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Mother conducts active shooter drill with her 5-year-old son

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  • A mom in the United States carried out an active shooter drill with her 5-year-old son.
  • The woman went viral on TikTok after showing her son wearing a bulletproof backpack.
  • “In the back of your mind, you are always worried about it,» said the Oklahoma woman.

A mother from Oklahoma went viral on social media after she shared an unexpected video where she was carrying out an active shooter drill with her 5-year-old son.

Cassie Walton, 23, went viral on TikTok after posting the shocking video where her son practiced how he should react to possible scenarios where there was an active shooter at his school, reported The New York Post.

Cassie Walton goes viral with shocking video

Cassie Walton goes viral with shocking video
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In the video that has more than 7 million views, Cassie Walton can be heard giving instructions to her son and asking him how he would react to certain situations. Weston, 5, is carrying a bulletproof Spider-Man backpack.

«A call over the intercom says, ‘This is not a drill, everybody go in the corner and be really quiet and still,’ What do you do?» the mother asks her son in the video to which the boy responds running with his bag to one side of the room.

«Mom will find you»

Cassie Walton goes viral with shocking video
Photo: Twitter

“Now show me how you use your bulletproof backpack,” the mother continues during her training as the boy curls into a ball and hides behind the backpack. The video, which is two minutes long, continues with the mom asking questions.

At one point she asks her son where he should run if he manages to escape from the classroom where the active shooter is. «You run as far from the school as you can,» she later instructed. «Mom will find you.» To see the video click HERE.

Cassie Walton: «I wanted him to be prepared»

Cassie Walton
Photo: Twitter

Cassie Walton told Today Parents that her son will be starting elementary school this month and she couldn’t help but think about the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. «He could see what was going on in Texas and, as children do, he had questions,» the mother told the news site.

«I wanted him to be prepared and to have an idea of ​​what to do if the situation ever arose,” she said. “In the back of your mind, you just are always worried about it. And it’s never off the table,” the Oklahoma mother said.

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