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I was standing in the doorway of the cloakroom

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looking out just watching things as it was going on—

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it was very quiet, no one was talking or moving.

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Then right directly, kitty-corner across from me in the gallery—

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the Visitors’ Gallery—in the corner over there,

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in the southwest corner of the chamber, there’s some movement.

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I just looked up, I saw the movement out of the corner of my eye,

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and I looked up and this man stood up, and he had a dark suit on—

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a tall, lanky guy, had a dark suit on—and it just caught my eye

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when he looked up, when he moved I mean. I looked up and

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he reached inside of his coat pocket and pulled out a pistol.

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I just...that is a pistol. I couldn’t believe it; I knew it was a pistol.

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And he started shooting right away. Then everybody started hitting

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the ground and some Congressmen, like myself, just stood there

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looking at the guy. Even some Members of Congress I heard say that,

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later on say that, they thought it was firecrackers going off.

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They weren’t looking, just heard the pop, pop, pop, pop. He’s shooting,

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and then I remember the gun stopped. He emptied it out,

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and he pulled the clip out, threw it down on the floor,

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pulled another clip out of his pocket, put the clip in, and

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he started shooting again. And his gun jammed about that time.

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Well, then about that same time the second man stood up.

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He pulled out a gun and he started shooting.

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He was in a light blue suit, I remember that—a lighter suit, maybe grey.

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And he started shooting. While the second guy was reloading and

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did his shooting, the second guy, or the first guy with the second clip,

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his gun quit on him or jammed. So he turned

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and ran up the steps out of the gallery.

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I learned later that as he ran out into the hallway out there

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a cop was coming and nailed him,

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and just hauled off and slugged him good and flattened him.