window at the recruitment center look as though the shooter sprayed in a roughly horizontal line but it s a pretty wide array. in one of the offices at the recruiting center one recruiter was shot in the leg. some of the service members at that facility escaped out the back exit. an employee at a nearby auto parts store told the chattanooga free press that he saw them and i quote, running through the brush and the briars yelling call 911, someone is shooting at us. not all of them went out the back door. some of the service members were still inside the recruiting station when the shooting started. they had taken cover and basically barricaded their position. joining us now is one of those service members who was barricaded inside. he s sergeant first class robert dodge. he s the head of the army centering at that recruiting station. sergeant dodge, thank you so much for your time tonight. i m sure this has been a hell of a day for you, sir. it has. thank you for having me. can
combat experience? to a point it did. you know being in those kind of situations and going through that sort of training it does help you prepare for situations like this. the difference is is when you re in combat, you re in full gear and you have a weapon in your hands and you re more ready for it. when you re out in a civilian community, it s not something that you re ready for on a regular basis, but the additional training and experience has definitely helped us and my team react the way we were supposed to react today. how long have you been in chattanooga? how long have you been working at that recruiting center? 35 days ma am. wow. well sergeant first class robert donnel, i mdge, i m so glad everybody survived today. thanks for helping us understand what it was like today, and good luck to you, sir. thank you, ma am. thank you. all right. unbelievable. much more ahead tonight. it s just unfreaking believable this has happened again. we have much more again tonight
we ve also got a live interview with a survivor of the first shooting today, one of the u.s. army recruiters who was inside the military recruiting office when that gunman turned up and opened fire on that office. we ve got the sergeant first class who was the lead army recruiter inside that office when the shooting happened. he ll explain to us exactly what happened today. that s coming up. please stay with us. the signs are everywhere. the lincoln summer invitation is on. get exceptional offers on the compact utility mkc, mkz sedan. the iconic navigator. and get a first look at the entirely new 2016 mid-size utility lincoln mkx. lease the 2015 mkc for $369 a month with $0 down, $0 first month s payment and $0 cash due at signing. when you re living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady