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John Buck Kerlin, 66, is a State Farm agent whose office is on the second floor of the Panera Bread building. Kerlin and the rest of the staff were only let out of the building via a back fire escape around 2:30 p.m.
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The view from the second floor, above the Panera, as police show up on the scene. (photo courtesy of John Buck Kerlin)
They could not hear gun shots or other activity, and all they could see was police activity outside. Staff members locked the doors after they heard police outside.
Kerlin said he has worked in the State Farm office for 10 years, and he’s never experienced anything like this.
“It is very odd and unusual, I’m sure, but hopefully everyone will be OK,” he said. “That’s the main thing. Nobody gets hurt and I don’t know where they are on that.”
Kerlin said he is a “proud gun owner and member of the NRA.”
“My only concern is why I don’t have a gun in my own office to protect myself from people like that,” he said.
After he was unable to exit the building this afternoon, Kerlin said he felt like a “hostage” and a “victim.”
“He’s got one and I don’t,” he said. “What, am I going to attack him with my stapler?”
It wasn't the soup. They ran out of bread bowls...
It's done me in a time or two.
I mean, hell, if you're gonna eat an 850 calorie soup, you might as well spring for the 700 calorie hunk of bread
This is probably fake news because everybody knows they don't allow guns in Panera Bread![]()
Gunman DRT @ 1500. With any luck they'll be open bright and early on the morrow as if nothing had happened in their gilded cage.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/new...a-Bread-Man-With-Gun-Shot-Dead-477434163.html
Throw in a tuna on ciabatta, extra tomato and onions, and youve got a full meal. But is it worth dieing over???
This is probably fake news because everybody knows they don't allow guns in Panera Bread![]()