McFarland managed to call 911 from her cell phone at 10:44 a.m. , just before she was shot to death . She got to her phone while the gunman was distracted , even though she was bound by the duct tape . On the call , posted on the Tinley Park police Web site , a man can be heard saying , `` I 'm losing it . '' The six women were shot execution style . Five of them were dead by the time police arrived , a few minutes after McFarland 's call . A sixth woman survived . She , too , had been shot and left for dead , but tricked the killer by pretending to be dead . The killer was not wearing a mask or disguise , so she was able to describe him in detail . She told police he was a 6 foot African-American male , average weight , medium to dark skin tone , with braided hair and cornrows , husky build , and between 25 and 35 years old . His hair was pulled back , but one braid hung along his right cheek with light-green beads at the end
NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She survived a bloodbath at a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park , Illinois , by playing dead . The only survivor , she gave police a detailed description of the gunman . The Illinois State police worked closely with the survivor to come up with a composite of the gunman . Police are n't identifying their witness to protect her safety . Five other women lost their lives at Lane Bryant on February 2 , 2008 . The gunman is still at large . The crime began to unfold shortly after 10 a.m. when a man posing as a delivery man walked into the store . He chatted briefly with two customers and two employees . Then , police said , he pulled out a gun and announced a holdup . He forced the four women into the back room , police said . He bound them with duct tape and placed them face down on the floor . Two more women who later entered the store also were taken to the back room , tied and placed next to the others . Watch an update on the case '' Store manager Rhoda