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The Thornton Township Board met on Tuesday, May 9. Mental Health was one of the main points during the meeting...

Wounded victim, were frantically making their own 911 calls. >> what's going on? who got shot? >> somebody got shot. i got shot. >> stay there. we'll come to you, all right. >> help me, please help me. >> reporter: company officials say moments before the shooting thornton was forced to resign tuesday morning after being shown surveillance video that they say shows he was systematically stealing beer and reselling it. >> did he used to work there? >> until i fired him. >> today? >> today, just now before he started shooting. >> reporter: when authorithornt started shooting, employees tried to ...

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. he's 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. >> we're going to have you surrender yourself somehow here, not make the situation any worse, you know what i me...

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 stein's 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 peacefully. >> i'm not going to kill nobody else throw. >> yeah we're going to have to have you surrender...