Library Books Save Florida State Student’s Life During Deadly Shooting: “God Intervened”

It was a normal Wednesday night for Florida State Student Jason Derfuss. That is until he unknowingly became one of the first people targeted by a gunman.

Derfuss’ life was spared. The bullet that should have claimed his life was stopped by books that Derfuss had checked out just moments before he was hit. Amazingly, Derfuss says he didn’t realize that he was being targeted–not to mention hit by a bullet–until after he had heard that there was a shooting at Strozier Library.

Here is what Derfuss shared with the world via his Facebook page:

Here are photos of the books that saved Derfuss’ life.

Tallahassee police officers killed the gunman, but not before the shooter wounded three students.

It wasn’t long before students began posted pictures and videos of the shooting from inside the library.

Here’s a video that one student took while the gunman was on his rampage:

One Florida State dad had his heart broken as he received a text from his daughter warning him of the potentially deadly situation she was trapped inside of:

Florida State University is a campus in mourning.

Classes have been canceled for the today. A prayer service was held this morning.

The FSU shooter has now been identified as a Florida State graduate and lawyer, Myron May.

MORE: A law enforcement official says the shooter was Myron May, who graduated from Florida State: http://t.co/KzYdaIt3Oe

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2014

Tallahassee Police will hold a press conference today at 3:00PM.