underneath my car. i was just fearful that he was going to come around my car and try and get to me, but as i watched him, he fired a few shots through the window and then he stepped inside the restaurant and started opening fire inside the restaurant. oh, my goodness. so when you you saw that he aimed and shot at your friend and then made his way inside the restaurant. what was the lapse of time here? how quickly did all of this happen and describe for us this suspect is being described as travis reinking. but describe for me the demeanor, what he appeared like to you when all of this was unfolding. it was just really, really bizarre. he had tall, thin, kind of disheveled brownish-blond hair and naked. it was just really, really bizarre. no real demeanor. he got out of his vehicle and just started shooting. he didn t say nothing to nobody, he didn t have anything to say.
shooting in the restaurant. at that time, another man, 29-year-old james shaw jr., he was there at the restaurant eating. again, still a very active situation. i apologize for that, fred. james shaw jr. went into the bathroom. he was trying to escape the shooting, and he noticed, according to police and james shaw s family, that travis reinking had just sort of stopped shooting. he was fiddling with his weapon. at that point that s when james shaw jr. sprung into action. he tackled the shooter, got the gun away from him and then took the gun and threw it across the counter. this unarmed man, james shaw jr., disarming the shooter. he took his jacket off and ran into the woods. they have not been able to locate him at this point. he was spotted, they say, wearing black pants. he must have gone home and put those pants on, they believe. they do not have a motive right
that gun flying, what are your thoughts? he s a hero. four people died and it could have been four times that many had he not done what he did. the gunman had more ammunition on him. he was definitely not interested in stopping. if james shaw jr. didn t step up and do what he did, this would have been a lot worse than it was. he is definitely a hero. definitely. james shaw being sdridescrib hero. chuck cordero, thank you for your eyewitness account and i know you were quite shaken up for some time. i appreciate you bringing your side of events. while that manhunt continues to be underway as authorities are looking for the gunman being identified as travis reinking, now some new information. president trump is boarding air force i in just a few moments from now, returning to the white house with a very busy week
assault-type rifle. a man believed tore travis reinking was seen wearing black pants and no shirt. diane is on the scene. diane, what are you learning? reporter: at this point, fred, that man is still on the loose. they have been able to go and served warrants at his apartment trying to find him but still searching for travis wareinkingt this point. we have dozens and dozens of officers, emergency vehicles, looking through the scene here, trying to figure out exactly not just what happened but why this happened. about 3:25 in the morning, police say travis reinking came into the waffle house parking lot. he was in his pickup truck. he was nude with the exception of wearing a green jacket and had an ar-15 style weapon with him. he got out of his pickup truck and began firing in the parking lot, killing two people in the parking lot. he then went inside the waffle house there behind my, again