they saw i had been separated from my husband and friends. thank you to the friends that came and got me from my place of refuge even when the shooter was still active. above all, thank you for my brave husband who used his own body to shield me and others from bullets. he and others and military and police officers and anybody else that helped out and helped safe a life are the true heros. tiffany michelle is on the phone with us. a lot of people gave you a hand, huh? yes, they did. so many people out there that you wouldn t think that they would be thinking of helping others in a time like that. it wasn t any an every man for himself situation. everybody grabbed somebody around them and tried to do everything they could to get the others out. shepard: tiffany, where were you when it started and what did you hear and see? we were about 20 minutes into
how were you processing it? there was no processing. it was crazy. the shooter was so far away. so the sound didn t like like a natural gunshot at first. but then you saw people fall to the ground like heaps, just left and right. then you can see where the shooter was spraying. you could see bullets come towards where you are and then they might skip away from you. no method behind it. you kept hearing the shots over and over again. shepard: you were there with your fiance. what were the two of you doing and saying to each other? well, first, we got separated. when the first happened, i was getting a drink. i had just left the corner of the bar at the end of the v.i.p. tent. she was towards the back. luckily my best friend was there. as soon as the shots started happening, realized wasn t a technical malfunction. because the music was playing city. even jason aldean had no idea what happened. luckily i managed to find them about five minutes after everything started. they were hi
put the gun down. you and i can talk about this. i m going to jail about this. i don t want you to kill yourself. i wanted him to understand, killing yourself is not the answer. that s not the answer for anything. no, do not, do not. but the driver sees no way out. he steps back, takes the gun out of his pocket and puts it to his head. i got a guy with a gun. stop, don t. damn it, don t. i said think of your family, you don t want to do this. drop the gun. don t. come on, don t. shots fired. he s down. send me an ambulance. damn it. the driver dies instantly. within three minutes of rivera s first call, emergency responders arrive on the scene. that s when it all started to hit me, trying to process everything, trying to figure out, why did this happen? so in the days that follow, a calhoun county sheriff s
answer. that s not the answer for anything. no, do not, do not. but the driver sees no way out. he steps back, takes the gun out of his pocket and puts it to his head. i got a guy with a gun. stop, don t. damn it, don t. i said think of your family, you don t want to do this. drop the gun. don t. come on, don t. shots fired. he s down. send me an ambulance. damn it. the driver dies instantly. within three minutes of rivera s first call, emergency responders arrive on the scene. that s when it all started to hit me, trying to process everything, trying to figure out, why did this happen? so in the days that follow, a calhoun county sheriff s investigation reveals the driver was carrying a stolen handgun and had talked about committing suicide the night of the traffic stop.
you and i can talk about this. i m going to jail about this. i don t want you to kill yourself. i wanted him to understand that killing yourself is not the answer. that s not the answer for anything. no, do not, do not. but the driver sees no way out. he steps back, takes the gun out of his pocket and puts it to his head. i got a guy with a gun. stop, don t. damn it, don t. i said think of your family, you don t want to do this. drop the gun. don t. come on, don t. shots fired. he s down. send me an ambulance. damn it. the driver dies instantly. within three minutes of rivera s first call, emergency responders arrive on the scene. that s when it all started to hit me, trying to process everything, trying to figure out, why did this happen? so in the days that follow, a calhoun county sheriff s investigation reveals the driver was carrying a stolen handgun and had talked about committing