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Santa Fe High School student on shooting: 'I wasn't surprised. I was just scared'

Santa Fe High School student on shooting: 'I wasn't surprised. I was just scared'
Posted at 2:18 PM, May 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-05-18 14:18:00-04

After nine of her fellow students and one of her teachers was killed by a gunman in her school on Friday, Santa Fe High School student Paige Curry told a Houston news station that she wasn't in disbelief that a shooting could happen at her school.

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"No, there wasn't," Curry told KTRK-TV when asked if there was any part of her that asked if there was any part of her that didn't believe a shooting could happen at her school.

"It's been happening everywhere. I always kind of felt like eventually it would happen here, too. I don't know. I wasn't surprised, I was just scared."

 

 

CNN reports that several students at Santa Fe High School were among those who participated in the national school walkout. Some carried signs that read "Santa Fe High School says #NeverAgain."

Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.