Deputy: Accused school shooter said 'Shoot me, kill me, you'll like it'

Deputy London Ivey was a resource officer at the school when the shooting happened Aug. 30, 2006. He testified that as he approached the accused shooter, Alvaro Rafael Castillo yelled at him: "Ivey, shoot me! Kill me! You'll like it! You'll like it!"

Castillo, 22, of Hillsborough, is charged with fatally shooting his father, Rafael Huezo Castillo, before driving to Orange High and firing at the school. Castillo has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges.

Ivey said that Castillo also shouted "Remember Columbine" – a reference to the April 20, 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo.

Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Daniel rode with Castillo to UNC Hospitals for a mental evaluation after he was arrested. He said Castillo told him that he had an "imaginary twin brother named Red," who told him to hurt and rape people and get them to rape him. Daniel said Castillo told him this was the first time he had acted on it.

“He actually asked me if I thought he was crazy. I told him I didn’t know," Daniel said.

Castillo said told Daniels he selected the date Aug. 30 because it was the birthday of a famous "shooter."

Castillo said he liked a woman whose younger sister went to Orange High, Daniel said. Castillo related that he sent the woman a tape or letter that offended her. Castillo said he reached out to her again before the incident through a letter or tape to let her know that her sister would not be harmed, Daniel said.

Two students suffered minor injuries before Castillo was tackled by school personnel.

One of those students, Tiffaney Utsman, a senior at the time of the shooting, gave emotional testimony Tuesday about the "silver object the size of a nickel" that hit her in the chest.

"I was eating lunch with my friends and out of the blue somebody shot through the window," she said. "Something hit me in the chest. I hit the wall and I fell to the floor."

Students started screaming and dropping to the floor, she said. Some ran away.

"I had a small abrasion in my chest. It was very swollen ... and it hurt," Utsman said. "I was very dizzy. I had thrown up several different times."

Emergency crews took her to UNC Hospitals where she was treated and released about three hours later, she said.

"I couldn’t move my arm for three to four weeks after it happened," Utsman said. "There was a big bruise around (the wound). I developed a cough for two to three weeks  ... It left a tiny one (scar.)"

Utsman said she was advised to seek medical attention for her arm and cough, but she declined.

An investigator with the Orange County Sheriff's Office detailed bullet holes found in a vehicle next to Castillo's in the school's parking lot.

The investigator said the Durham County bomb squad went into the van to retrieve a homemade pipe bomb and other items.

Tuesday was the second day of testimony in the case. Castillo's trial is expected to last into next week.