HS graduation at Disney Concert Hall descends to chaos

"Girls were fighting, guys were fighting," she adds. "I was really scared." 

 

The violence escalated rapidly into a terrifying ordeal when someone outside the concert hall brandished a firearm. 

"We were coming out of the ceremony, and there was a car on the other side. We just saw shooting and saw the smoke and everything, and everybody just got down on the ground," said Raul Valdez. Another witness described the panic people were feeling.

"This man threw his mom on the floor, just covered her with his body… 'Mom, get down, they're shooting,'" the witness recalled.