“And to be honest, the truck drivers that are around here they are getting worried with what’s happening,” he said.
The 53-year-old Mahanes said he was headed down Interstate 215 when what authorities called a “massive mutual aid response” descended toward the Inland Regional Center, within a mile of Mahanes’ rig.
“Next thing I know I’m seeing state troopers, sheriff, local law enforcement, fire trucks, ambulances,” he said. “The next thing I know I’m looking up in the sky and there’s helicopters everywhere.”
Mahanes later stopped at a terminal about five miles from the shooting site. Late in the afternoon — as what he called a massive manhunt continued — he described the mood of those around him.
“Around here locally they’re staying away from the area,” he said. “And everybody here from our terminal they’re glued to the TV set, seeing what’s going on.”
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