Police release 911 calls from night of Trolley Square shooting

Salt Lake City police today released hundreds of 911 calls that panicked shoppers, employees and other people made to emergency dispatchers as Sulejman Talovic rampaged through the Trolley Square mall on a killing spree.

"We just heard gunshots outside, and people are screaming," said Rene Roberts, an employee at Green Street Social Club.

Roberts made one of the first calls to 911 after Talovic fired his first shots in the west parking terrace. Her voice grows more panicked as she realizes the severity of the situation. She said she heard between four and seven shots.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. There's like people like running," she said.

On Feb. 12, Talovic opened fire at the mall with a 12-gauge shotgun and a .38-caliber handgun. He shot and killed Jeffrey Walker, 52, in the parking garage and wounded his 16-year-old son, Alan "AJ" Walker. He then wounded Shawn Munns.

Brad Merrill told dispatchers he heard at least 10 shots fired.

"There's a guy with a shotgun shooting up Trolley Square," he said. "I saw him with a shotgun. He shot out a window and was chasing somebody. He was running around the main floor of Trolley Square."

Several employees called police after locking themselves in a bathroom or storage room.

"This is so scary," one frightened employee told dispatchers.

Walking inside the mall, police said Vanessa Quinn, 29, was shot and killed outside Bath and Body Works. She was on her way to meet her husband to purchase wedding bands.

At the Cabin Fever novelty and card shop, Talovic shot five people. Teresa Ellis, 29, was killed alongside Brad Frantz, 24. Kirsten Hinckley, 15, was also shot dead. Her mother, 44-year-old Carolyn Tuft, survived and is now hospitalized in fair condition after undergoing a series of surgeries. Stacy Hanson, 53, was also wounded and his condition slipped from fair to serious on Tuesday, hospital officials said.