Christchurch, New Zealand (CNN) Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah was praying with his four children at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch on Friday when the gunfire started. Wahabzadah told CNN he ran outside as soon as he heard the shots, grabbing a credit card reader along the way. To distract the shooter from the mosque, Wahabzadah said he threw the credit card reader. The credit card reader hit the shooter, who then ran back to the parking lot and began firing at Wahabzadah. The gunman couldn't get a good angle on Wahabzadah, he said, because Wahabzadah was ducking between cars and a fence.

Source: CNN March 16, 2019 23:43 UTC