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Week with police as they first got there. tell me what was happening when police first got there. >> this is the kind of thing men and women in law enforcement have to train for. since columbine we have seen these kind of shooter incidents, so we train all the time with our tactical team, state police, our neighboring jurisdictions. in fact we had trained here in the colombia mall before, trained with mall security. so our folks got here very, very quickly, both patrol officers and our s.w.a.t. team which happened to be very close by, on another assignment, so we're very proud of the work that...

If he had a box of shotgun shells, he would have a box of shotgun shells. we don't know what type of shotgun he had, whether he had an automatic shotgun, semiautomatic, or pump shotgun. we don't know which one he had. but this is a close-range weapon. this is a weapon that is not going to engage an opponent at a distance beyond maybe 15, 20, 25 yards. so this is a weapon that is specifically made to cause a lot of damage in close range, and he was probably using some type of double-ought buck. >> we've been focusing on mall security in itself. we know you have particular feelings about the fac...

Spoke, i said the food court is considered one of the main entryways into the mall. the food court is on the lower level of the mall. when you come in, there's a lot of restaurants there, a lot of fast food restaurants. then you also have the escalator to take you to the second level or you can stay on the bottom levels right by a champs sporting goods place. it's a very busy area. a lot of people sitting in the food court. i wasn't surprised when the guy from the jewelry store said it occurred at the food court. typically these shootings take place closer toward the entry door of the shopping...

As i understand it, we have somebody on the phone. randy brooks who is a customer right there at the shopping mall -- excuse me. owner of one of the stores there at the mall. randy, welcome. tell us what you know at this point? >> we don't know a whole lot except for what people are texting us. we're in a lockdown situation and the back of our store right now. about an hour ago. we saw everybody running in the mall and we heard shots fired. we heard people were shot. we heard now that the shooter himself was shot. >> that is what you are hearing but we haven't got confirmation with police. how...