the yellow mendoza was in the fourth, her sister sophie was a second grader. rays of sunshine, that s how they re school principal describe them in a letter to other parents, their mom was critically wounded. it s not a good evening when this woman s family is now making plans to return her family to india for a funeral. her name was aishwarya thatikonda, she came here some five years ago to pursue a masters degree and she was at the mall with a friend who is also wounded. nor is it a good evening when a security guard christian lacour is remembered in death as the kind of person who would light up the room instead of celebrating life for him. and, all eight people were murdered saturday. the killer wounded seven others before he was shot dead. 128 years into the year, it was the country s to 122nd mass shooting. 222 incidents where people were wounded or killed. 222 opportunities as a society to actually do something to honor the victims of gun violence to make them the last
but some of them, basically, anderson, are fighting for their lives still tonight. and lavandera, appreciate it. shot barnwell was at the mall shopping with a friend when the shooting began. he s a navy combat veteran of training in emergency care for wounded people, which he put to use on saturday. i talk to him just a few minutes ago, right before airtime. and we want you to hear from him what he saw and what he did. and just want to tell you some of the details, there got wrenching, but he, and we want you to hear them. because it what was done to our fellow human beings. it was done to women, children, and man, it happened, it s real, and ignoring it just doesn t feel like the right thing to do. joshua, thank you so much for joining us. first of all, how are you doing? i mean, you ve been through something which is just, just horrific. given the circumstances, i mean, i could comfortably say i m doing good. you know, considering all that