connecticut workplace shooting rampage in which eight people were murdered. the gunman shot himself tonight. for the first time we re hearing the 911 calls made while he was still on the loose. 911. i need to talk to your distributors right away. shooting. what s going on? somebody got shot. i got shot. need some information, sir. omar thornton s shooting people. i just got shot. i need know what his name is. his name is omar thornton. he s a black guy. get the cops here right away, please. sir, stay on the line. bleeding all over the place. okay. how many people got shot? i don t know. okay. you don t know. and you re shot where? in my head. you re shot in the head? yeah. and what s your name? my name is steve hollander. and where are you in the building, sir? i m hiding in an office. hiding where? in an office. that tonight. and also fallout from a decision to allow an islamic center and mosque at ground zero. was that decision america at i
his name is omar thornton. he s a black guy. he s wearing shorts. okay, black man, shorts. anything else? what kind of gun? i don t know. i didn t see it. you didn t see it. and where are you in the building, sir? i m hiding in an office. hiding where? in an office. people are rung all over the place. okay. i understand that. keep talking to me, we can help you more. okay? okay, all right. and you don t know if it was an automatic weapon or someone. i he shot pretty fast. okay. and you re still are you bleeding a lot p. yeah. there s people running all over the place. okay. okay. i just see him running now. he s running away right now. he s shooting at somebody he is. he s still shooting. he s shooting at a girl. how many people are down, sir? he s still running after people. he s not leaving. do you see what kind of gun he has, sir? it s a black gun. i don t know. he s carrying a he s wearing a blue shirt and blue shorts. he s got he s got
he s still shooting. i hear guns out there. he used to work there? yeah. i just fired him. today? today, just now, before he started shooting. he s chasing people out in the parking lot. he s in the parking lot chasing people? with his gun shooting at them. he s got a he s carrying a red lunch bag. he s right out in front of my office right now. i see him walking around. active shooting. a red bag? yeah. he s got a black shorts and a blue shirt. he s still walking around out in the parking lot. black male shooting. all right. where is he now? he may be coming back into the building. whereabouts? the side door. stay where you are, all right? okay. thank you. unbelievable stuff. hollander survived the shooting. eight others, though, did not. let s catch up on some of the other stories making news tonight. joe johns has a 360 bulletin. joe? anderson, a passenger aboard an american airlines flight today was removed after allegedly lighting the match in
with two 9-millimeter handguns executed people before taking his own life. the gunman is identified. omar thornton. he was a trucker for the beverage distribution company. the family said he was the victim of racial harassment by other employees. the supervisor said thornton was stealing bear and at a meeting tuesday morning they gave him a choice, he could either quit or resign. that s when he opened fire. i want to play you the 911 call made by steve hollander. he s the chief operating officer for the company, shot in the head and bleeding. this is what he told the operator on the call. 911. i need to the cops at hartford distributors right away. shooting. what s going on? who got shot? somebody got hot. i got shot. i need some information, sir. we need the cops. omar thornton is shooting people. i just got smopt. i need to know whaz name is his name is omar thornton. he s a black guy. get the cops here right away, please. sir, stay on the line with me. i m blee
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