The Northtown cafeteria covered in blood, bodies of students lay motionless all around. Kids yelled for help. It was a rightfully dark and rainy day. On April 26, there was a response to an active shooter drill.

There were 15 students that volunteered their time on that Saturday to help the fire station be prepared to respond to a school shooting. It was an amazingly detailed reenactment all the way down to having a pretend shooter whom had taken his own life while hiding from the police.

Sophomore Jordan Hurst played this shooter.

“It was a fun experience,” said Hurst. He had make up below his chin and on his forehead that made it look like he shot himself.

“I wore it home and scared my brother,” he continues. Many students had make up that made them appear to have injuries. Some students appeared to be shot and the ‘bullet’ went through both sides and then others had just been grazed. Brittiny Hopkins, junior, had a large bruise on her forehead and face. She walked around as if she had a concussion.

“The make up was very detailed, it only took a couple minutes to put on and it looked real,” added Jeffery Groce, senior.

Officer Mark McNamee was the officer in charge of the whole drill and he instructed the volunteers to be loud and act injured. There were even a few people who just had blood splattered on their faces and yelled at the firemen to help their friends.

“The firemen did very well,” said Hopkins

“They carried me on the [stretcher], and carried me out,” said Grouse.

Emergency personnel found all of the students and tagged them black, red, yellow, or green. Green meant the victim was not injured, or had the ability to walk on their own. Yellow meant the student was injured and could not walk. Red meant that the victim needed immediate attention. And black meant they were to be transported to the morgue.

Then the Firemen took everyone outside where an ambulance waited, they looked at each victim’s injuries, and pretended to treat it as they would as if it were real. For example, they put a fake IV in one woman’s arm.

The school has helped with this drill in the past, and will continue to in the future.