>> get away! >> reporter: customers and employees run for cover. tragically, one of those employees caught in the crossfire, manager melly corado, caught in the crossfire, accidentally hit by police gunfire. >> i know that it is every officer's worst nightmare to harm an innocent bystander during a violent engagement. >> reporter: witnesses say the 27-year-old was shot when she ran to the front of the store after hearing the crash. the tense standoff beginning when atkins allegedly shot his grandmother seven times and forced his girlfriend into his car. the hostage standoff lasting three terrifying hours. people desperately escaping through windows of the trader joe's. atkins finally surrendering, coming out in handcuffs. >> and kayna whitworth joining us from outside the trader joe's where that whole standoff unfolded. and kayna, that suspect appearing in court, the judge nearly doubling the bail? >> reporter: yeah, david, because of the seriousness of these crimes, his bail has been raised now to nearly $19 million.