Antioch High School students recount chaotic scenes as shooting unfolded; victim's family speaks out

"I saw people getting shot on the ground, bleeding," he added, mentioning how he and his friends crouched down and ran to a side door to flee the cafeteria. 

"Everybody just got separated - a lot of students were outside, inside. He was not a kid that you would think would do something like that, he stayed on task, he did his work, he was quiet," another student told WMSV. "So I was really wondering what was going through his head. I felt like just a whole conversation could have ended all of that, just not led to that." 

"I knew him personally. He was in my class, and I didn't think he was anything like that. I just thought he was a sweet, quiet person, but he wasn't," said another. 

"It's not fair," he reportedly added. 

Escalante's aunt, Maria Corea, also said to WTVF that "She was a very calm girl and well-behaved."