In newly released interviews, family of Aztec High School shooter, William Atchison, reacts to the news their relative was the shooter of the incident.

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WEBVTT -- SHOOTER’S FAMILY WHEN THEY FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. TARGET 7’S MARISSA ARMAS WITH MORE ON THE SHOCK THEY FELT. MARISSA? MARISSA: IN THESE NEWLY RELEASED INTERVIEWS, WILLIAM ATCHISON’S FATHER AND BROTHER LEARN WHAT HAPPENED AT AZTEC HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME THEY LEARNED THEIR RELATIVE WAS DEAD. THE SHOOTER’S FATHER AND BROTHER BOTH SAY THERE WERE SIGNS, BUT THEY DIDN’T THINK THE SHOOTER WOULD ACT ON THE >> I HEAR THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I HE MY SON WAS PROBABLY THE ONE WHO DID IT. MARISSA: ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, WHEN NEWS BROKE OF THE AZTEC HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING, EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENENED, EVEN THE ATCHISON FAMILY. >> OH MY GOD. [BLEEP] I THOUGHT HE WAS IN JAIL. OH GOD. MARISSA: THE SHOOTER’S BROTHER BRENTT ATCHISON WAS CALLED IN TO IDENITFY A GRAPHIC PHOTO OF WILLIAM AT THE SCENE. >> IT LOOKS LIKE MY BROTHER. HE BETTER NOT HAVE HURT ANYBODY. MARISSA: THE SHOOTER’S FATHER SAYS HE HAD TAKEN HIS SON TO PURCHASE A GUN JUST A MONTH PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. THE FATHER SAYS THE FBI HAD INVESTIGATED WILLIAM BEFORE. >> I THINK A LOT OF THE SITES HE WENT TO WERE NEO NAZI SITES AND WEIRD STUFF LIKE THAT. THERE’S AN FBI AGENT OVER THESE WHO HAS BEEN TO THIS HOUSE BEFORE TO INVESTIGATE WILL. MARISSA: BRENTT ATCHISON SAYS HIS BROTHER TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS BEFORE BUT BRENTT NEVER THOUGH HIS BROTHER WOULD DO IT. >> HE’S TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTERS AND STUFF AND HE BROUGHT THAT UP, I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO GET A RISE OUT OF PEOPLE, I NEVER TOOK IT SERIOUSL MARISSA: THE SHOOTER’S FAMILY SAYS HE WAS BUILLED IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HAD BEEN SEEING COUNSELORS FOR MANY YEARS. >> I WISH IT DIDN’T HAPPEN EITHER, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW. >> I DON’T KNOW, IT SUCKS, BUT I HATE HIM. MARISSA: BRENTT ATCHISON SAYS HIS BROTHER HAD SENT A SUSPICIOUS EMAIL BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THE SHOOTER’S FATHER SAYS HE SAW HIS SON WILLIAM JUST HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. FOR TA

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In these newly released interviews, the family of Aztec High School shooter, William Atchison, reacts to the news their relative was the shooter of the incident at the same time they learned their relative was dead. William's father,Wayne Atchison, and brother Brentt Atchison, say there were signs, but they didn't think William would act on them."I hear there was a shooting at the high school, and I hear my son was probably the one who did it," Wayne told police in an interview. "Oh, my God, oh (expletive), I thought he was in jail, oh (expletive), oh god."Brentt was called in to identify a graphic photo of his brother William at the scene. "Yeah it looks like my brother," Brentt tells investigators. "He better not have hurt anybody." Wayne says he had taken his son William to purchase a gun just a month prior to the shooting. Wayne says the FBI had investigated William before."I think a lot of the sites he went to were Neo-Nazi sites and weird stuff like that. There's an FBI agent over there who has been to this house before to investigate Bill (William). Brentt told police his brother talked about school shootings before but Brentt never though his brother would do it."He's talked about school shooters and s*** and he brought that up. I just thought he was trying to get a rise out of people. I never took it seriously," Brentt is heard telling police.Wayne tells police his son was bullied in high school, and had been seeing counselors for many years. "I wish it didn't happen either. I don't know what to do now," Wayne said. Brentt said his brother had sent a suspicious email the morning of the shooting. "I don't know, it sucks, but I hate him," Brentt said crying to police. The shooter's father says he saw his son William just hours before the shooting happened.