. >> reporter: this is the stepson of 54-year-old cindy yuille, one of two people killed when shots rang out. a coworker finds it difficult making sense of such a senseless tragedy. >> cindy was an amazing hospice nurse. she spent other life helping other people transition to the end of life. and cindy yuille's family never got to say good-bye. >> he is just a wonderful, wonderful man. >> reporter: a friend and colleague of the other person killed, 45-year-old steve forsyth, describes him as a loving husband and father of two. >> our family is hurting from losing a great person and our heart goes out to carla and their two children. >> reporter: we're also learning more about the man authorities say ambushed shoppers before killing himself. detectives say 22-year-old jacob roberts wore a hockey mask during the rampage. the suspected shooter's family expressed shock and grief through a friend on wednesday. >> she is very sad, wants everyone to know that she's so sorry what jake did and that it's so out of his character. >> reporter: deputies say the 22-year-old stole the semi- automatic r

she spent her life helping other people transition to the end of life and cindy yuille's family never- bye. >> 54-year-old cindy yuille was a hospice nurse, 45-year-old steven forsyth ran a business at the mall. and 15-year-old cristina shevchenko is said -- kristina shevchenko is said to be recovering well in a portland hospital. the shooter didn't know any of his victims. >>> a british coroner officers confirms it was suicide that took the life of a nurse who was dupe need a radio hoax involving the pregnant duchess of cambridge. the report confirms the nurse was found hanging in her room. there were also three suicide notes there. the nurse had fallen for a prank by two radio hosts from australia who impersonated members of the royal family. >>> after weeks on the run, software tycoon john mcafee is back in the u.s., arriving in miami international airport yesterday after being kicked out of guatemala for entering the country illegally. mcafee snuck into guatemala to escape being questioned by police in belize on his neighbor's murder. no one knows where he is and what he plans to

and cindy yuille's family never got to say good-bye. >> and that's 54-year-old cindy yuille.nurse, 45-year-old steven forsyth ran a business at that mall and 15-year-old kristina shevchenko is said to be recovering well in a hospital. the shooter did not know any of his victims. >>> a british coroner's office confirms it was suicide that took the life of a nurse who was duped into a radio hoax involving the pregnant duchess of cambridge. the report confirms the nurse was found hanging in her room. there were also three suicide notes there. the nurse fallen for a prank by two radio hosts from australia who impersonated members of the royal family. >>> software tycoon john mcafee is back in the u.s. but no one seemed to know where he is. he was last seen leaving miami international airport just before 5:00 last night after being kicked out of guatemala for entering the country illegally. he has been trying to dodge police in belize who wanted to question him about his neighbor's murder. >>> 6:40. the nominations are out. who is up for best picture at the golden globes? we'll te

. >> reporter: killed in the attack, were cindy yuille, and steve forsyth. neither had a connection to the shooter. police searched the gunman's home. a neighbor said he saw roberts leaving the house in a hurry yesterday, carrying a guitar case. officials say there would have been more victims if the gun had not temporarily jammed, or the response from the police and the people in the mall not been so quick. >> it's difficult to see how anything good can come out of a tragedy like this, but it reminds of us of how precious we are to one another. >> reporter: the third victim, a 15-year-old girl is listed in serious condition, but very lucky to be alive. a bullet passed through her back, and bruised her lung, but didn't hit any vital organs, and she is expected to make a full recovery. >>> today, the house of representatives recognized the victims of yesterday's mall shooting. members paused for a moment of silence to remember 54-year-old cindy yuille, and 45-year-old steve forsyth. >>> he said that the fiscal cliff must be avoided with both tax increases and

semiautomatic rifle, killed 54-year-old cindy ann yuille, and 45-year-old steven forsyth. a third victim, 15-year-old kristina shevchenko was seriously wounded. >> this was a heartbreaking tragedy, by any standard. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out what triggered the brutal attack. unlike other rampages, roberts, they say, did not leave behind signals his life had gone off-course. in fact, he had no history of serious trouble. >> we do not understand the motive of this attack. >> reporter: roberts' ex-girlfriend, hannah sansburn, told abc news that roberts quit his job, sold all his belongings and said he was moving to hawaii. she still has no idea what set him off. >> this was the last thing i would ever have expected. especially from him. he was just too sweet. >> reporter: detectives say roberts made a beeline from his volkswagen jetta, parked in the mall lot, and entered macy's carrying the rifle, which he stole from someone he knew. roberts wore a ballistics vest that carried ammo, and a hockey-style mask. that grisly image, different than the one released

. >> reporter: killed in the attack, were cindy yuille, and steve forsyth. neither had a connection to the shooter. police searched the gunman's home. a neighbor said he saw roberts leaving the house in a hurry yesterday, carrying a guitar case. officials say there would have been more victims if the gun had not temporarily jammed, or the response from the police and the people in the mall not been so quick. >> it's difficult to see how anything good can come out of a tragedy like this, but it reminds of us of how precious we are to one another. >> reporter: the third victim, a 15-year-old girl is listed in serious condition, but very lucky to be alive. a bullet passed through her back, and bruised her lung, but didn't hit any vital organs, and she is expected to make a full recovery. >>> today, the house of representatives recognized the victims of yesterday's mall shooting. members paused for a moment of silence to remember 54-year-old cindy yuille, and 45-year-old steve forsyth. >>> he said that the fiscal cliff must be avoided with both tax increases and

killing 55-year-old nurse cindy yuille and 45-year-old father of two steven forsyth.ockey-style facemask and load-bearing vest, continued shooting into the lower level maul courtyard, wounding 15-year-old kristina shevkenko. >> she's still in serious condition. we are optimistic about her eventual recovery. >> reporter: roberts then killed himself near jcpenneys. what was behind his mission is still a mystery. roberts' ex-girlfriend hannah exclusively told abc news that he had quit his job, sold all of his belongings, and was moving to hawaii. >> this is the last thing i ever expected, especially from him. he was just too sweet. he was never mean to anybody. >> reporter: tammy roberts, roberts aunt who raised him, also has no answers. >> she has no understanding or explanation for her son's behavior. she's very sad and wants everyone to know she's so sorry what jake did and it's so out of his character. >> reporter: sunny hostin, abc news, new york. >> just to reiterate, police believe and authorities believe he stole the gun that he used in the rampage. they searched

outside the mall, well-wishers left flowers for the victims. 54-year-old cindy yuille and 45- year-old steven forsyth who owned a store in the mall. >> i have lived and worked in this community many years and i'm deeply saddened by the events of yesterday. >> reporter: authorities say the shooter did not have a criminal record. witnesses say here at the mall christmas music was playing in the background when the shooting started. you might imagine shoppers and even the mall santa claus were forced to duck for cover. reporting in happy valley, oregon, bigad shaban cbs 5. >>> quick action by san francisco police saved a newborn's life. they were called to the providence baptist church shelter in the bayview overnight after a woman began pounding on the door. she was covered in blood and told the man who answered that she had had a baby but didn't have the infant with her. thinking she had been assaulted, the church worker called 911. >> she was a little hysterical. she was saying she wanted to come in she wanted to come in at first. and then when she came back with the baby, she did not

me stuff and everybody else, put everybody before her" >> this is the step-son of 54-year-old cindy yuilleshe was one of two people killed when shots rang out. a co-worker finds it difficult making sense of such a senseless tragedy. >> "cindy was an amazing hospice nurse. she spent her life helping other people transition to the end of life and cindy yuille's family never got to say goodbye." "he's just a wonderful, wonderful man." >>catherine: a friend and colleague of the other person killed, 45 year old steve forsyth describes him as a loving husband and father of two. >> "our family is hurting from losing a great person and our heart goes out to carla and their two children." >> we're also learning more about the man authorities say ambushed shoppers before taking his own life. detectives say 22 year old jacob roberts wore a hockey mask during the rampage. the suspected shooter's family expressed shock and grief through a friend on wednesday. >> she's very sad and wants everybody to know that she's so sorry what jake did and that its so out of his character." >>catherine: deputies say

by the time he got to the food court, he was already firing, killing cindy ann yuille and steven forsyth. he shot down into the lower level courtyard, too, hitting kristina shevchenko, now in the hospital. then his gun jammed. police say roberts bolted down a flight of stairs, got his rifle working again and killed himself near jcpenney's. >> this was a heartbreaking tragedy by any standard. >> reporter: but today, everyone agreed it was a miracle only two people were killed. experts say in a situation like this, the most important thing is to make yourself less of a target. run away, or find cover, preferably behind something hard. >> the best being a free-standing atm or mailbox. get behind that because those are very hard surfaces. >> reporter: the mall santa dove to the floor. >> i know everybody else ran, well, to me, running is a target. >> reporter: a big red target, in your case. >> right. that was my thought. i said, you know, i'm a real good target. >> reporter: the mall had an emergency lockdown procedure designed for situations like this. >> from people who survive cases like

shopper cindy yuille was there, e o. a 15-year-old was seriously wounded. the gunman knew none of his victims. >> i think we all need to be very thankful that this incident wasn't much worse. >> reporter: the gunman was armed with an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle and carry the several magazines of ammunition. >> it appeared the suspect's rifle did jam while he was attacking individuals in the arin court. uchreporter: the mall had incitly run a drill preparing shojust such an incident. stores gathered shoppers and incked their doors. allice arrived at the mall within two minutes of the first 911 call and brought thousands out of the mall ordering them all to keep their hands up. witnesses say 22-year-old jacob roberts was wearing a hockey mask and yelled, "i am the hooter," before he ran down a back hall and turned the gun on himself. roberts has no police record, on h but his mother had seen his life going wrong for years. on her myspace web page, she complained of his drug use and refusal to talk to her. in 2008 she wrote, "i really thought he was growing up t

level, when he got to the food court, he was already reportedly firing, killing 54 hospice nurse cindy ann yuille, who was christmas shopping, and 45-year-old steven forsyth, a father of two, who owned a small business in the mall. he fired into the lower level, hitting this 15-year-old, now in the hospital. there his gun jammed. he bolted down a flight of stairs where he got his rifle working again, according to police, and killed himself near the jcpenney store. it was just the latest rampage in a violent year. july's massacre in aurora, colorado, killed 12, but it wasn't the only mass tragedy. april 2nd, seven dead on a university campus in oakland, california. in august and september, seven dead at a sikh temple in milwaukee, then six dead at a workplace in minneapolis. >> the ability to shoot and kill other human beings, to actually pull the trigger, requires the shooter look at these humans more as objects than other humans. when you're able to do that, it makes pulling that trigger so much easier. >> reporter: veteran fbi profiler mary ellen o'toole says the triggers for such random violen

you know, taken in this incident. 54-year-old cindy yuille ashgyu dedicated mother and hospice nurse.year-old steve forsythe, a former co-worker is speaking out. >> he told me, felix there's two type of people in this world, dreammakers and dream breakers. and he said i'm a dreammaker go live out your dreams. >>> we're also getting an update about the 15-year-old girl who was wounded during the attack. she is in the hospital but expected to survive. she was shot in the torso. the bullet bruised her lung but missed vital organs. months ago she survived another ordeal, when the van she was riding in was struck by a drunken driver. that driver was killed, but she survived. just incredible. john? >> she is a survivor. glad to hear she's in stable and improving condition. dan simon, thank you very much. >>> 34 minutes past the hour. a missouri beating victim fighting back on facebook. 23-year-old amber taylor posted this picture of her bruised and battered face on her boyfriend's facebook page while she was in the hospital. she said she wanted everyone to know that he beat her with a baseb

and 54-year-old cindy yuille, the mother and dedicated hospice nurse. someone who knew her very well is also speaking out. take a look. >> cindy was an amazing hospice nurse. she spent her life helping other people transition to the end of life. and cindy yuille's family never got to say goodbye. >> reporter: well, there's the 15-year-old girl in the hospital. she is recovering. she took a bullet wound right to the torso. it bruised her lung, but didn't touch any vital organs. just months ago she also survived another ordeal when the van she was riding in was hit by a drunken driver. just an incredible ordeal for her, but she seems to be doing well. >> oh, my goodness. dan simon with an update on the little bit we know about the shooter at this point. >>> let's talk fiscal cliff for a moment. it's getting closer, but the deal still doesn't seem all that close. president obama, congressional republicans seem to be digging in on taxes. a new wall street journal/nbc poll shows an overwhelming majority of americans are siding with the president on this one.

and 54-year-old cindy ann yuille was a hospice nurse christmas shopping for her stepson. >> cindy wasamazing hospice nurse, she spent her life helping others transition to the end of life and her family never got to say good-bye. >> the mall is closed for a second day today but is expected to open at 9:00 tomorrow. >> gretchen: when you see the pictures of the victims and learn about their families, it's so senseless. can you tell us anything more you have learned about the shooter? >> reporter: still no concrete answers on why roberts did this. we're getting a better picture of him from a lot of sources, a lot of social media talking about him. he talked about himself on social media, on facebook he described himself as an adrenaline junky who liked shooting but most say no criminal history, no violent past. there's word he recently quit his job at a sandwich job, sold his belongings and planned to move to hawaii but missed his flight. a neighbor saw him leaving his apartment in a hurry carrying a guitar case. his mom issued a statement through a friend. >> tammy wishes to express he

it was there he first opened fire with a semiautomatic ar-15 rifle, killing cindy yuille and steve forsyths gun jammed but got it working again. on the lower floor of the mall turned the gun on himself. 22 minutes after the shooting started, officers found him dead. they also found a third victim, a bullet had ripped into the chest of 15-year-old kristina shevchenko. trauma surgeons saved her life. and there may have been more deaths and injuries here, but mall workers and law enforcement had recently drilled for an event just like this at this mall. the mall went into lockdown very quickly. thousands of shoppers were taken to a safe place out of the line of fire of the shooter and that may have helped save lives here. charlie and gayle? >> john blackstone, thank you. >>> now this has many people concerned for the safety of a u.s. veteran. john palmetto survived the wars of afghanistan and now he's locked up in mexico for an honest mistake. he was arrested for carrying an antique shotgun over the border. >> we need to get him out before this is too late. >> reporter: for the parents of joh

cindy ann yuille and matthew forsyth. he was 54 years old, had two children. coached youth children and had a zest for life. cindy was a nurse and people say she also put others first. a third victim, 15-year-old kristina shevchenko is recovering. she may need more surgeries to fully heal. she and cindy and matthew were shot last evening, at the clackamas town center, by this young man. police say he was acting alone and took his own life as police arrived on the scene. >> during this attack, he was armed with an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle. the rifle was stolen yesterday from a person known to the suspect. at the time of the attack, he was wearing a load-bearing vest, not a bulletproof vest as earlier reported by some outlets. he was also wearing a hockey-style face mask. and we have not yet been able to establish how many shots were fired during the attack, although we believe he was carrying several fully loaded magazines. >> a friend of the killer tells cnn he can't believe he did this. a friend of his mother, meantime, gave the following letter to a local tv

and this is 54-year-old cindy ann yuille.ys she was everybody's friend. she leaves behind a 23-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old stepson. steve forsyth also had two children and loved to coach kids sports. the 45-year-old businessman had a zest for life, a wicked sense of humor and never said a bad word about anyone. christina is in stable but serious condition with bullet fragments in her lung and her liver. doctors say the 15-year-old will recover but faces more surgery. >>> and this is the man would unleashed the carnage, 22-year-old jacob roberts. shocked friends say he was kind and upbeat and studying to become a firefighter. dan simon is in happy valley, oregon with the very latest for us. >> reporter: roberts' name surfaced less than 24 hours ago. at this point we didn't really have a motive. investigators say they found no violent history, no criminal history, but if you look a little deeper, perhaps there is some hints about his emotional well. for instance if you look on his facebook page, you notice that he poste

: we're hearing stories of heroism through all this including one man who tried to help victim cindy yuillerst he thought the shots were something collapsing in the mall. he told his family to hide and ran to help her. >> i don't know why i did. just instinct i guess. i don't know. my adrenaline was going. i was never worried about being shot or anything like that. i was just there to help people. bill: he said two other people tried to help cindy but it was too late for her. he stayed by her side until police forced him to leave the mall saying he did not feel right leaving her alone. >> there are new details about a troubling incident involving medal of honor resipient dakota meyer. he is recovering after he was allegedly attacked by an 18-year-old last weekend. fox's anna kooiman is here with the latest. this is peculiar. what more do we know about this? >> reporter: dakota meyer recently spoke with our rick leventhal. he said he was hit over the head with a bottle and kicked and beaten on the ground by a group of up to 10 or more people. he woke up hospital with three staples in his hea

. >> gretchen: roberts killed 54-year-old nurse cindy ann yuille and 45-year-old father of two, stevend can download an app to track his wife's location without her ever knowing? it's about to be illegal today. the senate judiciary committee is about to outlaw cyber stalking apps that run in secret on cell phones. i guess this would be if women wanted to follow men, right? >> steve: anybody. >> gretchen: one week from today, we will hear from secretary of state hillary clinton on the benghazi, libya attack that left chris stevens and three other americans dead. she is going to testify now before the house and senate foreign affairs committee. it will be on december 20. the obama administration has been under fire for not giving help to the consulate and denying that it was actually a terrorist attack for several weeks. u.n. ambassador susan rice as you recall went on five morning talk shows shortly after, saying the attack was because it was that video, spontaneous. >>> here is proof that the cameras are always rolling, even in the commercial break. ♪ . >> gretchen: that's what we do d

among the dead, 54-year-old hospice nurse, cindy ann yuille, who was christmas shopping.n a complete stranger, stayed with her and performed cpr. >> she died with dignity. and she did not die alone. >> reporter: 45-year-old steven forsyth, a father of two, was also killed. but 15-year-old kristina shevchenko was shot in the chest and survived. amazingly, her second brush with death in less than a year, after being injured in a head-on car crash in august. >> it's clear to me, she's a very brave young woman. >> reporter: that lucky young lady is listed in serious condition right now. she is expected to recover. just remarkable this whole thing wasn't so much worse. meanwhile, back here at the mall, shop owners are beginning to wonder when they can reopen, during this critical time of year for them. george? >> okay, neal, thanks very much. >>> let's get the latest, now, on that fiscal cliff. just 19 days before everyone's taxes go up. every federal program is cut. and there's no signs of any progress from president obama and house speaker john boehner, which is raising the

investigators are calling heinous. 54-year-old cindy ann yuille is described as everybody's friend who matthew forsyth is being remembered as a passionate and zest for life. kristina shevchenko remains hospitalized in serious condition. dan, what do we know about the gunman? >> reporter: wolf, we can tell you that the shooter stole the gun that was used during the attack, according to authorities, stole the gun just the day before it happened. came here to the mall, police side fied the shooter as 22-year-old jacob tyler roberts of portland. >> the weapon recovered is an ar-47 rifle. the gun actually jammed and that likely prevented even more loss of life. at this point, we haven't found anything that would suggest a motive. this is somebody, according to people we've talked to, was very popular in high school. seemed to be well adjusted. the oregonian reporting that last year the shooter lost his apartment due to a foreclosure, which may suggest there was some kind of financial situation but that certainly doesn't begin to explain why this happened, wolf. >> what else, dan, are you le