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Floor, as i mentioned before, we have a two-phase approach. one is tactical. one is investigative. those broken windows on the fourth floor, probably, and i will confirm this, but im almost positive they came from our tactical guys. >> were all the five fatalities employees of the "capital gazette"? >> i cant confirm that. >> have you had a chance to see the surveillance videos yet? >> we have not. thats a great question. in fact were pulling them as we speak. we have property managers here and ...

Im sure police described it, but one gunman shot through the glass door to our office. we are in a shared office building. were in one of the suites. and started opening fire on several of the employees inside. once he got entry. >> what floor are you on? >> were on the first floor. and were relatively close to the main entrance, and as were were a suite thats right near the main entrance. theres a list in the front of the building that shows where each office is in the building. >> you said he ...

Shotgun, and he looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. we have secured the building. we are in the process of notifying the next of kin. we have five confirmed fatales and two injuries. the injuries to my understanding are superficial, possibly from glass from the shotgun blast. we are working on now securing his residence. he does live in the state of maryland. we are in the process of securing that residence and preparing for search warrants. so this is the next phase of ...

To get inside the building. to what extent he knew about the building, were not sure. we do know at this point this appears to be a targeted event. its pretty clear from the evidence thats left behind, and with the damage that was done, that he had -- he went into that building to kill people. theres no doubt in our mind with that. he went in there with a purpose. luckily he was engaged very, very quickly by our officers. i believe we were there within a minute and quickly engaged the individual...

Get search warrants for, those will be served. its on a case by case basis. >> but you secured the area around this persons house or apartment, i assume, is that right? >> that i cant confirm. i dont have that information. it certainly is part of the process. i dont know if were there at this moment. but again, certainly part of the process. thats one of the steps, one of the procedures when we obtain a search warrant for an address. >> i talked to two of the reporters who lived through this. th...

About perhaps even years but there was a social media threat made today. joining me is lieutenant frazier. i appreciate you being with us, lieutenant. at this stage can you stay whether or not the shooter is cooperating with authorities? >> at this point were not saying whether he is cooperative or not, but we do have him down at our cid building, our criminal investigation division. hes being interviewed by our detectives and theyre trying to find out as much information as possible. its still ...

We were trying to call 9-1-1, but -- you know, im sure you know the rest of the story. >> well have more from both of them in a moment. lets listen to the press conference. >> i want to first start off by saying that we have deescalated the scene. as i mentioned before, our tactical people are out of the building. our investigative people have entered the building and they have started their investigation. as we already stated, we have one person, a white male in his late 30s in custody. and our...

People in a scene like this, not only police officers but our victims, our victims families, and then we have to get everybody back to normal. right? thats our job. so thats why we have these people here. >> chief, can you tell us anything about how he was apprehended? >> i cant -- thats part of the investigation. and when im able to give that information to you, i will. >> was there any security in place given the fact that they got threats? >> how about his age? >> late 30s. >> was there any s...

And as i stated before, the investigative part of this is going to be thorough, and its going to take some time. as you can see behind us, we opened up bestgate road. we thought that we may need to secure that roadway for a long period of time. and as we get further into the investigation, we realized that we dont need that roadway. but the building, 888 bestgate will be secured for some time. i do not have a time frame on that yet. were going to be inside there for quite a bit and -- until this...

Country, the investigative process is very difficult. we must be thorough. thats why you will not get the information from social media or from us unless its been confirmed. we have allowed our investigators to do their job. they are there now, and we are going to continue to provide you with information. hold on one second. i want to share something with you that i think is important. we mentioned before about the improvised explosive device. that is not an ied. it was actually canisters of smo...