so how many injured people oh God there's multiple multiple Flor Trails Papa please save me [Applause] everybody got H right a quiet afternoon at the Clovis Carver Public Library is destroyed when the pulverizing sounds of gunfire ring out through the bookshelves in an instant an ordinary day for dozens of people is Twisted into a terrifying encounter with horrifying violence police must face that Grim threat themselves if they're to stop a deranged teenager driven to kill by an incomprehensible motive run what are you doing run you idiot tr9 6 on the afternoon of August 28th 2017
a lone figure dressed in black walks up to the front doors of the public library in Clovis New Mexico instead of going directly into the library the young man circles back to use the restroom his movements are quiet for now but he had much to say only minutes earlier when he recorded an ominous message before leaving his house by the time you're watching this the deed would have already been done and by the deed I'm not sure what it is yet I'm just going to go try along find something to do first off I'm going
to say I'm sorry to anyone that's going to be affected by this this is a tough subject want to say I'm sorry to my family and know just remember happier times I'm sorry to my girlfriend I wanted to marry you and I love you a lot I just couldn't take any all this was all my idea no one made me do this no one made me want to do this it just me being mad so I don't want my family to be punished in any sort of way the young man says more in his pre-recorded
manifestos and we'll hear his disturbing message soon for now in the moments before he unleashes his cruel violence he takes a final picture for Snapchat hey [Music] L the final seconds before Nathaniel opens fire are almost ominous in their normaly please be advis that the following footage is highly intense however the CCTV footage does not show anyone one being physically harmed or [Music] [Applause] injured that door work come on come on come on what are you doing a lucky few are able to escape through a side door and one heroic woman is careful to make
sure she rescues an oblivious bystander before getting as far away from the library as possible but back inside the Library many are still trapped in a living hell oh [Music] no papa please save me a family hiding behind the information desk decides they can no longer wait for this nightmare to be over [Music] we can't we [Applause] can't in response to the screams for help a man outside calls 911 as he walks into the library to rescue his wife and child trapped inside I'm at the library somebody shooting oh there's two people laying [Music] data
what you do don't die the scene playing out at the Clovis Carver Public Library is unimaginable in its Terror and Carnage but help is on the way even as the shooter Paces from room to room stop walking his victims like prey police are descending on the building go go once the police are inside the dreaded unknown lurks around every corner and behind every door no one in the library is beyond suspicion put the phone down play down down put your hands up where see him no good we got two right here step away from the
door step away from the door Do It Go Go step away step away step out step out come out step out step out step out get out you don't know you know who's shooting no was in there the whole while get back in there get back in there and stay close the door and and block it don't let anybody else in okay stay right there the officers can't afford to let their guards down for an instant and they're taking no chances I'm going in show your hands please come here come here show me hands show
them your hands come on come on let go come on let's go hey clear I got yours back SEC back [Applause] okay all right this prot [Applause] okay which way he go to the left that way to the left to the left over there it's an unusual sight to see police handcuffing potential victims but at this point they have very little to go on with that in mind an officer asked two witnesses who provide critical information guy on the ground look like him no he was skinny he was look at him come look at him
come look at his face come over this way come here come here come look hurry is that him yes sir okay I believe okay here go just wait right over there we got [Applause] it right touch it why clear that way I think the shooter is handcuffed and lying on the floor beside the information desk shortly before police arrived he walked up to Lupe a the man who called 911 with a little smile and told him to hang up the phone agid told the young man that the cops were right behind him at which point
the shooter walked back to the library's main room to [Music] surrender go go go right there anybody El less than five minutes passed between the opening gunfire and the shooters capture but it's been long enough to create a tragic and chaotic scene police at the rear of the building still don't know if they have the right guy in custody or if he's the only one at large excuse me sir are you here with somebody I work okay if I can let me get you on the other side of the street for now all right let
me see your hands get on the other side of the street okay why don't you to maintain a position there at the dumpster make sure nobody's coming around the building or outside on that side where they're not going to be coming behind me also keep a visual just around the area as officers outside work to keep the building secure police inside the Library struggle to get a handle on the nerve-wracking situation still in progress stay right there okay stay right there you're all right I'm [Music] scared okay stay with them ambulance corner of 7th main
got a small child in that right there that excuse me I need you guys to go ahead and cross the street get on the other side of that police unit [Music] just be careful with the traffic okay get on the other side of that that police unit use that car for cover back inside officers are still exercising Extreme Caution hands anybody else how minute we got one that way that's let's go I'm going to look left I'm going to look left okay traic on me stay down keep your hands out where I can see him
okay as police carefully sweep the library ideas about a second shooter begin to fade we still looking for one no we have one there's about two only one individual has caused this Carnage he'll do plenty of talking before the day is through and much of what he says will be appalling in light of this shocking crisis in the meantime there are still many aspects of this emergency to contend with First Responders must sweep the entire ire Library get the shooter to the police station and most importantly tend to the victims back here back here SC
clet SC I'm coming are you in the woman being led out of the back closet is Jessica thraw and a assistant librarian who has been shot in the shoulder Jessica is married to an officer on the force wife is she all right she in the arm but she's fine right now turn on it the word fine may not be the most accurate way to describe Jessica's status but it is true that when all is said and done she is among the lucky ones well this this is my office that door is locked from the outside
okay and no one came in through here okay all right I I know you still need a check we're good we're good we're good we're clear back here can you ID her for me that's Wanda Walters okay Wanda Walters this Christie Christie's Christie Christina Carter children's librarian Christina Carter and circulation assistant Wanda Walters are among the less fortunate victims that day killed in this senseless violence as the officers continue to rummage through the library the number of victims in desperate need of their assistance continues to pile up I male his left arm juven over a
little bit get off this door left the boy being carried out is 10-year-old Noah Molina who visited the restroom at the same time time as the suspect in the chilling moments before he and his big sister were shot these gut-wrenching scenes have some officers discussing what they may have done differently I almost shot came through the door I didn't know was him yeah yeah already dropped it got a smoke check that police decide it's time to remove the killer from the crime scene is that our suspect protected is that our suspect that's our on get
him up get him out rice where'd you find him he he has his hands up by that information Bo the police dragg the young suspect into the front lawn of the library and hand him off for transport I have my unit back over here my pants are F can I pick them up nope keep as where I can see them a nice pocket get down on your knees Jo we have in your pockets um I'm not sure I think going Char oh it's pepp the shooter is oddly calm in the wake of this incident but
police won't be lulled into a false sense of security even with the suspect and handcuffs they are thorough I a got I'm not going to trust you got it for a sec my wall I need to get a unit to this location and block the street off want to take a seat the shooter is driven to the police station but the main concentration of law enforcement is still here at the devastating crime scene 45 there's some 380 shc casing over here and then there's another pistol in there officers have found two guns at the scene
and as we've seen they were put to appalling use inside the library at the station police identify the young man behind this Dreadful Mayhem sir you understand your right to remain silent yeah what is your name Nathaniel J nathani I go by Nathan is be one can only wonder what drove a teenager two years shy of adulthood to commit such a disgusting Act of brutality Nathaniel jitt will provide some answers but his Twisted reasons are UNL likely to provide much comfort let's try not to move around so much bro just for your safety and for
mine okay um I don't want to have to hurt you bro I'll talk to you um I'm not here to interview you okay that's not what I'm here for okay I'm pretty sure would appreciate uh you talk ambulance if those cuffs on your ankles get too tight let me know I'll loosen them if it's going to put your feet to sleep or something like that okay where are you you're at the Clover Police Department sir you're not injured in any way do you need to see the Medics or anything I don't think so my ears
hurt your ears hurt I can't hear my okay if you feel that you need to see the Medics I want you to tell me okay okay where are we the close Police Department are you under the influence of something huh are you under the influence of something no it's natural that the officer would wonder about Nathaniel's sobriety after answering the same question twice in five minutes but that's far from the strangest thing the young killer will say in police custody I have tricks tonight at 6 or I to get there at 6 the S there
he's fully aware of where he's headed for the evening but in a Fickle attempt at a mind game Nathaniel tries to downplay the violent act he carried out that morning nobody got H right um so I don't know all the details that's going on all right but I do believe there are wounded people whether Nathaniel really believed at this moment that the only casualty of his shooting spree was his own hearing we cannot know what we do know is that even high ranking law enforcement officials are a gast at the horrors that have visited their
town so how many injured people oh God there's multiple multiple blood Trails everywhere hey gentlemen Lieutenant cope I can hear everything where you guys are saying all the officer is concerned about Nathaniel overhearing the chatter but it seems the young shooter has more important things on his mind did I have a jacket not when you got with me you didn't okay it was a hat it wasn't a jacket that's what it was I had on Nathaniel may be somewhat indifferent to the weight of his actions but it's soon clear that this day has taken an
emotional toll not only on the victims but on the police as well hey baby girl hey you're good yeah I'm good okay okay good yeah I'm good no I'm good ladies I'm safe okay um love you girls so much I'll talk to you about your girls after a bit but I'm I'm safe I'm good everything is good okay I'll talk to you in a bit okay love you so much okay byebye as for the killer there are many moments over the next couple of hours that highlight his Disturbed mind and his complete lack of remorse
for his actions any any bruises any Cuts any your face is that was that marker or what yeah my girlfriend okay so that's all marker it's all on you yes okay she Dre on my stomach too okay you pick pick up your shirt you work uh no sir student yes [Music] sir teeth didn't work okay the police take Nathaniel to the hospital where he will answer some questions before heading to his ultimate destination the juvenile Detention Center he tells the nurses about his substance abuse issues which are extensive enough to surprise even the experienced healthcare
workers do you drink this small uh I drink how how much daily do you drink daily I st spots with you okay um tequila and do you smoke um um what do you take those for you just take those to take them Recreation when asked about his mental health Nathaniel tells them that he's been diagnosed with depression but recently made the unfortunate decision to quit Counseling in a lawsuit 2 years later the victims will accuse the psychiatrist who treated Nathaniel of failing to act despite knowing about his violent mindset and his access to Firearms minutes
after the shooting Nathaniel's father arrived at home to find his son missing his absence was caused for concern but it wasn't until Chris JW noticed a unique item in his son's room that his concern turned into alarm and I went and looked in his room and found a couple more pocket knes and razor Blaze and then I what really got my attention was there was a $2 bill on his desk and I have $ bills in my gun safe and I was thinking and I just just went to go look I was it was one
of those I kind of got just that funky feeling you know I went to the gun safe and noticed that both my semi-automatic pistols were missing do you remember how many times you shot want be wife what did you feel when you walked over there I don't know I I remember being in the bathroom and then going out I got mad when I pulled the trigger and I think I hit someone and then alarms went off and cop showed up was it did you say anything I think I yelled what did you yell I don't
know I was mad did I Hur someone did you hurt someone yeah yeah you hurt several people Nathaniel is apparently having sudden Amnesia about what happened at the library and he is quick to blame others getting picked on and beat up everyone hates me I was just mad about that did you tell anybody how you were feeling no why not everyone's got their own problem Nathaniel says that he could talk neither to his church nor his girlfriend because he didn't want to upset them with the bad things he was thinking Nathaniel shares that he's dating
his pastor's daughter and he tells detectives that he became a born again Christian a month before the shooting what made you decide that it was enough yes have you been thinking about this for a while yes yeah how did you get the courage to do it today I don't know that fire I don't even know I got to going you knew it was wrong so what do you think was going to happen What would be the outcome I don't know I I so why did you shoot those other people Nathaniel doesn't provide much in terms
of his own motivations so police must look in the place where he documented his ideas those two videos Nathaniel recorded only minutes before heading to the library hi I'm Nathaniel R and I was making this because I'm well it's about to be zero my thing was when I lost hope or when I just couldn't take it anymore is when I was going to do it it's that time so I'm about to go nbk Natural Born Killer this isn't like no Columbine inspired me it's not that this is my own thing oh I love you dad
I love you Mom I acted alone this was no one's fault is kind of my own despite this remark Nathaniel spreads the blame around claiming that harassment at school culminated in his getting suspended for a fight he didn't start a cell phone video of the fight tells a different [Music] story [Music] that's pulling his regardless of the fight's details it's clear that there's much more going on in Nathaniel's head than one schoolyard scuffle I feel as though there's no other way about this I have some mental issues going on it's not like I'm hearing voices
or anything I just I'm angry at the world and I have so much anger and I can't time a you right I have so much anger frustration and just hopelessness it just this needed to happen it's probably going to shock a lot of people no one ready for this um I'm really mad I'm in a really mad mood and this is kind of for people getting bullied cuz I I'm blaming that's one of the big reasons and just cuz I'm sick Nathaniel's ultimate reason behind carrying out a mass shooting is horrifying in its emptiness now
why I did this I I kind of I don't know either I can't really see myself doing anything else that's it thank y'all thanks to everyone that was nice to me and yeah all right I got to Nathaniel Ray jitt plad guilty to 30 felony counts including two charges of first-degree murder for the killing of 61-year-old Wanda Walters and 48-year-old Christina Carter four others were wounded in the attack including 10-year-old Noah Molina his sister Alexis Molina Library Patron Howard Jones and circulation assistant Jessica thraw on February 15th 2019 roughly 17 months after the shooting Nathaniel
was given two concurrent life sentences plus 40 years at the time of his sentencing he would have been eligible for parole no sooner than the year 2051 however a controversial new bill was signed into law in 2023 Banning life sentences in New Mexico for convicted juveniles under the new law juvenile offenders May seek parole after serving 15 years this would make Nathaniel jid eligible to go before the parole board in 2033
