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Mall shooting witness heard 'continuous stream of gunshots'

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    18-year-old describes scene inside Oregon shopping center

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-- got this we are getting brand new audio now the police chatter inside of a busy mall and Oregon after a masked gunman opened fire.

That's an -- like well yeah.

I did make it possible yeah.

It.

-- -- -- -- That guidance but others felt that it it will drop certain let out that he's -- -- and it did completely.

What this particular good turnout but -- look.

I can't ugly.

Or people -- it -- that are right.

Dedicate that he had called it awkward to make contact with that -- -- to break that -- -- -- Again that is just part of what we -- picking up just last hour Alexis winter halter is only eighteen years old.

She has gone to the small hundreds of times she was inside them all the time of the shooting Alexis.

Good morning Q it is great to see you and I'm certain your parents feel -- -- -- Take us inside the mall yesterday at that moment where were you and what do you -- I -- downstairs towards that -- of the mall and a hair salon getting my hair done.

She was of the -- blackjack in my hand and all of -- sudden we heard this very loud nor is it sounded.

As if the roof was falling through or something largest falling over and -- its pottery.

And that we realize is that it sounded like a guy -- and she turned off the foot diet and she said is not a guy that's on -- good guys.

And we looked on the mall and we saw that people were -- away -- -- Saturday.

Right on Friday afternoon guys that we needed to get out has yet nowhere this year was at the we're glad that there -- multiple of them.

We got out as fast as we head into an outside hid behind a dumpster and so we went out in the parking -- -- He's sure for interrupting you there Alexis you were telling city gripping story about how are you and others were let outside the mall when he left it off.

Where you were hiding behind a dumpster did you ever hear gunshots did you ever see the gunman.

-- I never saw the gunman -- I heard -- multiple gunshots.

It was a continuous stream.

Now lasted probably about thirty seconds or it seemed like that.

And at that point we knew we needed to get out and he did hide behind a dumpster for a few moments and we started hearing sirens and seen multiple police car is.

-- -- -- Let them decide and we are still too close and had never -- -- because they weren't aware of where the gunman was -- he would be vaccine anytime.

So -- and -- part -- live and work hiding behind some cars that were able to talk some other people about the situation.

Until we're able to get out of -- well.

I can't imagine what you've been through and you you certainly have a story to tell.

But we were told that 101000.

People were inside the mall this time.

That at the time of the -- Well he told your family what have you told your friends yes.

Block I've grown up in this area I know many people that work got this small that shop -- this law like I said I've been here multiple hundreds of times.

And I knew lots of people that -- in the mall at the time so it is scary.

Making sure I could hear from log on and making sure that they were okay.

I'm one of my very close friends actually brush shoulders of this shooter -- she was -- -- is not the time where he entered.

And hearing her story about is really.

Chilean and I'm thankful that he -- insides are shooting at -- because she probably wouldn't be.

Here -- he was wearing a white mask had body armor.

Apparently took his own life for the bullet to the head and he told those upon entering the food court I am the shooter.

Did you talk to your friend about that.

-- -- not taught me that she heard -- she did say that she made eye contact with him.

And not he had a look in his -- is she had never seen before.

She did see his dying and she said Ellis -- speak because it is so large.

But I -- I think after she and her mom realized I was going on they turn around an accident the law as quickly as they -- And it is 7 o'clock in the morning there -- important.

Did you sleep at all last night.

I thought if you are isn't -- back.

I mean I look at this -- -- kind of believe god this happened here and my own backyard.

And my hometown.

-- -- hear about -- things happening on the news and and other places in the country and it doesn't really impacts you until it's here with your loved ones in the area and you're actually there now there's so -- You know how do you make sense of how do you put the pieces together.

I think that will be hard at first but populace is a very close I.

Knit community and I think that will be able to get over this together and come together and support each other.

I'm thankful that not more people were injured and right now we're -- our thoughts and prayers to the victims' families and hopefully not the one that's injured in the hospital has a quick recovery and the.

Maybe we all do Alexis thank you you're terrific young lady.

Thanks for sharing your story for us back.

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