NATION IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Pleas for Help Heard on Massacre Tapes

Police in Jacksonville, Fla., released dramatic tapes of terrified office workers pleading for help on a 911 phone line as a gunman roamed through the building and shots rang out in the background. “He’s got an AK-47 and he’s killing everyone,” whispered a General Motors Acceptance Corp. employee as James E. Pough made his way through the auto loan office. Authorities said Pough, 42, blazed away with a clip-loaded .30-caliber semiautomatic rifle. He then killed himself with a .38-caliber revolver. Pough killed eight people and wounded five others before turning the gun on himself.