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Just seconds after the bombs went off at the boston marathon, an offduty firefighter having lunch oot a restaurant nearby sprang into action. he had no idea he would come face to face with the youngest victim to die in this tragedy. 8-year-old martin richard and his sister jane. here's what he told our anderson cooper. >> it's really the second blast that you realized -- >> yeah, second blast. i immediately started running towards the front, yelling for people to get back, get to the kitchen, get away from the windows. not pushing people back, but at the same time i was making it known i was g...

Bedroom and the first thing he sees is the gun on the bed. >> authorities say the pistol used in the accident was his personal weapon, not his service pistol. and an e-mail to cnn affiliate he says he set down his offduty weapon seconds before the tragedy. and they had been married for only about a year. >> it is just sad all around. it is kind of unbelievable that something like that can happen so quickly. are police potentially filing charges over the accident? >> the bureau's case will remain open until final autopsy and evidence is analyzed. at this point authorities are calling it an acci...

Whether on or offduty. i never had an opportunity to have a family of my own so now i'm terminating yours. eats looking for attention, which he's been getting. what would you say is the psychology of this guy and the fact that he's been able to elude police for so long? >> well, a number of issues. number one, this is someone who has held these negative thoughts since he was a child. he writes about alleged acts of discrimination all the way from being a child as an african-american up to being a police officer. as you know, he was terminated, fired from the lapd for alleged misconduct but sti...

When he started coming in my direction i saw him getting closer and closer. i wondered, is he going to shoot? >> instead the gunman has a request. >> i don't have any, man. i'm so sorry. >> he's like, i'm out of ammo. >> i'm so sorry. >> call the ambulance. >> he says, call an ambulance. here i'm thinking, he doesn't know what he just did. he's telling me to call the ambulance. >> there's a cop. >> three minutes after the first shots are fired, two detectives just blocks away when told of the shooting in ing by eyewitn pull up and run south. a third officer, offduty and working a nearby movie ...

planet. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. i'll speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. we'll hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, we're getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. he's in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, you've been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? >> reporter: spoke to the gun store manager, wolf. new details on that weapon that authorities believe was used in t...