Tell me what you saw. I just heard gunshots, and I seen people running. Okay, sir, where's the shooter? Shooter is still inside the building. I've been shot on my neck, and my blood body is on the floor. Wednesday, February 5th, 2025, Columbus, Ohio. Police receive an emergency call reporting an active shooting at a business with multiple injuries already confirmed. We've been shot at JTech everybody run. Okay, sir, where's the shooter? Shooter is still inside the building. I've been shot on my neck, and my blood body is on the floor. The situation is urgent, and officers, along with EMS, have to respond immediately. The condition of the victims is unknown, and there's fear that they may arrive too late. I'm Tyler, and this is your daily dose of crime. Show me your hands. Show me your hands. Show me your hands. Show me your hands. Put your hands in the car right now. Do not move. Suspect description at all? Okay. Go ahead and get him out. Hey, keep your hands above your head, okay? Are there any firearms in the car? Any firearms? Hey, we have an active shooter going on in this building. We need to make sure you're not involved. Hey, go ahead and step out of the vehicle, okay? Don't move. Turn your car off. Why? Nobody's allowed to leave the premises yet. There's a shooter. If it happened, I'm leaving. I said stay here. I have to figure out who the shooter is before you can leave. Do you understand? Get the [ __ ] out. Do you have a badge? Yeah, yeah. You want to grab that for me when I'm done with this, all right? All right, boss, hang tight on the call for me, okay? Don't get out. At the loading dock, officers stop vehicles in the area. Drivers are forced to pull over and appear visibly confused and have no idea what's going on. The situation is deeply alarming. The suspect has fled, and both the officers and remaining employees on scene have no idea if the armed man is still in the building. Why do you get Yeah, walk walk back to these trailers right here and hide behind these trailers, okay? Stay in the group. No, stay in the car. Stay Stay behind the trailers, okay? Do you see the guy? Where? He just walked where? Okay, they said he the suspect walked through here. Where? He walked out when? Hey, he said he walked out over here. What jacket? Black jacket what? Black jacket just like hoodie shirt. Hoodie shirt? Short sleeve just short sleeve? He walked out this way. Two black. Hoodie in the back? Black jacket inside the jacket. And he went down this way. And he ran this way. Okay. Hey, we have workers on scene saying two male black. One's wearing black sweatshirt. He has a book bag underneath. Fled south from the building. When officers are pulling on scene, on her which direction? Witnesses and co-workers of the suspect provided description of the shooter's clothing and the direction in which they saw him escape. The man is carrying a loaded weapon, so police must take precautions and follow protocol. Though they still don't know much about the suspect's background. Nobody, please. Line 13, we haven't checked yet. I'm going to be at line 17 checking. Victims, yes. How was it violent or a victim? Near line 17, I'm going to be over there with the floor mat. Show me YOUR HANDS. HANDS UP. STAY THERE. KEEP YOUR HANDS THERE. HEY, WE got a witness saying three people shot in the front. Still looking. Do you want him outside? Where are you shot? Where are you shot? Please, hold. They shot in the ankle? Okay. As officers search the business, multiple victims are then found, and action is taken immediately. Tension rises with each and every passing second as they continue to search for the shooter, and more victims are discovered. There are no gunshots heard, and something is off. The authorities fear the worst. Ankle shot. I told him to get just in case. Medics need to come in. Anywhere else was he shot? The arm and the neck? Sir, do you have a tourniquet for his arm? I do not have it on me. Okay. Is anybody else hurt or shot? Anybody else? No, okay. Are you guys on a post right now? Some No, I'm over there. I got my sergeant in here. He's with a victim. He needs two more bodies. If you guys are good. Who do I got? Both Franklin County? Hands up. Hands up. You guys okay? Yeah, we're fine. Did you hear anything or know what's going on? I heard the shots in production. Okay. Okay. I went down and grabbed my tank, my GR, and I noticed there was a guy in the office running down. Okay, which office? Downstairs, you know, uh production office down by the tanks. Here's a dead body there. Okay. He's down, but I don't know if he's dead. Everybody good in here? Is there anyone else in these doors here? I'm going to have you stand up, and you're going to go over with these guys here, okay? Okay. Thank you. I'm sure you guys You guys all right? Yeah. All right. First time I've ever experienced this. It's like real. Yeah, I got you. All right, tell me what you what you saw. I just heard gunshots, and I seen people running. Just running. I saw people running static. Just figure out what happened. I didn't hear a shot. I just seen the guys running static and scrambling. Yeah, I mean More employees are slowly found hiding in different parts of the building and are evacuated to safety to be questioned. Of the three employees who give statements, some say they heard gunshots, while others claim they didn't hear anything. But all agree on seeing people running in panic. One of the victims has already been found dead, and the worst-case scenario is beginning to unfold. You too? Go come with me. What What language? Nepali Nepali. Nepali? Yeah. You speak any English? Little bit. A little? Okay. Can you ask her, "Did you see anybody shooting?" Okay, ma'am, I'm going to ask you some questions. I'm not asking her, so don't translate, please. So, she said that she saw the shooter who was a black man. Kind of tall? Might be employed there, okay. Um what she says Did she say tall? How tall? Same height? Okay. So, black male, possibly employed there, about 6 ft Any other descriptors? Facial hair, clothing? Do you know his name? I don't know name. No name? No name, but maybe same time hired this guy. Age? Age 45-50. 45 to 50? Yeah. All right. She saw the shooter. Saw the shooting. She doesn't know the name, but they're saying security, she thinks he's in QA. Uh cuz she saw him walk in, kind of smelled alcohol. Supervisor saw him. Supervisor inside? Yep. Inside the room? I said supervisor just like this this guy. I saw him Black male. Uh a hoodie and a bag so forth. That's good [ __ ] Okay, I'm going to ask her a few questions here. Can you please explain to her to answer the questions in shorter sentences so I can so you can translate and I can write it down. So, let's start from the beginning. What did you see initially when the shooter walked into your workplace? First, he walked into the main entrance, and then uh without coming to the the uh to the office the lane 17. He started walking there. So, you saw him walk in the main entrance. Did you know he was drunk then, or uh was it later? Uh I was trying to deliver or I was just carrying this tray when that person passed by me, and I was able to smell a very strong alcoholic uh smell, and that person just pointed towards me, and uh Okay, you smelled alcohol on him, and he pointed towards you. Is that correct? Uh not the alcohol, but he was he smelled Okay, so he pointed towards you, then what? Uh after that, I looked at my supervisor. My supervisor was faced towards me was facing towards me, and through the mirror, I told my supervisor that Okay, what's next? Uh I was putting the beer keg when I heard And everyone just started to run away, and I was thinking that that person killed a person, and he's shooting inside. So, I just tried to run away again. One of the witnesses claims to have seen the killer, a black male around 6 ft tall wearing a black jacket, approximately 45 years old, and seemingly intoxicated. According to the witness's statement, the man at first walked toward the main entrance, and when he returned inside and passed by the witness, she noticed a strong smell of Moments later, as sirens began to wail, she called for paramedics. But when she saw people running, heard gunshots, and was told that someone had been killed, she ran for cover with a coworker. Okay, start from the beginning. What she What was she doing? She She's a what operator? Okay, she was pulling some material out? She said she was pulling some material out and then she heard shooting, is that what it was? Who told her that the guy who looked like he was on it was shooting? Who was the Who was the name? Sorry. And that was the person that told her that guy was shooting? Any other details you can think of? Okay. Her coworker who had helped her to escape was a direct witness to the moment the killer shot the man standing next to him. Together, they fled the scene and hid behind trucks with other employees. From there, they saw the suspect escape in a vehicle. Gradually, the police gathered more details, getting closer to identifying the shooter. They have to locate him before it's too late. I didn't see him on my side with all the people, but they all have their head nets and masks on. I had a feeling he was. Are we suspect? That was my mind. Do we have Is it one suspect they said? Uh well, two ran out the building. Okay. On my side, when I was with my victims. I just want to be sure we captured. Are you serious? That was where my victims were. We looked down, there was a bullet on that side. So, I'm on this one. When we broke off and I took those two people out. I went out to a guy that had a neck shot and an arm shot and an ankle shot. A separate guy had So, two two victims. Neck and arm and then an ankle. And so, so I just wanted to make sure I stayed out there with them because I had like 30 employees out there. And then there was a bullet sitting right by my feet. So, we need to get that as well. There was a bullet right by my feet. Okay, so they they I already documented where they all were and all that. And then I got the people around and and then I got the gun from in here and brought it around. So, the gun was in here? Yeah, this is where they wrestled the guy. Huh? If you two want to go return Are you Are you guys holding this or anything or what? No, we got plenty of guys out here. Okay. Do you want to All right. What do you want us to do then? The officers discuss the events. It appears that there are two suspects, but they were difficult to identify due to the masks they were wearing. Inside the business, they had left the weapon used in the attack. And with the weapon, the bullets as evidence, and solid work gathering security camera footage, they may be able to track down the individuals. However, time was working against them. Hey, let me see your hands. Hands! Police department! Hey, put your hands up. Hands up! Manos arriba! Stay Stay Stay Stay Stay. Stay. Español? Español? Oh, no. No? No. Okay, stay here. Okay. Stay in the car, okay? There's There's a shooter. Okay. Stay. Any guns? Okay. Stay in the car. No. Where is that? Right here where these orange pylons are. Just go right around the corner. The main smoking area is Behind the gate? Behind the gate? Yeah. Okay. Okay. Here, this is smoking area. Right corner cover. Okay. Corner right, corner right. Clear. Oh, this is it? Watch above this. There's a catwalk. Yeah. Hey, show me your hands. Hands! Hands! Walk towards me. Hands up! Hands up! COME HERE. HEY! COME HERE! YOU KNOW there's a shooter? Yeah. Okay. Don't Don't be walking around. Do you understand? Where's your car? Okay. When When I tell you to go back to your car, okay? Stay right here. Put Keep your hands up. Okay? Okay. What time does your shift start? Uh we are the second shift coordinator. You're the second shift coordinator? Where were you at when the shooting happened? Were you inside? No, no. Right at the cafeteria. My office is right in the back. Did you see anything? No. While some officers check the area and ensure the site is clear, more employees emerge in the parking lot. They're asked to identify themselves and their statements are taken to assist with the investigation, but nothing particularly useful comes forward. The situation continues to grow even more complicated. All right, it's clear. Everybody come to me, please. IDs? IDs? Okay. Go over there, okay? Hey guys, over here on the sidewalk, all right? On the sidewalk. Once the police confirm there's no one else in the area and the business premises are clear, employees are allowed back into the building to continue giving statements and provide evidence. The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Bruce Reginald Foster is arrested by US Marshals at a house in Columbus, about 15 miles away in the New Albany area. Five victims were injured by gunfire and one was fatally shot during the attack. Police say that the arrest happened here in this University District apartment this morning. Authorities say when they could not get into an apartment, they deployed a Taser when the suspect refused orders to come out. 911 The 911 call came in at 10:22 last night. Law enforcement responded within 4 minutes, ultimately apprehending the suspect at 10:30 this morning in the Short North, about 25 minutes from here. This is an investigation that has shocked this normally quiet community. Foster faces potential years in prison depending on the circumstances of the crime and his criminal history.