First responders share their perspective on Greenwood Park Mall shooting

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First responders share their perspective on Greenwood Park Mall shooting
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'We have to throw, in a sense, our safety out the window to ensure that other people are safe,' Johnson County Sheriff's Office bomb squad commander, Matt Rhinehart, said.

"You hope that you respond the right way, your training kicks in, and that you will have the courage to do what it takes. But you don't really know until it happens," said Officer Chris Reed.The deadly mass shooting in Greenwood took the lives of 3 and injured 2 others.Officer Reed remembered the moments he walked into the mall:

MORE: Greenwood Police release 911 calls made during Greenwood Park Mall shooting | Johnson County dispatchers still processing after Greenwood mass shooting"There's food that is still sitting on the table because people just go up and left," said Rhinehart."My job is to get in here and protect lives," said Reed.Driving to the scene, Reed says he said a prayer.

Reed says he was fully prepared to die when walking into the food court Sunday evening, not knowing the shooter had already been killed.He says there isn't time in an instance like that to react emotionally.Rhinehart said not hesitating to save lives is the job. A bomb squad commander Rhinehart said his teams job Sunday was to eliminate the threat of a possible bomb inside.

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