Some parents are conducting drills at home to teach their children what to do during a mass shooting

Gunfire crackles and screams echo through Eeka McLeod’s home in Phoenix, Arizona.

McLeod is issuing rapid instructions to her 7-year-old daughter Ella, who is sprawled on her back on a bedroom floor.

“Stop breathing so heavy. Don’t move … little breaths, less, less,” she tells the girl. “Relax your face … no smiles, no nothing. Relax every muscle in your body.”

The dramatic scene isn’t a real shooting. The gunshots and anguished cries come from a video playing on McLeod’s phone. Mother and daughter are rehearsing for the unthinkable: what to do if a gunman enters Ella’s school.

McLeod captured their shooting drill on video and posted it on social media last September, including TikTok, where it has been viewed more than 34 million times. She’s one of a number of moms around the cou