'I thought he was playing the part of an active shooter for our drill'

Name: 'I thought he was playing the part of an active shooter for our drill'
Uploaded: 2019-06-01T23:42:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 58 s
Description: Ned Carlstrom was used to all sorts of drills carried out in Virginia Beach's municipal building, so when he heard yelling and shots Friday afternoon, he thought it was time for another one.

Ned Carlstrom was used to all sorts of drills carried out in Virginia Beach's municipal building, so when he heard yelling and shots Friday afternoon, he thought it was time for another one.

Posted 6/1/2019, 11:42:00 PM Updated 6/2/2019, 3:29:35 AM

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>> Reporter: WE HAVE A PRE-

PRODUCED STORY FOR YOU IN JUST

A MOMENT BUT I WANT TO START

WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH NED

CARLSTROM.

WE BUMPED INTO YOU LITERALLY

TWO MINUTES AGO.

YOU WERE TELLING ME WITH YOUR

INTERACTIONS WITH THE SUSPECT

IN THIS CRAZY SHOOTING.

WANT ME TO YESTERDAY.

YOU WERE AT WORK.

YOU HAVE WORKED HERE 26 YEARS?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: WHAT ME TO

YESTERDAY.

>> WE HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE

SCREAMING THERE WAS A SHOOTER

IN THE BUILDING.

IT DID NOT SOUND REAL.

THE SHOTS WERE REAL MUFFLED.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS A DRILL.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING A

DRILL.

WE GOT UP AND STARTED WALKING

OUT OF THE BUILDING.

WHEN WE DID, WE PASSED BY A

GENTLEMAN THAT WAS CARRYING A

GUN IN HIS HAND, BUT IT LOOKED

SO THEATRICAL BECAUSE OF THE

EXTENDED MAGAZINE AND THE

SUPPRESSOR THAT WAS ON THE END

OF IT.

HE NEVER LOOKED AT ME, HE

GLANCED AT ME, BUT HE NEVER

RAISED A GUN AT ME TO SHOOT ME.

WE FOUND OUT LATER HE WAS THE

ACTUAL SHOOTER.

HE WAS A COWORKER.

I KNEW HIM.

I THOUGHT HE WAS PLAYING THE

PART OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER FOR

OUR DRILL.

>> IT WAS A REAL SITUATION, A

REAL GUN.

>> Reporter: YOU KNOW HIM, YOU

HAVE TALKED TO HIM, YOU HAVE

HAD 24 HOURS TO PROCESS THIS.

I KNOW THAT IS NOT A LOT OF

TIME, BUT DID THIS COMPLETELY

SHOCK YOU THAT THIS GUY YOU

TALKED TO AT WORK IS ALLEGEDLY

RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE

KILLINGS?

>> YES.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT

IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

KNOWING HIM FOR THE TIME I HAVE

KNOWN HIM, I JUST CAN'T PICTURE

HIM.

ONE, I CAN'T PICTURE HIM WITH A

GUN AND TWO, I CAN'T PICTURE

HIM DOING HE ACTS LIKE THIS.

>> Reporter: WHY DO YOU THINK

HE DID NOT SHOOT YOU?

>> THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK,

MAYBE HE VIEWED ME AS FRIENDLY

BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD

CONVERSATIONS AS WE WALKED INTO