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Mall employee heard gunman say 'I am the shooter'

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    Macy's worker saw shooter run through store, describes 'total chaos' after shots were fired

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And -- a witness to the shooting in fact heard the gunman say.

I -- the shooter Austin thank you -- when did that go down where were you have.

-- I was actually upstairs where he entered the -- Macy's -- And I was working this sort of like a regular -- Put him back the clothes and that actually get ready take my break and as I turn around the Salvation Army that I had I just met earlier that day was like.

Hey there's a gun man come inside turn around and there you go there there you know there was a gunman did describe what he -- like running -- You as well.

Say about my average height you know average male height.

-- like you know skinny -- it's a slender -- a -- -- with.

The dark brown hair wearing a mask it looked like get a vest on but I guess I've heard that it was just like some type of just black -- -- some -- of clothing.

And a hockey mask.

-- hockey mask and a regular Jason and Jason movies -- And -- you heard him talk tell us about that.

Polio as well as he ran -- down the hallway you know got quite a -- real quiet.

You know just because I was in shock and with everything -- was going on.

And then here I just here I -- the shooter and then after that from from my what I heard was 56 shots but but then I ran out.

And start telling people it's time to go.

Yeah active shooter in the -- we got to go to video look like he was aiming and people -- just sort of spraying the halls or what was your sense that things.

Oh what will when he came in through Macy's it seemed like you -- I'm mad dash just to get to it into the open wallet just a start like.

As I said before -- massacred like just -- mall massacre.

And so he's running -- that at some point and he stopped to shooter is -- shooting while he's running or what's the deal.

Are used I think he stopped decided tomorrow -- time I was already got -- the building in.

After the 56 shots rang out I made my way out of the building and -- let people know they'll go back in the building and get get across the street to -- Until you know we figure out what's going on it and that's -- it was total chaos not even really know what's going on -- cops are saying and I ended but a lot of other people didn't.

Cops saying there might have been as many as 101000 people in there -- have been -- -- Oh yeah there was it was ridiculous people's borne out every doors and they could get more hiding in there.

I mean I know one of my coworkers didn't get out and probably for an hour.

After you know like the police got there so it was very hectic.

Boston -- who saw it all -- yesterday afternoon at the mall behind him -- is good for you to be here I'm glad you're okay thank you.

Thank you sir.