the responding police units and ambulances described a bloodbath inside the pub and a surreal scene with the girlfriend of one victim sitting next to the body "which had no face left" and one customer so shocked he was still sitting in the bar casually drinking a beer. the reports mention a thick stench of iron and gunpowder from the blood and gunshots making it hard for the police to breathe. one policeman said he repeatedly thought he dropped his keys when searching the pub, because he heard a metallic noise, and realizing that it was the floor covered with bullet cases which was impossible to not step on that made the noise every time he moved. another police on the scene mentioned how almost no details, mirrors or furniture had been damaged, as the shooters had systematically targeted the people inside.