“ It could have been me ”: the student of the FSU who saw Gunman Fire First a few shots tells a heartbreaking shot

The members of the Florida State University community will return to areas in and around the Student Union Building on Friday for the first time since Thursday’s shooting.

They are allowed to recover the personal effects they have left – objects abandoned in chaos when shots broke the calm and sent students fleeing for their lives.

McKenzie Heeter, a 20 -year -old junior, was a few meters from the shooter at the start of the shooting.

“I left the union with food in hand,” recalls McKenzie. “I noticed [an orange vehicle that looked like a Hummer]. Then I saw it [wearing a matching orange shirt]Stilling around a bigger rifle … Then he picked up the handgun and shot this woman. It was then that I completely run.

McKenzie describes a sprint on the campus in panic.

“I made a four -minute mile in sandals. I have never run so fast in my life, ”she said. “I felt like I should leave, otherwise it could be me afterwards.”

As she says that all afternoon feels surreal, a moment replayed very well in her mind – the horrible moment that she saw the suspect shoot a woman in purple brush from behind.

“His back was for him. She was walking.

In chaos, McKenzie’s first call was for his mother.

“It’s my best friend. I just wanted her to know that I was going well, “she said.

The investigators say that the shooter killed two people, none of the students, and injured six others who have not yet been identified.

One suffered essential injuries but, Thursday evening, was improved with the rest of the survivors injured in a good condition.

The accused shooter, a steps of a local sheriff deputy, was also taken to the hospital for non-fatal injuries after the law enforcement agents killed him.

Investigators say that the suspect used a handgun that once was a service weapon from his mother-in-law. He also wore a hunting rifle, according to investigators.

While the whole campus continues to treat the trauma, McKenzie told ABC News that his feeling of security was broken.

“The most heartbreaking part is that everyone feels dangerous now. Someone has come and took it to us,” she said.