911 tapes tell of fast-spreading fear among shoppers . `` Somebody is shooting up Garden State Plaza right now , I am in the bathroom , '' one caller says . The panic was so great that the store manager called 911, and police arrived within minutes to help calm things down. The gunman , Richard Shoop , later shot himself in the head .
911 tapes tell of fast-spreading fear among shoppers . The panic was so great that the store manager called 911, and police arrived within minutes to help calm things down. The gunman , Richard Shoop , later shot himself in the head .