He came to our door and was saying, 'My wife needs medication, I need money,' ... He was shaky and my husband told me to close the door, so I did.

For seven or eight minutes they kept begging him to come out, some of them saying drop it, put it down, come on out. A long time, then we heard one shot.

I think he needs to find other ways to cut costs and I think we need to start concentrating on the needs of the people in this country. If we can't take care of ourselves, we're certainly not going to be able to take care of anyone else.

They're just pointing fingers in the air and saying something needs to be done. If somebody is intent on committing a crime of violence, they're going to do that.

Our community needs to continue to celebrate.

He's like elephant man. They are saying he could be lying there in six months. He needs a miracle. Those were their words: He needs a miracle.