this happened at 3:30 yesterday at an open air shopping center 30 minutes north of dallas. what was first confusion for shoppers led to a terrifying reality. one man rushed to the scene, knowing his sister-in-law was on site. my wife and i actually went over there immediately and we picked her up and i just saw i mean, if i would have to he s guess 1,000 to 2,000 people had that were standing in the hot sun, it was 92 degrees. it was people were just crying, hugging, being united with loved ones. it was something i ll never forget. the trauma is not going anywhere but the rampage was put to an end according to police by an officer responding nearby and jumped into action. our rescue task force teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to area you traa facilities. of those transported, two have since died, three are in critical surgery and four are stable. at 3 3:36 our officer was at the premium outlets at an
we spoke earlier to two brothers who were working at the mall. it s an outdoor mall. you re familiar with outlet malls. there s no internal hallway for customer use. there s sometimes a back one for those that work at various stores to share. the two brothers, max and jerry. jerry gumm were working at wetzel pretzels and told us their experience throughout the afternoon. at first, i didn t really assume there were gunshots. i thought maybe a neighboring store dropped a few glasses or something like that. it wasn t until a bunch of families ran to the back of the store when i was doing dishes when i realized something bad was going on. my first reaction was to go through the back to the big hallway that is usually used as like a tornado shelter. i just assumed that would be the best spot. i think that s what a bunch of