ST. LOUIS — Police on Wednesday released two videos from the Oct. 2022 fatal school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, including the body camera footage of the shootout with responding officers who killed the intruder.
The shooter entered the school and killed 61-year-old teacher Jean Kuczka, 15-year-old student Alexandria Bell, and injured others.
Police also released surveillance footage that tracked the intruder’s movements throughout the building which is also shared with Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience.
The timeline of that video is below:
- 9:02 a.m. - Subject arrives in car
- 9:08 a.m. - Subject enters school
- 9:09 a.m. - First 911 call is made
- 9:11 a.m. - First radio dispatch
- 9:23 a.m. - Subject located
- 9:26 a.m. - Subject in custody
The other video shows an officer arriving at the school with a squad of other responders. They learn the shooter is on the third floor and proceed to that location. The video ends with a shootout between the officers and the suspect.
At a Monday morning news conference to announce the pending release of the videos, authorities said victims, their families, and the family of the shooter, among others, had already viewed the material, which officials described as “graphic”. It was shared with those parties with the help of crisis counselors.
Mayor Tishaura Jones posted on X Wednesday morning that the videos will give rise to a wide variety of emotions for our community. Her post provides resources if you need to talk about anxiety or trauma, including the local crisis and suicide hotline at 988. Another resource is the Behavioral Health Bureau who can assist in linking you with mental health resources. To be connected to one of those resources, please call 314-657-1585, or email behavioralhealth@stlouis-mo.gov.
Spectrum News is working with security experts to provide context to what the videos show.
A full investigative report from police is still weeks away from being released.