7:14 p.m. ET, September 1, 2019
Witness says cars were 'sitting ducks' at busy intersection where shooting took place
Dustin Fawcett told CNN he was with his 3-week-old daughter at Starbucks on Saturday, about 40-50 yards away from 42nd Street, when chaos erupted.
“We were in the parking lot and out of nowhere we begin to hear loud noises,” he told CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Sunday.
Fawcett said his first thought was that the sound was a truck backfiring.
“But it was repetitive and very loud,” he said.
He said 42nd Street is the town's busiest intersection. The light was red before the shooting so cars were waiting there.
"Sitting ducks," Fawcett said.
He then saw all the cars speed in different directions to get out of the way of gunfire.
Fawcett saw one of the vehicles' windows were shattered.
“That was the first confirmation that this was a shooting,” he said.
Fawcett said he saw the mother getting out of the car with baby Anderson, the 17-month-old wounded in the shooting.
“It was surreal seeing the blood coming from her mouth and hands,” he said.