Witness: Shooter was enjoying himself

Murderous intent was on Sulejman Talovic's face as he made his way through Trolley Square Mall Monday night, say witnesses who watched him. DeEtta Barta and friend Ron Mason, who are both registered nurses, were seated at a west-side window table in the Desert Edge Brewery, located on the mall's second floor. They heard what first sounded like a car backfiring. But the sound repeated.

Barta said she looked down and saw Talovic, who appeared to have emerged from the parking terrace. He stood facing the mall's west entrance, giving the two a direct view of him. Talovic held a shotgun, pointed skyward, and pumped it several times. The look on his face ''was a spirit of murder. It was like a spirit was on him,'' said Barta, who considers Talovic a victim of ''spiritual darkness.''

"He wasn't yelling but he was determined to kill and I could see it all over his face," she said. The teen then leveled the shotgun, fired and pumped it again, Mason said, before he trotted into the mall and disappeared from view.

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"He was strolling with an arrogant look on his face like he was king of the hill," he said. "He was enjoying himself. He really was."

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