FSU Shooting Lit Up Twitter

Rhiannon Ally

Rhiannon Ally is the current co-anchor of 'CBS4 This Morning'...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - As a gunman went on a shooting rampage inside the Strozier Library at Florida State University, social media played a major role as word spread like wildfire.

Student Blair stokes was studying when the shots rang out. She immediately began to Tweet about what was happening.

She went on to tweet that she was scared, shaking and didn't want to die.

Student Danny Morales tweeted out this.

He then followed it up with this.

Some of the student's parents learned what was going on through social media. One father in Jacksonville said he saw a twee from his daughter which read 'There's a man with a gun in the library. I love you.'

Florida State officials even used Twitter to keep students and parents alike informed as to what was going on.

Be Advised: The victims' families have been notified. #FSU students/faculty/employees, please contact loved ones & let them know you are ok.

- Florida State Univ. (@floridastate) November 20, 2014

ALL SCHEDULED CLASSES for Thursday, November 20, 2014 are CANCELLED, including exams scheduled to be held at the Testing Center on Thursday.

- Florida State Univ. (@floridastate) November 20, 2014

A chilling video was taken by an unidentified student inside the library and posted on YouTube was the first to show what the students inside the building were going through.

Three students were injured in the shooting, one critically. The gunman has been identified as Myron May, a former student. He died in a hail of gunfire when he took a shot at police outside the entrance to the library.