MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HIT THE ROAD, RAILS AND SKIES TO GET TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. >>> FIRST, WE ARE FOLLOWING THE SEVENTH MASS SHOOTING IN THE U.S. THIS MONTH. AT THIS TIME AT A WALMART IN CHESAPEAKE VIRGINIA. POLICE CONFIRM A STORE MANAGER OPENED FIRE TUESDAY NIGHT KILLING SIX PEOPLE INCLUDING A 16-YEAR-OLD. AUTHORITIES SAY THE GUNMAN DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. AND EMPLOYEE INSIDE DESCRIBE THE MOMENT THE HORROR BEGAN. >> BY THE GRACE OF GOD A BULLET MISSED ME. I SAW THE SMOKE LEAVING THE GUN . I WATCHED BODIES DROP. >> LET'S BRING IN CBS 2 NEWS CHIEF CORRESPONDENT. JEFF, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM AUTHORITIES AND EMPLOYEES AT THAT WALMART ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF THE ATTACK? >> Reporter: LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO IS WHEN ALL OF THIS UNFOLDED, THE FIRST CALLS TO 911 CAME IN AT ABOUT 10:12.
WITHIN FOUR MINUTES WE ARE TOLD OFFICERS BREACHED THE WALMART AND THEY WENT IN, WHICH IS STANDARD PROTOCOL WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. THEY WENT IN AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR FATALITIES AND WOUNDED AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO NEUTRALIZE THE GUNMAN AS WELL . BY THE TIME THEY GOT TO HIM, HE HAD SUFFERED A SELF- INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. IT WAS A HORRIBLE SCENE INSIDE THE STORE. THIS IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON. YOU HAVE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS IN THERE AND ALL OF IT TURNED TO HORROR WITH THIS STORE EMPLOYEE TURNING THE GUN NOT ONLY ON HIS COWORKERS, BUT ON SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STORE. ACCORDING TO POLICE THERE WERE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE IN THE STORE WHEN THIS UNFOLDED. >> THE ALLEGED GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN OVERNIGHT MANAGER. WALMART SAID HE STARTED WORKING FOR THE COMPANY IN 2010. DO WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM OR A POSSIBLE MOTIVE? >> Reporter: 31 YEARS OLD. IN TERMS OF A POSSIBLE MOTIVE, THAT IS WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR. YOU STL HAVE A VERY ACTIVE STEAM.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE SEARCHING HIS ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WHETHER HE USED A COMPUTER. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE. BEING A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE DOES NOT ALWAYS LEAD TO THIS KIND OF INCIDENT. THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK AT HIS BACKGROUND AND PINPOINT WHAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT CAUSED HIM TO LASH OUT LAST NIGHT ON HIS COWORKERS, AS PEOPLE WERE IN THE STORE. IT SEEMED TO ME, BASED ON WHAT WE WERE HEARING, HE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A TROUBLE EMPLOYEE, ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS WE ARE GETTING. WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE VICTIM FAMILY MEMBERS ONE OF THEM TOLD US THAT THEY TRAIN YOU TO BE PREPARED IF SOMEONE COMES INTO THE STORE WITH A GUN .
