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To the hospital, next to the movie theater. next thing someone, i hear a pop. i flipped the camera to where the theater is at. and i see a bunch of gunfire going off. i can see the officer walking up to the mail van and discharging his weapon into it. i believe that is when the shooter was killed. >> wow. what was going through your mind? very surreal moment. i never thought it would happen in my life. >> i imagine you are shaken up. did you get a look at this man who was the shooter? >> i did not. >> what was the situation around you? you talk about the mail van and the person who was shootin...

When the police opened fire on the gunman? >> oh, yeah. in the video when i -- it's hard to see it but when i said the police officer hit the barrier, it hit the mail van that was driving and then he hit the barrier and in that moment the police officer jumped out of his vehicle and discharged his weapon into the driver's side of the mail van and in that moment i believe was when the shooter was killed. because there was no more shooting and it was a silence over there. it's not shown on the video, but s.w.a.t. did show up and they threw a flash grenade into the back of the van. i was assuming...

Police officer? he wasn't from some sort of tactical team. he wasn't wearing kevlar, for example. he was just sort of a regular group who drew his sidearm? is that how you saw it? >> yeah, that's correct. he was just -- he might have been highway patrol. he was not like a s.w.a.t. or anything. he just rammed into that mail van and that mail van spun around and he jumped out of his vehicle and eliminated the threat. >> and just with his regular sort of police issue sidearm. >> yeah, pistol. >> when you consider everything that this guy who was driving this mail van had done over the last couple...

>> caller: yeah, that's correct. he might have been highway patrol. he was not like, you know, like an s.w.a.t. or anything. he just rammed into that mail van, and that mail van spun around and he jumped out of his vehicle and eliminated the threat. >> just with his regular sort of police issue sidearm. >> caller: yeah, pistol. >> when you consider everything that this guy who was driving this mail van had done in the last number of hours, the number of people he killed and wounded, this cop was incredibly brave. >> caller: yeah, absolutely. we'd like to thank the first responders for the way ...

>> there seems to be no doubt no, hesitation, and you jumped into action. so can you explain where did that clarity of thought come from? >> from there, it was all adrenaline. just my brain was not really thinking, but it was saying get it on camera, because people need to see what is happening. and plus, i would like to hand this footage over to the police and maybe it would help in their investigation. >> and i mean, looking at the video, it appears that there is quite some distance between you and the police and the gunman and often the camera phones can be deceptive, but in reality, how cl...