florida. you see the video there shortly after the shooting took place. this is an event that taecketed thousands of people in downtown ft. myers. people standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the event. police were there as well and they were able to respond almost immediately. this is an event that is all about pictures so there were a number of people there as you can imagine who had cell phones who were ready to look at people and shoot people with different costumes and take a look at people with different costumes. one woman as you said was standing on her balcony when this all took place and she started rolling shortly after the shots rang out. i want to show you that video again and hopefully, this time without the banner there on the bottom. oh, my gosh.
at a zombicon festival. the suspect in that shooting is still at large this morning. it s downtown ft. myers you re looking at here. one person, police say, has died. one person who has shot. the witness who took this video she was on her totally balcony when she heard shots and people started screaming and running. they were scattering everywhere and jason carroll is following this for us this morning. reporter: some people hiding in corners as the shots rang out. still no word on a motive for the shooting or who was responsible for it. all this happening at about 11:44 last night. that s when police in ft. myers first got the calls. this event attracted some 20,000 people and people were standing shoulder-to-shoulder when the shots rang out. police had their own security and police were there and they were able to respond almost immediately. when they got to the scene, one
there. thank you so much. you can see people okay, we are trying to do this here. people running. this is out of florida as police, right now, still are looking for whomever just started shooting at a zombi con festival. this woman is on her hotel balcony. she heard shots and people were running and scattering everyone. jason carroll is following this for us this morning. jason, do we have any indication as to what kind of suspect? any sort of profile of who police are looking for this morning? reporter: let me start with the details of exactly what happened here. this started at about 11:44 last night and when police first got the call and got details about the shooting that took place at zombicon in downtown ft. myers,
at the zombicon festival in f ft. myers last night. at the ninth annual zombicon, thousands dress in zombie costumes, some carrying fake weapons in downtown ft. myers. last night, the scare becoming all too real when at about 11:45 p.m. shots fired, killing one person and injuring four others. thankfully, the injuries are nonlife threatening. witnesses describe the chaos as 20,000 people said to be standing shoulder to shoulder heard gunshots. about four or five shots at the same time, go pop pop pop pop pop, and the guy fall over right there, right there in front of me. i mean, right here and the body is right there. we started running because we saw a horde of people running and we heard two really loud bangs. this amateur video shows people running for their lives away from the gunshots. it s amazing that more people were not hurt in the aftermath. the police responding quickly,
wow. thick cloud of smoke appearing like smoke in the morning. whatever this is moments following the collapse at an apartment complex there. investigators are still trying to figure out what happen tld. unbelievable. tragedy at a zombie festival in florida. a gunman opening fire at annual zombiecon in ft. myers. now investigators are on the search for the shooter. the ninth annual zombicon, some carry fake weapons as live deejays and bands play in the streets of downtown ft. myers, florida. last night, the scare becoming all too real when at about 11: 45 p.m., shot fired killing