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<\/p>\n\n Joseph Oduro, a teaching assistant at Brown University, was delivering his closing remarks for his class\u2019s last review session before finals when he heard something shocking: The sound of gunshots.\n <\/p>\n
\n Screams rang out from outside the classroom, Oduro told CNN\u2019s Dana Bash in a Sunday interview.\n <\/p>\n
\n Then the gunman entered the auditorium, Oduro said \u2013 and locked eyes with him.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe came in, pointed the gun, and then screamed something. I don\u2019t know what he said, and none of the other students know what he said,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThen he just started shooting right after that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Oduro called his students to the front of the auditorium and called 911, huddled with around 20 students behind his desk.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t too much space, but we made do, because at the end of the day, we just all wanted to survive,\u201d the 21-year-old, who helps teach economics to undergraduates, said. \u201cThe first couple of gunshots went straight to the chalkboard, exactly where I was standing\u201d before ducking, he said.\n <\/p>\n
\n It \u201cfelt like an eternity\u201d before the shooting stopped. Oduro said he didn\u2019t look up until public safety officers had entered the auditorium and assured them it was safe to leave.\n <\/p>\n
\n One student in his classroom sustained two gunshot wounds to the leg, he said.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy heart just goes to the students that didn\u2019t make it out that room, the students that are in the hospital right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI haven\u2019t really had the chance to process things myself, but I just want to make sure everybody else is okay.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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\u2018I locked eyes with him\u2019: Teaching assistant recalls moment Brown University shooter entered his classroom\n <\/p>\n
\u2018I locked eyes with him\u2019: Teaching assistant recalls moment Brown University shooter entered his classroom<\/p>\n
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