cover and we all started to return fire after that. and for people that don t know, you guys actually have i guess it s like a booth, if you will, but you re not completely surrounded. there s some bulletproof glass in front of you but the sides are open? that s correct. all right. and so let me ask officer richards, you were also manning that post with officer carraway at the time and what were your impressions as the shooter approached? well, i thought the shooter was a normal badge holder, so i didn t feel no threat until i saw the gun pull out and aim at officer carraway. so by then, we returned fire and officer carraway ran for cover. and officer amos, also you were at the exit side when you heard the gunshots. you said you recognized that popping sound as gunfire. what did you do at the time? yes, i did. once i recognized it as gunfire