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[Music] do you know why you're here today to talk about what happened this morning I have a question do I really
have to talk about what happened this morning again because I've told people in told people and it just crushes me
every say it so I can't I can't really talk about that [Music] again 911 what is your emergency um
there was a shoot out in my house and I don't know who's dead and I'm scared after death I was 10 when all this
happened I was so young and so little is there anybody else in the house with you no I'm I think I'm the
only one alive I don't know but I'm scared I want my [Music] mom I lived with my mother that's
Michelle Conrad I lived with my stepfather Brian Conrad and then my older brother Zach D I had a dog named
Molly and my stepdad Brian was a farmer and then my mom mom was also 6 months pregnant I so hope my mom not
dead that night I was having a nightmare and I remember like hearing the gunshots
in my dream but like when I woke up it didn't end the gunshots were actually going off in my
house my mother started screaming screaming and screaming and screaming my jumped out of my bed and
IID went and crouched down by my door that's when IID heard footsteps it was very loud he was
stomping I just remember popping up as fast as I could and just taking two leaps back into my bed and just
freezing he fired two rounds off at me I had one of them graze my left leg and my
left arm he turned to to my brother's room and I just remember gunshots going off and my brother
[Music] moaning I played dead for 2 and a half [Music] hours I was just like I can't just lay
here I need to do something so I just proceeded out the door and started dialing 911 please can you some
somebody's coming somebody's coming I just couldn't get there fast enough I'm cold I'm very cold I could
not get there fast enough I heard my mom scream what in the world could have taken place and why is she the only one
on the phone I want my mom I want my M Robin's home in Pampa Texas is literally in the middle of nowhere so
you have to wonder why this family why this farmouse whoever the shooter was whatever his
reason for gunning down an innocent family in Cold Blood he probably didn't count on one thing he left behind a
witness

A young girl plays dead to live through a shooting that destroyed her family -- and describes her remarkable story of survival. Erin Moriarty reports in "48 Hours" Live to Tell Saturday, March 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Michelle Conrad recounts surviving a shooting that killed her family, detailing her fear and instinct to survive.

Key points

A Night of Horror. A young boy recounts the terrifying night of a shooting in his home.
Survival Instincts. Faced with danger, a child plays dead for survival.
The Call for Help. In a moment of panic, a child calls 911 amidst chaos.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I was so young and so little.

Reflecting on childhood innocence lost.

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