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Amarnath Amarasingam, an extremism researcher, pointed out that spreading such rumors was irresponsible. “[It] creates panic, and you don't know shit,” Amarasingam said on Twitter. Schiller began livestreaming just moments after the mass shooting started at around 2.45 p.m. on Monday afternoon.“Hey guys, I don't know what's going on,” Schiller says. “I'm at King Soopers in South Boulder, and I heard gunshots. They were very close. Someone's down right here.”The video shows Schiller returning to the entrance of the store with the camera panning to the parking lot and showing several bodies lying motionless on the ground. He tells other people at the scene to call 911 and continues to film.Another witness tells him the shooter is still in the store and as Schiller moves inside, he sees another body lying on the ground. At this point Schiller leaves the store and goes to the parking lot, telling other people to hide because of an active shooter situation.
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