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Roommate describes escape from UCF gunman

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    Trace Gallagher reports from Los Angeles

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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.