Someone apparently recorded it all with their cell phone. A friend turned Rock's attention to the television, and they watched as a man with a rifle addressed dozens of hostages in what looked like the paper's library.
The man had his gun pointed at a middle-aged woman Rock didn't recognize. None of the people looked familiar to him. "No, that's not the library at the paper," his friend explained. "That's the city library downtown."
Rock and his friend heard the man speak. "I'm going to kill everyone here," he said.
The audio wasn't clear. It sounded as if it were broadcast from a tunnel or from far away, but the quality of the sound made no difference once the gunfire began. The middle-aged woman was shot first. Afterward, the man began to fire rapidly and randomly across the room.
It wasn't until later that Rock realized he hadn't seen any evidence that anyone was actually shot. Maybe that would help explain why he had reacted with an utter lack of emotion as the video unfolded.
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