Eyewitnesses said they were packed into a corner of the Safeway building, so there was nowhere for them to escape. If the shooter was standing with his back to the open area, the people would be hemmed in and would not run toward the shooter. Obviously, it was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Thanks. That answers some questions for me.
Crowd was lucky the shooter did not use Corbon rounds, which flatten and shatter forming a wall of powdered lead upon impact but continues to travel into the body causing severe trauma. It is said the round if impact in human chest, head and abdomen is a death sentence. Even if you survive, your insides are so shattered that you will die from internal bleeding. The only good news about the round is it will not go thru you and travel thru walls and etc, even at close range. Favorite for bodyguards, but in the wrong hands a mass casualty ordnance.