NEW : Flags will be at half - mast at the Ohio Statehouse and in Geauga County , the governor says . I do n't think it 's real , '' said student Danny Komertz , who witnessed the shooting . Witnesses said that Michael Lane walked up to a teacher and started firing . He was then chased out by a teacher and arrested , witnesses and authorities say . A friend says that Lane seemed like ` ` a very normal , just teenage boy ''
NEW : Flags will be at half - mast at the Ohio Statehouse and in Geauga County , the governor says . Witnesses said that Michael Lane walked up to a teacher and started firing . He was then chased out by a teacher and arrested , witnesses and authorities say . A friend says that Lane seemed like ` ` a very normal , just teenage boy ''