and nurse dorothy vong even texted her husband, as much.but quickly learned it was anything but. >> i'm looking out there -- >> yeah, look. they're all geared. they're all geared up. >> rifles? >> rifles and everything. >> they're coming on -- >> they're coming on to here. >> they're running right there. >> they're coming over here? >> that's where they're headed to. >> i think so. they're all right here. >> and the man in a nearby neighborhood recorded this video while seemingly crawling around his home on his stomach. here's a small section of the video. you can hear the gun battle that goes on for more than a minute between police and the suspects. [ gunshots ] >> and to capture more of the chaos a reporter for a local newspaper found himself trapped in the shoot-out between police and the suspects. he works for the press enterprise and was trying to find the black suv that police were searching for. he says he was on san bernardino avenue when, quote, i thought oh, my god, that could be gunshots. and then he pulled over, and he continue