MORE WITNESS ACCOUNTS HAVE
PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO THE
SHOOTING AND INTO THE SHOOTER.
HE WAS DESCRIBED AS WEARING
BODY ARMOR, LOOKING VERY
TACTICAL IN NATURE, VERY
SIMILAR TO A POLICE OFFICER.
THAT IS HOW HE WAS DESCRIBED BY
A MOTHER WHO BROUGHT HER TWO
DAUGHTERS HERE AND WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE A PRE-SUMMER VACATION
SHOPPING TRIP WHICH ENDED UP
WITH HER KEEPING HER TWO
DAUGHTERS LOCKED IN A BATHROOM
WHILE THE MOTHER DREW HER
CONCEALED CARRY A SIDEARM AND
STOOD GUARD OVER THEM.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAD
TO SAY IN HER OWN WORDS.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AROUND AND I
WAS LOOKING AT THE SHIRT AREA.
I HEAR A COUPLE OF BOOMS.
EVERYONE JUST KIND OF LOOKS UP.
YOU HEAR A FEW MORE.
A COUPLE OF US SAID IT WAS AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER.
WE ALL WENT TO THE BACK.
>> YOU CALL YOUR BOYFRIEND, YOU
TELL THEM YOU HEAR GUNSHOTS.
WHAT DOES HE SAY?
>> HE’S TELLING ME TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE IN ENCLOSED AREAS, PUT
SOMETHING HEAVY IN FRONT OF THE
DOOR.
EVERYBODY STAY LOW.
HE ASKED ME IF I HAD MY GUN ON
ME.
I SAID YES.
I ALREADY HAD IT OUT.
I WAS READY TO PROTECT HIM.
I WAS READY TO PROTECT ANYONE
IN THE ROOM.
>> THAT MOTHER TOLD ME, YASMIN,
THAT ALICE POLICE ESCORTED THIS
GROUP OF SHOPPERS WHO WERE
INSIDE THE STORE OUT INTO
SAFETY, SHE DID HER BEST TO
COVER THE EYES OF HER YOUNG
DAUGHTERS AS THEY WALKED PAST
MULTIPLE BODIES THERE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE
PEOPLE, VICTIMS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT AREA HOSPITALS.