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Offduty firefighter. i read that he had a concealed carry permit. is that correct? that's one of the ways he was able to stop this guy. >> that's correct. so first for starters, missouri is an open carry state. now, excuse me. what makes the difference there on that front is when it is being wielded in the presence and potentially a dangerous man or in front of people. that would certainly apply the this. you walk into the middle of a crowded walmart in this case. and also the type of weapon makes a difference. a handgun or what we can see here as a long gun as well. for the firefighter, as we...

You see the type of clothes he was wearing at the time. tactical gear is how police described it. as he was going through, police said he was talking into his cell phone. the store manager pulled the fire alarm to get people out of that building. just unsure of what this person would do next. he then left through emergency exit of this walmart where he was forcefully detained as we understand by an offduty firefighter who held him until police were able to arrive. this is just five days after those horrible attacks we saw unfold in the el paso walmart. here we are, some of these people really ...

Is rightly on the passengers, so that's why they had us come down here and report on this incident. hopefully the airline will be ready to talk a little bit more once we have that family reunification number in hand. but they're focused on that and i think really focused on the passengers at this point. [ inaudible ] >> that's not a request that we would make. >> are all the passengers going to go back to dallas or possibly -- [ inaudible ] >> we're unaware of the flight arrangements for the passengers and i think those are being made right now. >> can you characterize their demeanor at all? >...