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>> now the gunman reportedly killed four marines and injure lead others before being killed by local authorities at a navy reserve center. authorities are still investigating with potential connections to radical islam. officials say the suspect was not on the fbi's radar before today's rampage. but breaking tonight, according to "the new york times," the alleged shooter's father was in fact investigated several years ago for possible terror ties. joining us now live on the ground in chattanooga, tennessee is our own john roberts. john, what do you know about that? >> hey, good eveni...

That office. pamela? >> from what you can tell victor, it appears that the military facilities in that strip mall was targeted. victor stand by. we're going to come back to you in just a bit. now we want to go to somebody who works at that hair salon in the strip mall. she's joining us on the phone, erica wright. tell us what it was like earlier today. >> we were in the salon working as normal and we heard a loud pop and that loud pop caused us to go to the door and the front windows to see what that loud pop was. and about the time we got to the window, there was several pop, pop, pops after ...

Year of pushing out there on social media to go after the military. we don't know if this has anything to do with terrorism. but that is a concern among law enforcement and we've seen similar shootings in the past. you mentioned the shooting at ft. hood and two shootings there frankly in the last several years and at other military bases in the u.s. so, this is something that, you know, law enforcement is concerned about. something like this happening at a military center and we're still waiting to find out what the motivation is. right now i'm being told it is very chaotic. >> well -- >> they...

Calm demeanor. i'm curious, erica, when you were going through this hearing that pop, pop, pop, what were you feeling? i mean, this is nen'sanyone's worst nightmare to be there when it's happening. >> right. our first thought was for everybody to be safe and we're going to go to the back of the building until we didn't hear the pops anymore. but about that time by the time we grabbed our cell phones to call 911, he was finished. >> erica wright thank you so much for joining us sharing your story. i'm glad you're okay and able to come on and talk to us. thank you. >> all right. thank you. >> we...

right now at 11:00, a gimmick or a godsend? the blanket that promises to protect mother and child from a danger many don't even know about. but first, the crook in cop's clothing. and tonight, a warning to women in one east bay city. good evening. i'm lisa kim. a man posing as a police officer made a daring stop in broad daylight, stealing cash from a woman on a very busy street. now the real pole want to find that bogus bandit. it happened on a busy stretch of 14th street near 140th avenue in san leandro. and that's where vicki wnguyen s tonight. vicki? >> the man followed her wit...