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TUESDAY ❖ FEBRUARY 13, 2007
SIX KILLED IN MALL SHOOTINGS
NIGHT OF TERROR
AT TROLLEY SQUARE
Gunman casually
fired as scared
shoppers hid
Tribune staff
The sun had just set Monday when a tall young man in a
white shirt and a trenchcoat
strode
through
Trolley
Square, aiming a shotgun from
the shoulder and firing round
after round in the busy Salt
Lake City mall.
When the gunfire finally
subsided, six people had been
killed and at
least
four ➤ For more
others were photos, go to
hospitalized.
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“We have one
gunman, and com
he is dead,”
said Salt Lake City Police
spokeswoman Robin Snyder
just after 10 p.m.
The
239,000-square-foot
mall, built from the city’s old
trolley barns, was busy with
shoppers and diners when the
See SHOOTING, A10
Witnesses offer
harrowing tales of
senseless violence
Danny Chan La/The Salt Lake Tribune
A man is moved from the Trolley Square Mall to an ambulance Monday night. Officials would not disclose whether he was a victim or the perpetrator nor the condition of the subject.
A
Anne Bagley holds her granddaughter, Madeline
Bagley, 4. They were in the mall during the shootings.
Hard Rock Cafe
600 S.
N
Suspect walks in
and starts shooting.
BATH AND BODY WORKS
Cashier and several witnesses see
woman shot outside the store.
RODIZIO GRILL
Cedric Wilson, an employee, was
grazed on the top of his head by a
bullet after exiting the restaurant.
Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune
Cedric Wilson, an employee of the Rodizio
restaurant, was grazed by gunfire Monday night.
DESERT EDGE
BREWERY
People hear shots fired, some
look out to see the shooter.
700 E.
TROLLEY
SQUARE
A police officer looks for more possible shooters in the mall. Several
officers canvassed the east side of the facility with weapons ready.
OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY
500 S.
Parking
Jeremy Jensen, 26, of Salt
Lake City, at Desert Edge Brew
Pub, said he saw the shooter
several hours earlier walking
through the
brewery. He ➤ Warning:
remembered Some inside
his long tan photos contain
t r e n c h c o a t graphic images
and that he
had a mullet
midway down his back. He said
he was acting “a little weird. He
Danny Chan La/The Salt Lake Tribune
Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune
600 E.
s a gunman unleashed
his terror at Trolley
Square on Monday
evening, dozens of workers
and customers fled for cover.
Some of them ran toward
the shots to get a glimpse of
the gunman. Others came
across shooting victims, both
dead and alive.
These are their stories, as
told to five Salt Lake Tribune
reporters at the scene:
HARD ROCK CAFE
CABIN FEVER
Four victims found
dead inside the store.
KIDS POTTERY
BARN
One victim found
dead inside store.
SWAT teams gather
outside and people
are evacuated.
See BYSTANDERS, A11
PARKING LOT
People run from
the mall after
shots are fired.
Man found inside
a car by people
fleeing, shot in
the head but
alive.
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crowded marketplace in the heart
of Baghdad, killing at least 78
people in the latest brutal attack
aimed at Iraq’s Shiite Arab
majority. WORLD, A4
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