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Surrender yourself here and not make the situation worse, do you know what i mean? >> the cops are going to try to kill me. >> no, they are not going to. we have to get you to relax. >> im relaxed. >> reporter: moments before taking his own life, thornton warned the dispatcher he wouldnt surrender. >> tell my people i love them. >> yeah. >> and i got to go now. >> still haunting to listen to that, the entire call lasted roughly four minutes. at one point omar thornton referenced the s.w.a.t. tea...

Systematically stealing beer and reselling it. >> he used to work there? >> yeah, until i just fired him. >> today? >> today just now before he started shooting. >> reporter: when he started shooting five employees tried to warn their fellow workers or physically stop him, including 77-year-old jerome rosenstein who tried to ram him with a golf cart. hes hospitalized in severe condition. the family thanks the paramedic and police saying theyve given their dad a fighting chance. the dispatcher tr...

Was systematically stealing beer and selling it. >> he used to work there? >> yeah, till i just fired him. >> today? >> today, just now, before he started shooting. >> he tried to warn fellow workers or physically stop him including 77-year-old rosenstein who tried to ram thornton with a golf kaurt. hes hospitalized in serious condition. he thanks hospital and police say they have given our dad a chance. as for thornton, the 911 dispatcher tried to get him to end things peacefully. >> were going...

Video that they say he was systematically stealing beer and reselling it. >> he used to work there. >> yeah, i just fired him. >> today. >> just now before he started shooting. >> five employees tried to warn their fellow workers or physically stop him. including 77-year-old jerome rosenstein who tried to ram thornton with a golf cart. rosen steins family thanked the police saying they have given our dad a fighting chance. as for thornton, the 911 dispatcher tried to get him to end things peacef...