Boulevard in deltona. Just before noon on friday, a man jumped in their vehicle. He has a gun at my head. He told me, give me your purse. He started cursing, so i said, no. Chris then, the women tell wesh 2, he pointed the gun at the 2yearold. Maggie mejias i grabbed the gun, he still had the gun, and i managed to turn it on him and put it straight on his forehead. I could see it, and i was pulling the trigger. Lisa perez both of us kind of elbowed and fought him. Chris it was enough for the man to run out, into a getaway vehicle. Two other men were waiting inside. But when the suspects took off, mejias says she stepped on the gas and followed. We just got robbed at gunpoint. Chris as perez called police, mejias eventually rammed the suspects vehicle. Maggie mejias he was coming, so he tried to get off, and i hit him. Chris but the suspects jumped out of the car and ran away. And only wesh 2 was there to capture the massive search eventually, all three suspects were caught not far from
Broadcast center this is abc7 news. Tonight authorities identified the gunman who shot and killed three people including a veteran police officer. It was at a Colorado Springs planned parenthood. The gunman is robert lewis deere in his late 50s and from north carolina. Thanks for joining us. Dan and ama have the night off. Police said deere surrendered uninjured. He was lead away in a white tshirt and happened cuffs. The shooting went on for hours making it hard to get to the victims. Ambulances had to wait before the medical eke its could the medical techs could get to anyone. He was on the university of Colorado Springs Police Department for five years. Now more about the deadly attack. It was chaos at a strip mall on the busiest shopping day of the year. Reports of a shooter at a planned parenthood in Colorado Springs. We are taking fire. We have two hits. This was the scene lines of ambulances, s. W. A. T teams and tactile units trying to contain an active shooter situation. We hav
Broadcast center this is abc7 news. Tonight authorities identified the gunman who shot and killed three people including a veteran police officer. It was at a Colorado Springs planned parenthood. The gunman is robert lewis deere in his late 50s and from north carolina. Thanks for joining us. Dan and ama have the night off. Police said deere surrendered uninjured. He was lead away in a white tshirt and happened cuffs. The shooting went on for hours making it hard to get to the victims. Ambulances had to wait before the medical eke its could the medical techs could get to anyone. He was on the university of Colorado Springs Police Department for five years. Now more about the deadly attack. It was chaos at a strip mall on the busiest shopping day of the year. Reports of a shooter at a planned parenthood in Colorado Springs. We are taking fire. We have two hits. This was the scene lines of ambulances, s. W. A. T teams and tactile units trying to contain an active shooter situation. We hav
Scheduled to appear in court on monday. Abc News Reporter brandi hitt is live in Colorado Springs. Brandy. Reporter good morning. What a heart breaking scene and still a very active crime scene this morning. Now officers are allowing us to get much closer to this planned parenthood facility. Its just about 100 yards beyond that police tape and those trees back there. Officers are now going through that building, trying to find clues that may answer why this suspect would try to kill as many people as possible. We have two hits. Reporter it was five intense hours, Police Exchanging gunfire with the man inside this Colorado Springs planned parenthood facility after the gunman first opened fire in a nearby parking lot. He was in front of me and he was aiming at me. And i just hit the gas. Reporter witnesses say First Responders then became the next targets, one by one officers were shot and took cover. He turned around with a bloody face and go went, get out of here, get out of here. Repo
Now more about the deadly attack. It was chaos at a strip mall on the busiest shopping day of the year. Reports of a shooter at a planned parenthood in colorado springs. We are taking fire. We have two hits. This was the scene lines of ambulances, s. W. A. T teams and tactile units trying to contain an active shooter situation. We have to stop this guy. The alleged suspect firing at officers outside while others were caught inside. He spoke to her by phone. There were some guys shooting. Did you see them . Yeah. What did you say about them . Nearby businesses were told to shelter in place. Karen was working at the super cuts. I heard gunshots and everything and i heard an officer go down. After nearly five hours police convinced the suspect to surrender. They saved untold lives according to the mayor. While this is a terrible, terrible tramming de it could have been much worse, but for the actions of the First Responders and the Police Officers involved. Five members of Law Enforcement