hurricane throughout the night at abcnews.com, and first thing in the morning on "good morning america." in the meantime, next tonight, the hostage standoff in downtown charleston, south carolina. a gunman in a popular restaurant crowded at lunchtime. schools and businesses put on lockdown as s.w.a.t. teams then moved in. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: frightened tourists and residents ran from this packed restaurant as the shooter ran in. >> a man came up to the door in white, and i went over to ask if everything was okay and if i could help him and he locked the door and put a gun in my belly and told me to get on the floor. >> reporter: around a quarter past noon, at virginia's, in the heart of charleston's busy entertainment district, police say a former dishwasher came back looking for his old boss and then shot and killed the executive chef. >> i went out to see what was going on and i saw a cook coming by and he was very visibly shaken and i said what happened and he said the boss man was shot. >> reporter: at 12:21, the