Washington DC shooting eyewitness recalls moment she ‘looked evil in the eye’ as she gave suspect water

Washington DC shooting eyewitness recalls moment she 'looked evil in the eye' as she gave suspect water Source: Sky News

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00:00So the security guard who let him in, it was her impression.

00:03The event was wrapping up.

00:05It was her impression that he was a victim and an innocent bystander to this attack.

00:08And being the well-meaning group that we are, we all thought that was the case.

00:14And I actually offered him, gave him water.

00:18Unbeknownst to me was that I was looking evil in the eye and that he was the murderer who killed these two.

00:25When I arrived in the lobby, there was commotion and a frenzy.

00:30But at that time, we were not, no one was aware of lives lost.

00:35The gunshots were heard.

00:36So security started locking the doors.

00:38And that is when I saw whom I now know is the perpetrator, the murderer of these, this Israeli Jewish couple.

00:48And I didn't find out till much later that he was actually the murderer.

00:54So I see him.

00:56He seems very distraught.

00:58I now understand it's because he killed two people point blank, offered him water.

01:03He accepted.

01:04I then handed him the water.

01:05And then he, seconds after I've handed him the water, he whips out his keffiyeh and yells,

01:09free Palestine.

01:10And then he's subdued by the officers on scene.

01:13So, people listen to me.

01:18And then they were asked, can I tell you, man?

01:22And then they were, you know, the police called the police, you know, that there's no one.

01:26So you know, that's what I'm saying.

01:28So I think I think that's why they had to go away.

01:30So you know, the police said that was a very interesting message.

01:33And then they came up with their car, they were like, oh, you know, they think they were like, you know,

01:37they did something that was the last thing.