there s not a restroom facilities in the shine part. so the white owner has arranged for them to walk down main street to the drexel building. on the fourth floor, there was, quote, a colored restroom. something happens when he enters the elevator. elevators are manually operated by a wheel. it takes a great amount of skill to get the floor of the elevator and the actual floor to line up. that particularly elevator was very difficult to center, so the belief is is that sarah didn t quite have it level. that as dick walked on to the elevator he tripped and by reflex threw his hands out to cushion the fall, that he grabbed sarah by the shoulder, ripped her dress. she screams and he realizes this
something happens when he enters the elevator. elevators are manually operated by a wheel. it takes a great am of skill to get the floor of the elevator and the actual floor to line up. that particularly elevate oar was very difficult to center, so the belief is is that sarah didn t quite have it level. that as dick walked on to the elevator he tripped and by reflex threw his hands out to cushion the fall, that he grabbed sarah by the shoulder, ripped her dress. she screams and he realizes this is a dangerous moment for him d runs out of the elevator and takes off. but there was a white clerk at a clothing store who heard the screen, saw dick run out of the building and he puts two and two
elevator. that particular elevator was difficult to sent. the believe is sarah didn t have it levelled that dick walked on the elevator, he tripped and by reflex he threw his hands out that he grabs sarah by the shoulder and ripped her dress and she screams and he realizes this is a dangerous moment and he runs out the elevator and takes off. there was as white clerk at the clothing store who heard the scream and saw dick run out of the building and in his mind he puts two and two together and said this is an interracial rape attempt. they re not worried about this event.
see what direction he was heading in. i looked at my son and i told him, we only have three seconds, like, we have to move now. if we don t, we re not going to have another opportunity. reporter: sarah didn t see the gunman, but store employees described him to police as relentless, methodically going through the store and parking lot, where he shot an elderly man and then stood over him and shot him multiple additional times. once we got outside, i noticed that there were people laying in the street and they weren t moving and instantly, i started running for them and my son grabbed me and said, no, we can t do anything, they re out in the open. so we ran. reporter: by then, police were on the way. looks like we have an active shooter. it s a white male, middle aged, dark hair, beard, black vest, short sleeved shirt. the first responding officer talley, that showed up, i was going to try to flag him down
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