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Because we weren't right up at him. we just sit there and we hear pop, pop, pop. it keeps going. everyone realized it was a shooter. i saw the muzzle flash by the front door. everybody just takes off in different directions and i went out the back door with another group of people. that's what happened. >> did all your friends make it out safely? >> no. the group i was with immediately made it out. a lot of the people that i knew working there that were friends of mine were shot and killed as he came in and he, you know, started firing off at the security guards and the front desk girl i knew....

Were you close enough to actually see him? >> i didn't get a full visual on him. what happened was i was on the other side of the bar. he comes into the front door and just starts popliping shots off. everyone froze for like five or ten seconds. the music was so loud. we didn't know if it was something with the speaker because we weren't right up at him. we just sit there and we hear pop, pop, pop. everyone realized it was a shooter. i saw the muzzle flash by the front door. everybody just takes off in different directions and i went out the back door with another group of people. that's what ...

As he reaches down for it, that muzzle flash. patrons at the bar early saturday morning say the fbi agent simply holstered his gun and walked away. >> at no point did i see anyone trying to fess up to what had happened. as far as i'm concerned, he made no effort whatsoever to take care of the victim. >> reporter: denver police say the victim is expected to be fine. they're waiting on lab results to tell them if the agent had been drinking. >> the protocol is not to bring a gun in on your person, if you are going to be drinking. and the most important thing to do is to ensure your gun is secure...

>> reporter: i think it leaves an emptiness. i think it leaves a big void. it makes it difficult to find that thing we talk about called closure, which is that emotional point where you have some sense of peace about all of this. and as to those officers who were in that interview, remember, they were in the crowd, some of them. they were there enjoying the concert. some of the officers who were there were off duty. some were just on routine patrol. nobody had any expectations that some guy was going to open fire on a crowd of 20,000 concert goers, so they were really scrambling under a hail o...

The police cam video. and that's just a small amount of video. police are trying to deal with not just with where is the gunman but also sichbsz running around and they're having to direct people don't run in this direction. people were running toward the hotel they were saying no, just run this way. you get a sense of how difficult the job is. >> most of the shootings are within seven to twelve feet. the shooting at the aurora, colorado movie theater. pulse nightclub. all short distances. when we're looking for a shooter usually we're looking on the ground, for a drive-by or something from he...