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ANDREW: CHAOS AT THIS SOUTH LINCOLN CHICK FIL A RESTAURANT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VIDEO RECORDED BY A CUSTOMER SHOWS THIS MAN, WHO POLICE IDENTIFY AS 48-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH CIMINO, CAUSING A DISTURBANCE. I HEARD A GENTLEMAN YELLING, SO I GOT UP TO SEE WHAT THE DEAL WAS. NEXT THING I KNOW, HE WAS SWIPING AT PEOPLE’S FOOD AND STARTED HEADING OVER AND THE -- AND STARTED SWIPING AT FAMILIES. ANDREW: TODD OGDEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN LINCOLN ASSOCIATION AND HIS WIFE WERE IN THE RESTAURANT. THEY WANTED TO THANK THE OWNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AFTER THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER. WHEN OGDEN SAW CIMINO ALMOST HIT A KID, HE TOOK ACTION. >> I TRIED TACKLING HIM. HE TURNED OUT TO BE A BIGGER GUY THAN I THOUGHT. MY GOAL WAS JUST TO GET HIM OUT OF THERE. THERE WERE FAMILIES IN THERE AND THAT’S ALL THAT I WANTED TO DO. ANDREW: OGDEN GOT HIM OUTSIDE. THAT’S CIMINO GOT INTO HIS PICKUP AND RAMMED IT INTO THE BUILDING. HE THEN CAME OUT CARRYING A STUN GUN. POLICE SAY CHRISTOPHER HALL A -- POLICE SAY CHRISTOPHER HALL, A SPECIAL AGENT AND EIGHT-YEAR VETERAN WITH BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTE FE, WAS IN UNIFORM AND IN A MARKED UNIT IN THE DRIVE-THRU. >> THE SPECIAL AGENT HALL CONFRONTED CIMINO, WHO MADE THREATENING STATEMENTS. HE ATTEMPTED TO CREATE SPACE BETWEEN HE AND CIMINO, BUT CIMINO CONTINUED TO ADVANCE TOWARDS HIM WITH THIS WEAPON. ANDREW: POLICE SAY HALL SHOT CIMINO IN THE PARKING LOT. HE TRIED TO PERFORM CPR, BUT CIMINO DIED AT THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS SAY CIMINO HAD RECENTLY MOVED TO LINCOLN AND HAD POLICE CONTACTS IN ANOTHER STATE. A SEARCH OF HIS APARTMENT IN THIS GATED SOUTH LINCOLN COMPLEX REVEALED NO IMMEDIATE EXPLANATION FOR CIMINO’S BEHAVIOR. >> AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT DISCOVERED ANYTHING TO SUPPORT A PREMEDITATED MOTIVE. ANDREW: POLICE SAY OGDEN ACTIONS AND OTHERS HELPED PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM BEING HURT. -- OGDEN’S ACTIONS AND OTHERS HELPED PREVENT MORE PEOPLE FROM BEING HURT. >> I DON’T THINK I DID ANYTHING SPECIAL AT ALL. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION THAT DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I JUST FEEL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS SITUATION AND GLAD MORE PEOPLE DIDN’T GET HURT. ANDREW: IN LINCOLN, ANDREW OZAKI, KETV NEWSWATCH 7. ROB: BECAUSE CIMINO DIED IN AN OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING, A

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New court documents reveal more about the suspect who went on a rampage at at Lincoln Chick-fil-a.According to an affidavit, police said the day Joseph Cimino went on the rampage, he told police he was "getting ready for the game."The property manager of Cimino's apartment complex called police Monday because he was reportedly throwing rocks at a retaining wall and kicked a hole in his apartment. The manager told police that Cimino said he was waiting to be picked up for his “final mission," but he had not gotten his orders yet. He also said he wish someone would just kill him, then put a finger to his head and simulated firing a gun. Court documents also said that just an hour before he went to the Chick-fil-A, the apartment manager saw Cimino standing in the lanes of traffic near his apartment complex. The manager thought he was gauging traffic to jump in front of a car.Previous storyAccording to Lincoln police, a man who drove his truck into a Chick-fil-A is dead following what was described as a "critical incident." Witnesses said the man, identified as Joseph Cimino, 48, of Lincoln, became irate inside the restaurant and started overturning tables.Lincoln police stated that Cimino was upset about the food he received and caused a disturbance inside the Chik-Fil-A, throwing food and turning tables until he was escorted out of the restaurant by another patron.Once outside, Cimino got into his truck and drove reverse through the side of the restaurant.No one inside the Chick-fil-A was injured. "After driving into the business, the (man) exited the truck and continued to cause a disturbance," Chief Jeff Bliemeister, of Lincoln police, said.Cimino was confronted by a uniformed Burlington Northern Santa Fe senior special agent, later identified as Christopher Hall, police said. "He had made threatening statements to the special agent," Bliemeister said.Hall then fired his weapon at Cimino, who died from his injuries at the scene.Investigators are processing the scene and looking for forensic and digital evidence. They're also serving search warrants on Cimino's home to determine a possible motive."Through analysis of digital evidence, we're hoping to learn what, if anything, precipitated the incident at Chick-fil-A," Bliemeister said.Lincoln police insisted the scene was safe and there was no ongoing threat to the public. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call 402-441-6000.Stay with KETV NewsWatch 7 for updates on this developing story.