His Demands

Harris then proceeded to shoot at the ceiling, windows and chalkboard, while demanding strangely for cigarettes, pizza, but then made more serious requests like $1 million, and a helicopter to take him away once the money arrived. It would be around 4 hours that the other kids were held trembling inside the room, praying for a miracle, or even a payout. Then finally, a reprieve would occur when Harris put the gun down for a minute, and fellow student Chris Ericks took a lunge for the gun.

Winning The Fight

Thankfully, despite the power struggle for the gun, Ericks was able to hold on to it, and he was able to make Ryan Harris stay in place until the police entered to take him away. Captain Christopher Grant of the police iterated, “To this day, I’m so proud of Chris Ericks for having the courage to do what he did to bring the situation to a close.”