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Last published Wed, Aug 13, 2025
Daniel. Just Daniel, lives in Detroit and goes to a small private school 21 minutes from his home. He lives an uneventful life. One day there's a massive school shooting that eliminates half of the student population. Authorities arrived at the scene 21 minutes after hearing gunshots. After the shooting, the gun used, was found with no trace of any fingerprints. Every survivor gives their statement to the detectives, each student claiming they seen the shooter. Some say they're tall, some say their short, fair skinned, slim, some even say they had long hair. Could their memory be twisted? At first, everyone thinks some sick stranger targeted multiple high school students, but little clues hint that this may have been an inside hit. Things start to fall apart. Did they get the story wrong? Just what happens during those 21 minutes before help arrived?
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