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Horrible event. we are going to wrap our arms around those who served with us in virginia beach. >> reporter: of course they want to focus on the victims, their families and on other people here who were affected by this and hundreds of people worked in that building. we do have to say a little bit about what we know now about the investigation. still no motive established and no specific motive but police are telling cnn he was a disgruntled information and they are not saying whether some spec...

But now theres going to be great reticence and fear and a feeling of insecurity. how do you restore that, if at all? >> you know, i think that it certainly has damaged us. its hurt us. its been something that has always occurred someplace else and never here and what you see when you see this on a national basis. i would say that, you know, we are going to continue to work through it and figure out what we can do. it is, in fact, a public building and where people get building permits and they g...

Three floors of the building wells one victim who was outside in a vehicle. right now as many as 90 people have sought support from the family assistance center. and again we are in the process -- our goal now is to identify everyone in that building as quick as we can so we can make the proper notifications to the families of those victims. do we have any questions? >> chief, you were saying outside, what was the release to the victim outside? not the relation but you say there was a vehicle i ...

Building, building 2, when the shooting started, the minutes really felt like hours. so many today are just thankful to be alive. theyre sharing about those terrifying moments when they realized there was indeed a shooting under way. >> we tried to do everything we could to keep everybody safe. and, you know, kept in as much as possible. youre wondering if hes going to come in where youre at or if hes going to come in your office or where youre at or where your friends are at. we all know each o...

Were talking about law enforcement is just meters away, just a few yards away from building 2 were all of this unfolded. and these are friends, these are co-workers, these are colleagues that they had to speak of. >> thats right, fredericka. and we got a real sense of that a short time ago. i spoke to the mayor of virginia beach, bobby dyer, who told us he lost a personal friend, herbert snelling, nicknamed "bert," and the mayor broke up while telling us about his friend. here is sound from that...

Handgun with multiple extended magazines that were emptied at the time. the suspect was reloading extended magazines in that handgun fierpg at victims throughout the building at and at our officers. i want to nope that during that gun battle basically the officers stopped this individual from committing more carnage in that building. when the suspect went down due to his injuries, our officers then immediately rendered first aid as they were removing him from the building to the waiting ems pers...

Floor detectives coming through the garage sally port. >> shots fired shots fired! second floor. hes going up the steps! >> reporter: at least six patients now taken to hospitals. they van canvass for other victims. >> this is the most devastating day in the history of virginia beach. >> authorities now surrounding the government building. we are learning more about the gunman now? >> the shooter is described as a long time city worker. he exchanged gunfire with police and was killed. no word on...

Family when you spend so many time at work. >> reporter: it is. >> brian todd, thank you. for the people employed in that city building behind me, so many are thankful to be live and they are sharing about those terrifying moments when they first realized there was a shooting under way. by tried to do everything to keep everybody safe. you wonder if he is coming where youre at or in your office or where your friends or where youre at. we all know each other. that was the bigges thing was just tr...

Yes, sir. >> how quickly did officers get there? >> uim sorry? >> how quickly did officers arrive. >> within the first call that came out from building 2, within minutes they were at that building. >> you cant tell me how many minutes? >> i dont have that exact data, but two of the individuals were supervisors from our building which is right across the street from building 2, they immediately mobilized and two of our k-9 officers were with them, so they were in that building within minutes of t...

Assistance to local law enforcement. >> officials were able to reveal in that press conference they had earlier today that police were able to respond so quickly because its really just a matter of meters, yards that their building is from this building 2. the engagement in this shoot-out that they describe was a long one. it was very comprehensive and very involved. tell me you what envision when you hear details like that that arent particularly full but it does give kind of a thumbnail skelet...