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Were those shots? >> it started at about 9:20. >> have you heard anything since then? >> not really. i heard dogs bark before. but other than that, i havent heard anything. the police seemed like they were being very quiet and just trying to catch whoever the person was but its i really havent heard anything other than that. >> ally im going to get off the gone you. i appreciate you talking to us. just stay in the position you are. stay calm and stay strong. >> thank you. >> scott garber is on t...

Plaza mall and open fire. shoop left a note with his family. officials are not calling it a suicide note but they say it did express, quote, that an end is coming. and nbcs ron allen is in paramus, new jersey. what do police know about his background, particularly his mental health here? >> reporter: they are looking into that. what the authorities are saying, they knew of him because of problems with drugs, details about exactly whether he was arrested or not. but they seem to be informing that...

People, activists and individuals and kids. it even seemed like in a certain community this audio had been circulating for a while and people didnt latch on to it. i dont know for certain but i think for some people they think its not that extraordinary because they were so inculcated in this. a lot of people heard it and werent that shocked and when it got more aggressive people braced a bit. but a lot of people who experienced this, they heard it and they didnt seem that shocked by it and peop...

The last person we talked to said they had seen dozens of police officers from multiple jurisdictions and law enforcement agencies on the scene. have you seen that as well? have you seen a lot of police on the scene? >> well when we werent sure what was happening? i kind of came out of the back of the store to look and saw about 10 or 15 police officers scaling the sides of the stores across from us. so it looked like they were going toward the way the people had been running and the gunman had ...

-- employee. he was not employed at the time this incident occurred. take a listen to the paramus county prosecutor. >> he does have a history of drug use and drug abuse, but we do believe that the main motive for what he did tonight was suicide. >> according to police here, he stole the gun that he used to commit suicide from his brother. it was a lawfully obtained weapon by his brother that he then stole. according to police richard shoops body is still inside the mall. it was discovered about...

Everyone. authorities here at the garden state plaza mall in paramus identified the shooter as richard shoop. they say he came to the mall with the intention of shooting not anybody else but himself. it is important shooters know he had ample opportunity according to investigators to kill a lot of people, harm a lot of people inside of thisl. it was quite busy at the time. when you talk to law enforcement they say it is probably one of the busiest areas of the state. 9:20 p.m. this mall is incre...

Everywhere. >> glass but no casualties, despite a thick crowd of shoppers and mall employees. police now say theres a bizarre possibility the shooter may not have wanted to hurt anyone. instead, he may have wanted someone to kill him. with the discovery of his body, it appears he failed. poppy harlow has worked the story overnight. she joins us now from paramus, new jersey. >> good morning. absolutely horrific scene unfolded behind me last night at 9:20 pm when richard shoop, who comes just a fe...

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Records of a gunman stalking the mall and opening fire. police identified the gunman as 20-year-old richard shoop, unemployed, from a nearby town and said he carried a modified rifle that looked like an ak-47, a legal weapon, authorities said, that shoop had stolen from his brother. police said the gunman had the opportunity to shoot at people in the mall but didnt. he fired at least six times. inside confusion and chaos as many fled and escaped as store managers barricaded themselves and custom...

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