the motive. jim cavanaugh, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate your input. thanks, lawrence. nbc s stephanie gosk has more on the victims. reporter: as bullets started reining down on sunday, sonny mel ton s instinct was to protect his wife of just over a year, heather. he grabbed her and started running when he was shot in the back. heather says he saved my life and lost his. at this point i can barely breathe. mel ton was a registered nurse in tp. his wife is a surgeon. they met at the hospital and fell in love. he was very kind, loving person that everybody liked a lot. he was shot in the chest. jordan lined up to donate blood just hours after learning his cousin was killed. in his free time he coached his little brother s flag football
he crossed paths with heather gooz in the chaos. i m with a young man who died in my arms, she wrote on facebook. tonight as the death toll climbs, so many people still searching for loved ones and answers. we ll be right back with a last word. that that we would wake up to the news of a massacre like this, weapons of war in the hands of a determined killer with a tactical advantage. this was an ambush if there ever was one. this was domestic terrorism. we send our thoughts and prayers to, but they are not enough. your thoughts and prayers aren t going to stop the next shooting.