protective gear to deal and treat with people on the ground. tom, we ll share some of the numbers, you mentioned the columbine shooting, april 20th, 1999, where 13 people were killed, 24 wounded. the university of texas tower shooting, august 1, 1966, 14 people killed, 31 wounded. the mcdonald s shooting in california, july 18th, 1984, 21 killed, 19 wounded. the list goes on and on. we think last year the pulse nightclub shooting where 49 people were killed and more than 50 wounded. and now here we are in las vegas last night, at least 50 people now confirmed dead with 400 being treated in area hospitals. let s go back to steve patterson on the ground in las vegas all night. speaking to eyewitnesss who were there when the deadly shooting occurred. steve? reporter: stephanie, the sun has risen now, much of the las
on july 18th, 1984 patrons and employees at this mcdonald s in san ysidro, california are easy prey for james huberty, a man on a rampage. did you understand what he said in english? yeah. he said, i kill a thousand. i m going to kill a thousand more. hiding in a tiny utility closet where they had been trapped for almost an hour, wendy flanigan and albert lios, two mcdonald s employees, listen as huberty continues his siege. every person i had to hear scream and beg for their life or mothers begging for their babies life when a baby would be crying and he would start yelling for them to shut up and the mother would beg and you d hear all the gunfire and the screaming, and then quiet, you know. i think i counted about 130,
go back to. and nothing to look forward to, either. huberty again has trouble finding work. he finally lands a job as a security guard. but even this is short-lived. like many rampage killers, huberty s life was beginning to fall into a deadly pattern, an unstable, angry personality fuelled by increasing feelings of helplessness and the desperation of unemployment. he was frustrated. it s like putting pressure on a container and not having any release for it. the release came with a vengeance on the afternoon of july 18th, 1984. 2:45 just occurred 400 west san ysidro. got about four calls on it. supposed to be a shooting. at 4:04 p.m., police are dispatched to the mcdonald s where james huberty is on a rampage.
it is a little before 4:00 p.m. on july 18th, 1984, and a man wearing fatigues, a black t-shirt and sunglasses strides into a mcdonald s in san ysidro, california, a small suburb of san diego located near the mexican border. james huberty, a 41-year-old unemployed security guard, is armed to the teeth. i heard one loud boom that echoed and it hurt my ears. wendy flannigan is stationed at the cash register when the gunman opens fire. she was 17 years old at the time. and i remember just following the other people that were in
reporter: and nothing to look forward to either. huberty again has trouble finding work. he finally lands a job as a security guard, but even this is short-lived. like many rampage killers, huberty s life was beginning to fall into a deadly pattern, an unstable, angry personality fueled by increasing feelings of helplessness and the desperation of unemployment. he was frustrated. it s like putting pressure on a container and not having any release for it. reporter: the release came with a vengeance on the afternoon of july 18th, 1984. 245 just occurred 400 west san ysidro. got about four calls on it. supposed to be a shooting. reporter: at 4:04 p.m.,