i'm ashleigh banfield. pierce morgan will return in a moment. but we're awaiting a live news conference out of portland, oregon. the scene there with a number of ambulances clearing the way after a shooter was apparently shot dead inside the clackamas town center sadly not before two other victims were shot dead and one other victim was shot and is in critical condition, we're told, tonight in a hospital. this was a busy holiday shopping season, and this mall was crowded with people, parents, children, the santa claus workshop, where children were lined up as well for their photographs. this all apparently transpired in a food court, although witnesses say they saw this gunman not only wearing a hockey mask but also a flak vest and camouflage running through the parking lot and into this mall into apparently the shooting began sounding like automatic gunfire to some, like balloons popping and like firecrackers to others. david moran is an employee in the mall who joins me by telephone. can you hear me in. >> yes, i can. >> i know that you were a