar 19, 2013
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-- developing out of University of Central Florida new information about the explosives scare.
That led the school to evacuate a college dorm yesterday.
And the man police describe as the would be bomber.
Trace Gallagher has the details from our West Coast.
-- Man -- man get -- after look at the firepower this guy had the police chief came out at UCF yesterday and said this could have been a very bad day for everyone and the first victim likely would have ban.
The roommate the man who live with -- student with all the firepower who says the only time that he ever saw his -- make eye contact with them.
Is when he put a gun in his face that man's name is DK -- what Connie and he talked to the local campus news station.
Listen to this.
He -- the fire.
-- people.
And general.
Just crops.
An evolution school -- these people.
Can -- my kids school is.
-- the shooter has now been identified as James Oliver see the -- overran.
And meg and they are saying that he shot himself shortly after that confrontation they found a handgun.
A tactical assault rifle a backpack containing four explosive devices police believe that he had a large scale attack planned.
The students -- UCF today saying they are very very pleased with the way the police responded to this a bunch of phone calls came and when the alarm went off and a bunch of people saw the confrontation between.
The alleged shooter or would be shooter and his roommate and that sparked a very prompt police response this could have been.
For a fine.
Well all right Trace and just so -- audience is -- -- that picture we were -- was of the gunman.
And and we didn't run a picture of the roommate you just heard his phone interview I.