Posted: Tue 13th Feb 2007 02:00 pm
This happened here way to close for me. Have been there to eat before.
KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY A man in a trench coat pulled a 12 gauge shotgun and opened fire at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square on Monday evening, killing five people and injuring several more, police say. The gunman also died in the shooting.
Witnesses report that as many as 20 shots were fired inside the shopping center, which houses many stores and restaurants that are popular with families. ( Official statement from Trolley Square)
"Bang, bang, bang, stop... bang, bang, stop." said one witness, who described a continuous barrage of gunshots inside the mall. "They were reloading... you could smell the gun powder."
Matt Lund, whose wife manages a clothing store, said he saw a woman's body face-down at the entrance to Pottery Barn Kids. He locked himself and four others inside a storage room for about 40 minutes, isolated but still able to hear the violence.
"We heard them say, 'Police! Drop your weapon!' Then we heard shotgun fire. Then there was a barrage of gunfire," Lund, 44, said. "It was hard to believe."
"I looked down the hallway... and there is a body in the doorway," said witness Shaura Cole, who had just emerged from the ladies' restroom. "A girl ran to him... she picked him up, but [a police officer] made her leave him. He was just laying there."
Marie Smith, 23, had the day off from Bath & Body Works but stopped there during an errand and saw the gunman shoot a woman in front of the store.
"He was ahead of her, standing still. I don't think she saw that he had a gun," said Smith, who dashed to a bathroom and locked the door.
Smith said the gunman seemed emotionless.
"His expression stayed totally calm. He didn't seem upset, or like he was on a rampage," she said."
An antique-store owner, Barrett Dodds, 29, said he saw a man in a trench coat exchanging gunfire with a police officer outside a card store. The gunman was backed into a children's clothing store.
"I saw the cops go in the store. I saw the shooter go down," said Dodds, who watched from the second floor.
Barb McKeown, 60, of Washington, D.C., was in another antique shop when two frantic women ran in and reported gunshots.
"Then we heard shot after shot after shot - loud, loud, loud," said McKeown, saying she heard about 20. She and three other people hid under a staircase until it was safe to leave.
"There are several victims in the shooting... there are some fatalities," said Robin Snyder of the Salt Lake Police Department.
The gunman was among six killed, according to police, but it was not immediately clear how the assailant was wounded.
An off-duty officer from Ogden was in the mall and involved in the shooting, said Ogden police Sgt. Blaine Clifford, who declined to release the officer's name. The officer was not injured, but "I don't know anything more," Clifford said.
Authorities say the unidentified gunman walked into Trolley Square at approx. 6:50 p.m. and started shooting victims at random. Witnesses say The gunman appeared to be in his early 20s, wearing a dark trench coat and carried a backpack.
A man named Jeff says he got a call from his wife, who was inside Trolley Square at the time of the shooting."
"I just told her to be quiet... they were in the back of the Sharper Image," he told 2News.
At least four people were hospitalized. Two men in critical condition - one 50 and another 16 - were at University Hospital, spokesman Chris Nelson said. Another two people - one in critical and one in serious - were at LDS Hospital, said spokesman Jess Gomez. No other details were available.
The University of Utah Hospital and LDS Hospital are currently on lockdown, meaning spectators are encouraged to stay away from those facilities, as you will not be able get in without a legitimate reason.
The entire parking lot at Trolley Square is now considered a crime scene. People with cars in the lot will not be able to remove them for the immediate future.
The entire city block surrounding Trolley Square has been blocked off to traffic and authorities are asking everyone to stay away from the area.
KUTV) SALT LAKE CITY A man in a trench coat pulled a 12 gauge shotgun and opened fire at Salt Lake City's Trolley Square on Monday evening, killing five people and injuring several more, police say. The gunman also died in the shooting.
Witnesses report that as many as 20 shots were fired inside the shopping center, which houses many stores and restaurants that are popular with families. ( Official statement from Trolley Square)
"Bang, bang, bang, stop... bang, bang, stop." said one witness, who described a continuous barrage of gunshots inside the mall. "They were reloading... you could smell the gun powder."
Matt Lund, whose wife manages a clothing store, said he saw a woman's body face-down at the entrance to Pottery Barn Kids. He locked himself and four others inside a storage room for about 40 minutes, isolated but still able to hear the violence.
"We heard them say, 'Police! Drop your weapon!' Then we heard shotgun fire. Then there was a barrage of gunfire," Lund, 44, said. "It was hard to believe."
"I looked down the hallway... and there is a body in the doorway," said witness Shaura Cole, who had just emerged from the ladies' restroom. "A girl ran to him... she picked him up, but [a police officer] made her leave him. He was just laying there."
Marie Smith, 23, had the day off from Bath & Body Works but stopped there during an errand and saw the gunman shoot a woman in front of the store.
"He was ahead of her, standing still. I don't think she saw that he had a gun," said Smith, who dashed to a bathroom and locked the door.
Smith said the gunman seemed emotionless.
"His expression stayed totally calm. He didn't seem upset, or like he was on a rampage," she said."
An antique-store owner, Barrett Dodds, 29, said he saw a man in a trench coat exchanging gunfire with a police officer outside a card store. The gunman was backed into a children's clothing store.
"I saw the cops go in the store. I saw the shooter go down," said Dodds, who watched from the second floor.
Barb McKeown, 60, of Washington, D.C., was in another antique shop when two frantic women ran in and reported gunshots.
"Then we heard shot after shot after shot - loud, loud, loud," said McKeown, saying she heard about 20. She and three other people hid under a staircase until it was safe to leave.
"There are several victims in the shooting... there are some fatalities," said Robin Snyder of the Salt Lake Police Department.
The gunman was among six killed, according to police, but it was not immediately clear how the assailant was wounded.
An off-duty officer from Ogden was in the mall and involved in the shooting, said Ogden police Sgt. Blaine Clifford, who declined to release the officer's name. The officer was not injured, but "I don't know anything more," Clifford said.
Authorities say the unidentified gunman walked into Trolley Square at approx. 6:50 p.m. and started shooting victims at random. Witnesses say The gunman appeared to be in his early 20s, wearing a dark trench coat and carried a backpack.
A man named Jeff says he got a call from his wife, who was inside Trolley Square at the time of the shooting."
"I just told her to be quiet... they were in the back of the Sharper Image," he told 2News.
At least four people were hospitalized. Two men in critical condition - one 50 and another 16 - were at University Hospital, spokesman Chris Nelson said. Another two people - one in critical and one in serious - were at LDS Hospital, said spokesman Jess Gomez. No other details were available.
The University of Utah Hospital and LDS Hospital are currently on lockdown, meaning spectators are encouraged to stay away from those facilities, as you will not be able get in without a legitimate reason.
The entire parking lot at Trolley Square is now considered a crime scene. People with cars in the lot will not be able to remove them for the immediate future.
The entire city block surrounding Trolley Square has been blocked off to traffic and authorities are asking everyone to stay away from the area.
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