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. new revelations about a sniper attack on a california power substation. raising fears of potential terrorism. ten months ago, 150 rounds from an assault rifle were fired on a san jose substation, knocking out 17 transformers that fueled power to silicon valley. was it terror or a random act? dan simon is following the story. >> it was captured on surveillance video. you can see a brief streak of light, perhaps a flashlight carried by an attack r, then the sparks. they are bullets hitting the fence that surrounds pg&e substation in san jose. california congressman henry waxman says it shows...

Once, that snipers could knockout a significant portion of the power grid. >> it was captured on surveillance video and you can see a light, perhaps a light by an attacker and they are bullets hitting the chain link fence that surrounds the pacific gas and electric or pg&e substation that feeds power to the silicon valley. it shows the electrical grid is not protected. >> this was an unprecedented and sophisticated attack on an electric grid substation using military-style weapons. >> the attack occurred before 1:00 in the morning. the snipers first went into a vault and cut telephone cables. ...

Perhaps a flashlight carried by an attacker. then come the sparks. they are bullets hitting the chain link fence that surrounds the pacific gas and electric or pg&e substation in san jose, a station that feeds power to silicon valley. california congressman henry waxman shows that our electrical grid is not protected from cyber and now physical attacks. >> this was an unprecedented attack on an electric grid substation using military style weapons. >> reporter: the april attack occurred just before 1:00 in the morning. the snipers first went into an underground vault and cut telephone cable. a...

What i can tell you is howard county police have a station inside the mall on the second level by the jc penney. howard county police is always in that mall. i would say it was a howard county police officer who engaged the gunman this morning because the police are always in that mall. i don't think that the security officer carry weapons. i do know the security officer at that mall and the other mall in this area practice at the shooter response training with the local police department. in this case it would be howard county. one other thing i want to say quickly is that the howard county h...

>> and that's happened in your neighborhood? >> yeah. that's how brazen is it now. western ranch used to have a substation. we used to have our own police station and have officers around all the time. we don't have police officers out here. so it doesn't take a very advanced criminal to figure out there is nobody here to catch me. i'm pretty open to going out and doing whatever i want, right. >> all i want is a stop in the violence. i mean the violence stops, then the home values go back up, of course. then the jobs come back to stockton. business comes back to stockton. all the businesses th...