FSU's Derrick Mitchell Jr. was in library at time of shooting
Florida State defensive tackle Derrick Mitchell Jr. was in the library early Thursday morning during the shooting on FSU's campus.
Mitchell was working on a group project and was about to leave when he said he decided to wait for the others in his group.
From the Tallahassee Democrat:
"Something told me to turn around, wait for the other group members, and we all can walk out together," Mitchell said. "And I turned around and I waited. And thank God I waited those extra minutes because I was right there.
"If I would have walked out two minutes earlier, I would have been right there in the line of fire."
Three were wounded in the incident and the gunman was killed by Florida State police.
Mitchell said he never saw the gunman but that he heard the shots and saw wounded library worker Nathan Scott warning others about what had happened. He had originally thought a bookshelf had fallen.
“People started acting weird, so I’m backing up,” Mitchell said via Seminoles.com. “Then (Scott) lays down on the ground and gets on the phone and says, ‘Yeah, I just got shot.’ That’s when people started panicking.
“I was probably 10 feet from where he laid down at.”
Mitchell played Saturday against Boston College and had three tackles. He has 14 tackles on the season.
"I said a prayer to God," Mitchell said about Thursday, "and I thanked him for keeping me safe and blessing my mind to be able to process everything. It's a testament to him, and I thank him for being with me."
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