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A 60 year old Jamaican born man, Alburn Edward Blake, walked into a West Palm Beach Wendy's restaurant last week during the busy lunch hour and began shooting randomly. The gunman killed paramedic Rafael Vazquez, who had just left a a training course in a mass casualty situation, before turning the gun on himself.

Vazquez had gone back into the restaurant to exchange a toy for his 4-year-old son who had accompanied him along with this wife. As Vazquez stood at the counter, he was shot point blank in the back by a gunman wearing a jacket, tie and baseball cap.

Authorities in West Palm Beach have released the audio of the calls to 911 from frightened and injured customers. That video along with a partial transcript is available by clicking the "Read More" link. 

The following is a transcript of a 911 call made between one of the injured victims and dispatch.

Caller: "I'm at Wendy's baby. Gunshots just got fired inside our store."

Dispatcher 1: "Oh my God, hold on, Get everybody out of the way. Get everybody out of the way."

Caller: "I'm getting out the way, right now."

Dispatcher 1: "Ok hold on, don't hang up."

Caller: "Can they say how many people in there are shot. They say at least ten people. Jesus Christ I'm not going in there, I can't go in there."

Dispatcher 1: "Wendy's, Wendy's 1376 North Military, Shots fired, Someone shot."

Dispatcher 1: "Did you come outside after you saw the gunman."

Caller: "I ran out the back door."

Dispatcher 1: "Alright, now stop. Very quickly because you're doing a good job. We need your help."

Dispatcher 2: "Tell me who did this."

Caller: "Hurry, I can't. My arm is blown half way off. I'm losing blood. Hurry please."

Dispatcher 2: "I understand. I need you to tell me who did this. They're already on the way."

Caller: :He put a bullet in his head. He's down."

Dispatcher 2: "The guy that did that."

Caller: "Yeah, he killed himself, he's dead."

Caller: "Please help me, I'm losing consciousness."

Dispatcher 2: "What is your name, my name is Lauren and I'm not going to hang up with you, you stay on the phone with me."

Caller: "I'm losing lots of blood, I can't hear you."

Dispatcher 2: " Stay on the phone with me, Stay with me."

Caller 2: "I'm here, hang on."

Dispatcher 2: "Stay with me."

Caller-2 "It appeared that he had looked like he had been shot in the stomach. I could see blood on his stomach, but he's lying down. He's lying over there."

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