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What the motive was. we hope to learn that later. >> just to give people some perspective here we are on what is a campus of more than 20 buildings, municipal buildings. building 2 is the one directly behind us which is where that shooting took place. we are still waiting for details from authorities about exactly how everything played out. you see the police tape. that constitutes this is still a working crime scene. how much of the activity took place outside and how much of it inside. i do re...

So we dont yet know the motive for this mass shooting. only that authorities have said its a disgruntled city employee at a public service worker here at the building behind me. the suspect did have weapons. higher capacity magazines and a suppressor to muzzle or silence the sound of the gun. so let me ask you about what youre hearing, the details of the arsenal that this individual had and what does this say to you? >> first of all, this is a horrific tragedy that is playing out yet again in ou...

Campus? they know that he worked here so they knew how he got on but did he go anywhere else before he went in that building? they have to try to retrace his steps. >> there will be cameras to help them? >> yes. we are trying to get that footage to see if we can pick up on any clues. the officials are talking about the toll this is taking on the police and the community and here is a listen to what they had to say earlier. >> this is a large-scale crime scene. its a horrific crime scene. and pol...

Responders into that particular area we do train extensively both on what we call table top exercises as well as all hands on exercise in a building. so i can tell gnaw we do train extensively and how many weeks or months prior i cant give you exact number but our officers and our ems personnel and fire personnel are highly qualified. unfortunately in a situation of an active shooter case. >> so, chief, of the four officers there, two were detectives and two members. >> of canine, thats correct....

Just a few, you know, paces away from building 2 where the shooting took place yesterday on a friday. he wasnt at work yesterday. but tell me about your thoughts on how close this was for you, for your family, what your initial reaction was when you heard the shooting had taken place. >> of course. i found out because i found out because people were asking me if my husband was okay and i didnt know what they were referencing, so i kind of had to figure it out. and he was off work, so he was safe...

Of mexico. david. >> jon, thank you. next tonight, the dramatic scene outside the u.s. embassy in honduras. the main entrance burned by protesters setting tires on fire in front of the building. they are angry about the plans to privatize education and health care. americans there have been told to remain indoors during the protests. its unclear why the u.s. embassy is in fact targeted. we move on to the startling new headline out of north korea tonight. the u.s. is investigating an unconfir...

Colleagues left, now trying to make sense of all of this. this is an interesting location, because i think when people think of municipal office buildings theyre thinking about a freestanding building in a downtown section. this really is almost like a college campus of more than 20 city buildings from city schools to fire department to police. police was just -- the police department was just, you know, a few yards away. >> right. >> which is largely why they were able to respond to quickly. >>...

When called and one of the first people to respond, you know, the police chief gave details in a previous interview that four officers responded and one of them, you know, took a bullet but was saved by his bullet-proof vest. there will be and there have been and there will be many more of meethese heroic moments of people who responded and did things large and small at large to get the people out of the building and keep their colleagues safe. the losses we have are just, you know, they cut ver...

In the emergency department, as we had updates on a number of victims that were to be transported -- >> youve been listening to the attending physician at the sentara virginia beach hospital and that is dr. janell thomas and head of trauma is dr. martin ogrady. they are describing the circumstances and atmosphere at the trauma unit when they heard that 12 people were dead and that there were four injured that were being brought to the hospital there after a gunman opened fire in the workplace at...

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