darby murphy just lives a block from the cafe where the hostage situation is taking place. police will not let him back into his home since all streets are blocked off. after standing outside the cafe for hours he watched some hostages leave the campaign. he joins me now on the phone. thank you so much. i know you're in a safe place. it is all locked down, as we know. tell me, what happened? when did you first realize this was going down? >> the scene here at the moment and for most of the day has just been complete silence throughout the day. i was first alerted to this by a reporter who i knew was live on the scene right when it was happening about 9:45 a.m., and i have been down here ever since we were told to evacuate. and the scene for the majority of the day has been very quiet, very calm, and really just playing the waiting game. >> but when the police started shooting and when they started taking people out -- we can see some of these pictures -- we've seen that confrontation when the s.w.a.t. team went in. were you nearby? could you see or hear what was going on? >