deputy prime minister numan kurtulmuş told reporters monday for the suspect , who fled the scene after the shooting .
istanbul says he survived by playing dead .
raak said eight people were already shot .
the state department said monday that raak was the only u.s. citizen injured in the attack in turkey 's largest city .
“ he shot one shot , so we thought - i thought - it was some angry or drunk man ...
jake raak was one of about 60 people injured during a rampage in and around the reina nightclub early new year 's day .
but a few seconds later , we heard a machine gun , ” asmar told reuters from his hospital bed .
 
raak , 35 , of greenville , delaware , recalled that as the gunman moved through the club spraying bullets , he targeted people who were lying on the istanbul ( reuters ) - shot in the arm and slumped behind a table , francois al - asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive istanbul nightclub shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground .