john dotson. he is a special agent in the phoenix field division of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. mr. olindo, lee, as he is known, is a special agent in the field division. and mr. peter portelli is the group supervisor of the phoenix field division. ladies and gentlemen, pursuant to the rules of our committee, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. in order to allow time particularly with such a large panel, your entire written statements and any conclusive material you want to have put in the record will be placed in the record. feel free to summarize and try to stay within five minutes. for the field agents, we will hold you closer to it. for the mother and sister, not so

the whistle blower, agent john dotson says so far about 800 of the guns have been recovered at crime scenes. the rest are still missing. >>> police are searching for two suspects tonight who shot a man right in front of his wife as they were walking home from a bart station. ktvu's patty lee tells us why the police say the couple was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: back alleys, backyards, side streets, you name it. hayward police say they have searched here carefully looking for two young men armed robbery suspects who targeted four victims around 11:15 last night. two of them walking home from bart. >> this is a target-rich environment. >> reporter: they were unharmed but the robber shot them at close range even though he and his wife gave them everything he wanted. he will survive. >> i was surprised in this area. >> reporter: residents say they are no stranger to crime on this street because it is well traveled by pedestrians and bart commuters at all hours. >> it is worse further down tenison than it is here. but it's really sad. this is a sad situation.

the whistle blower, agent john dotson says so far about 800 of the guns have been recovered at crime scenes. the rest are still missing. >>> police are searching for two suspects tonight who shot a man right in front of his wife as they were walking home from a bart station. ktvu's patty lee tells us why the police say the couple was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: back alleys, backyards, side streets, you name it. hayward police say they have searched here carefully looking for two young men armed robbery suspects who targeted four victims around 11:15 last night. two of them walking home from bart. >> this is a target-rich environment. >> reporter: they were unharmed but the robber shot them at close range even though he and his wife gave them everything he wanted. he will survive. >> i was surprised in this area. >> reporter: residents say they are no stranger to crime on this street because it is well traveled by pedestrians and bart commuters at all hours. >> it is worse further down tenison than it is here. but it's really sad. this is a sad situation.