CRITICAL
CRITICAL CONDITION TONIGHT, DEBORAH?
DEBORAH?
DEBORAH? >> ROXIE, THANK YOU.
>>> IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, THE
BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE WILL
BRING SMILES TO THOUSANDS.
BUT 40 YEARS AGO IT DREW BLOOD
AND TEARS.
AND TEARS. IRAER ATBERRY TURNED A DAY OF
ACTIVITIES INTO DISARRAY,
SPRAYING BULLETS INTO CROWDS,
KILLING TWO AND WOUNDING MORE
THAN 50 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 6
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER GAR SAT
DOWN WITH OUR KENS 5 NEWS TEAM
WHO GRAUTH YOU THE DRAMATIC
SCENE AS IT UNFOLDED.
>> MY SISTER GOT SHOT IN THE
THROAT.
THROAT.
THROAT. >> Reporter: THESE FACES AND THE
FEAR OF THAT DAY LEFT A SCAR ON
SAN ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO. >> THEY SHOT THE ROPE.
>> IT'S LIKE A BATTLEFIELD.
SHOTS WERE FLYING OVER ME AS I
WAS CRAWLING ALONG.
>> Reporter: GARY DELAWN
REMEMBERS CRAWLING AS BULLETS
FLEW BY, PIECING TOGETHER WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS THE START
OFF OF THE PARADE.
>> I CAME ACROSS ONE YOUNG BETTY
WHO WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY FROM
A BULLET GRAZE AND HOLDING HER
LITTLE NEPHEW LIKE THIS.
AND HE WAS ONLY 9.
>> Reporter: HER WILD PANIC
CAPTURED ON CAMERA.
ONE OF MANY DELAWN SPOKE WITH.
>> THAT'S WHERE THE SHOTS
ORIGINATED.
ORIGINATED. >> Reporter: HE WENT LIVE FOR
TWO AND A HALF HOURS FROM EAST
GRAYSON AND BROADWAY WHERE IRA
PARKED HIS RV AND BEGAN FIRING
AT THE CROWDS GATHERED FOR THE
BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE.
>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET
BEHIND THE POLICE CAR.
>> Reporter: A CHAOTIC SCENE HE
BRAVED WITH CAMERAMAN RON SMITH
40 YEARS AGO.
>> POLICE CANNOT GET CLOSE.
THEY CAN'T GET CLOSE TO THEM.
SMITTY, WILL YOU KEEP IT LIVE IF
I RUN OVER THERE?
>> AS GARY SAID, THERE'S A LOT
OF ACTIVITY GOING ON NOW.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> HOW YOU DOING, YOUNG MAN?
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Reporter: THEY MET AT KENS 5
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS
TO TALK ABOUT THAT DAY.
>> HOW FAR IN BETWEEN WERE THOSE
BULLETS WHEN YOU WERE OUT THERE?
>> THE FIRST 30 MINUTES I WAS
THERE I KNOW THERE WERE 200, 300
SHOTS.
SHOTS.
SHOTS. AND HE WAS SHOOTING JUST ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
HE AIMED SPECIFICALLY FOR SOME
POLICE OFFICERS AND SOME
BYSTANDERS AND HIT THE MARK.
>> Reporter: ATORBERRY KILLED
TWO WOMEN, WOUNDED MORE THAN 50,
SIX OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS.
>> THAT OFFICER IS MOVING QUICK.
>> Reporter: WHEN HIS GUN
JAMMED, POLICE OFFICERS STORMED
THE RV.
THE RV.
THE RV. THEY FOUND IMHIN SIDE DEAD.
>> TWO MORE, THREE.
>> THEY STARTED SHOOTING FROM
THE ROOFTOP INTO THE RV.
I HAD THAT.
I HAD ALL THAT.
AND IT WAS PROBABLY TEN MINUTES.
IT SOUNDED LIKE WORLD WAR II.
>> OKAY, THREE OFFICERS, NOW THE
FOURTH GOING INSIDE.
>> Reporter: AS THE CHAOS
SETTLED, REALITY SET IN.
>> I COULDN'T MOVE.
AND THE REPORTER ASKED ME IF
SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND I TOLD
HIM, I SAID, YEAH, I JUST
HAPPENED TO STOP AND THINK WHAT
HAS TRANSPIRED TODAY.
I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED VERY
EASILY.
EASILY.
EASILY. >> IT WAS PRETTY SCARY.
HE HAD 15 WEAPONS, INCLUDING THE
AUTOMATIC WEAPON AND RIFLES AND
SHOTGUN AND PISTOLS.
AND 3,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
3,000.
3,000.
3,000. NOW THINK OF THAT.
.
.
. >>
. >> HE'S
. >> HE'S STANDING UP NOW.
>> IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT --
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO EVER GO
THROUGH IT.
THROUGH IT. >> IT IS NOW CLEAR.
IT IS NOW SECURE.
IT IS OKAY.
>> NOW, DEBORAH YOU WERE AT THE
SCENE OF THIS DEADLY SHOOTING 40
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOST
VIVIDLY?
VIVIDLY?
VIVIDLY? >> I WAS ATTENDING BETWEEN
NEWSCASTS AND A POLICE OFFICER
CAME UP AND SAID I HOPE I HEARD
ENCRICKETLY BUT I THINK THERE'S
A SHOOTING.
A SHOOTING. BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE
CELLPHONES.
CELLPHONES. NOT ALL POLICE OFFICERS WERE
EVEN ISSUED RADIOS.
THEY WERE YELLING TO EACH OTHER.
I RAN BACK TO THE STATION,
GRABBED A CRAM CREW AND WENT TO
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. WE
WORK. WE HAD 300,000 PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
THEY SAT FOR AN HOUR AS THE
RUMORS SPREAD.
RUMORS SPREAD. AND THEN EVERYONE
WAS TOLD TO GO HOME AND STAY
CALM AND THEY DID.
BUT IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE DAY
FOR THE CITY.
>> HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED,
DEFINITELY.
DEFINITELY. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10:00,
SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER HEARD
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE POLICEMEN
WHO SHOT AND KILLED THE SNIPER
IS TALKING PUBLICLY.
HE TELLS ME HOW HE LOCKED EYES