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It was somebody above and able to get full range. >> were there security guards and people at this venue? this w the finale and a wrap of a three-day festival and everyo was in a great mood with jason aldean singing on the stage. how was the crowd responding? it sounds like it was total panic, but how did you have the wherew to run and get out? >> we laid there for a while just praying to god as we heard the fire and everyone screaming and at one point everyone said to run. at a point a couple m...

Scalise who was so injured by that rifle. he was just -- if he didnt get that immediate medical care, he probably would have been bled out there. it wasnt a wound in a fatal place on his body. but the wounds are so devastating. and i think thats what people faced in las vegas. its a surprise ambush attack from an elevated sniper position with a machine gun. this about as bad as you can get it, short of a belt-fed machine gun with rounds that would never end. how many rounds you fire, gene, is a ...

Could to safety. i started throwing them in any vehicl i could having other people them to the hospit once we got everybody out, i starte heading back to make sure everyone wa fine and i starte transporting people to the hospital or nearby ambula >> where are you now, anthony? >> at one of my friends houses. we are miles away right now. we wer both right there just in. in the midst of the chaos. >> we want to be clear to the viewer hearin that rapid fire from the weapon you can hear, this not . ...

Suspect using multiple weapons. one after the other? >> right, exactly. we always say a guy can only shoot two guns at once because he only has two hands. it sounded like automatic fire and then single shots. we cant rule out it was officers firing at him, but more likely it was him and he was firing on the kround in single shots as well. >> also his companion, they were looking for her. she apparently lived with him in mesquite, nevada, this marilou danley. what do you make of the language. the...

You are, but on the street its very, noisy with the ambula and the fire trucks going around. if you would, tell us whats going on within the hotel. they said there is lockdown. have you heard any people coming throug or have they gone throug the hotel? >> we ourselves have not heard anythi at this point. its not like anyone came over a loud system or anything like that. we have been trying to call the front desk to see the inform are providing. no one is answering. im sure they are inundated wit...

Like somebody might be emptying a 30-round magazine with a pause and another 30-round magazine. that goes on a few times. four or five times. then semi automatic fire after that. could semi automatic rifle fire after that. it doesnt mean there is two shoote i didnt have time to analyze it that carefully to see if the shots were together, but you could a submac gun shooting four or five magazines and 30 rounds from a position and run out and switch to a differ rifle or you could have another shoo...

Escape the fire? if the shooter was shooting down at the where were you locati locati locati >> they were getti shot right next to us. we wer by the stage towards the front. one foot away from us, people were getting shot. no one was safe. they were going ev you we lucky if you didnt get. it doesnt seem like one general area. >> have you been able to talk to the first responders to make sure that you are okay and you are safe? >> no. we just kind of went into a hotel and someone let us into a ro...

Firing at a crowd that was about 1700 feet away from where he was. so -- and the range of an assault weapon would be about 2000 feet. so its within the range of these weapons, and that may explain some people have wondered well, how could he achieve so much being so far away. its within the range of these types of weapons, and we dont know yet what kinds of weapons. we dont know what the caliber is. obviously the authorities know that. theres an emergency trace going onto try to figure out when ...

We hav seen squad cars and police cars and units and s.w.a. teams moving in all direct from this point. they have sort of located a centra point, maybe a staging area for police and from this point out in multip directions clearing hotels properties and casino that work obviously contin as we move forward. over my right shoulder, you can see the stretchers and police workin in concert with the fire and the ambulances and emts and first responders. i would imagine still trying to make sure that t...

The biggest fire fight youve seen perhaps in the course of a month in tripoli. is it street fighting? can you describe it, and what kind of weaponry? >> it appears to be ak-47, semi-automatic fire. its very possible people are driving by this particular location. our position is enforced. we are in a home, in a compound where many of the journalists are kept. were prohibited from leaving there without having an official with us. as best i can tell, at a minimum people are driving by here opening...