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The commissioner say, they are trying to negotiate with him. have a bullhorn, also been calling his cell phone, but as we reported earlier, sean, this guy has apparently been live streaming at least some of the ongoing situation from inside that residence. that is not the act of someone who is ready to give up. it could be a very long night for these philadelphia police officers, and also atf on scene. we saw some heavily armed and heavily jacketed officers, also some canines are out here. there...

They have a bullhorn, also been calling his cell phone, but as we reported earlier, sean, this guy has apparently been live streaming at least some of the ongoing situation from inside that residence. so, that is not the act of someone who is ready to give up. it could be a very long night for these philadelphia police officers, and also atf on scene. we saw some heavily armed and heavily jacketed officers, also some canines are out here. and theres a command post set up at the corner of broad a...

Of hours, trying to talk to this male, he continues to fire rounds out of the window, so this situation is in no way resolved. >> rick leventhal is on the scene with the late breaking details. what you have, rick? >> first of all, its been raining for about an hour here, jesse, so makes it tougher for the police officers who have been out here since 4:30 this afternoon, some of them, with this ongoing situation. we are in the middle of broad street, right by erie, near the north philly, temple u...

From a barrage of bullets. i will tell you, having been at that scene for the last couple of hours, trying to talk to this male, he continues to fire rounds, so this situation is no way resolved. rick leventhal is on the scene with breaking details. what you have, rick? >> first of all, its been raining for about an hour, so makes it tougher for the police officers who have been out here since 4:30 this afternoon, son of them, with this ongoing situation. we are in the middle of broad street, ri...

>> im sure theyve already done some communication to try to get him to come out peacefully. if hes still armed, theyll do what they have to do to reynoldter situation safe. im sure that negotiators have been reaching out. whether or not theyve been able to make contact, i dont know. im sure theyre reaching out, trying to get this person out any way they can. see what they can do about getting him to put down the gun. >> at what point would they start to try to negotiate? >> sadly, the fbi in fed...

Thats a serious matter. and now law enforcement is surging. coming to the scene. theyre setting up a safety perimeter. theyre evacuating citizens as far as possible. and they want to take control of the scene. setting up the perimeter. accomplishing a command post. theyll get all the resources they need. theyre on site. s.w.a.t. team officers, hostage negotiators, whatever it will take to try to de-escalate the situation. >> what does it say to you, this has been going on. it is ongoing. we hear...

Jurisdictions. the actions -- a lot of the actions included of course engaging the shooter and applying first aid, performing cpr, applying tourniquets, comforts victims, securing the crime scene and collecting evidence, some of which is digital. on going investigational activities, managing the message regarding the event and the investigation to the media and general public and supporting their teammates through this very difficult time. the fire department was the first department to create t...

Other local jurisdictions. the actions -- a lot of the actions included, of course, engaging the shooter, but applying first aid, performing cpr, applying tourniquets, comforting victims, securing the crime scene, collecting physical and digital evidence, some of which the chief will walk through today, ongoing investigational activities, managing the message regarding the event and the investigation to the media and general public and supporting their teammates through this very difficult time....

From federal, state, county, and other local jurisdictions. the actions, a lot of the actions included of course engaging the shooter but applying first aid, performing cpr, applying tourniquets, comforting victims, securing the crime scene, collecting physical and digital evidence some of which the chief will walk through today, ongoing investigational activities, managing the message regarding the event, and the investigation to the media and general public and supporting their teammates throu...

In fact, why dont you and i bring in jim kavanaugh, former special agent in charge of the atf, and ask that question to you, jim. is there ever a reason to not put out a lot of specific information in terms of security, safety for the community, or in terms of what officials may be dealing with an active shooter? >> thats right, alex. first you have to get it. then you have to make sure its right because if you put it out as a commander that something for the community, youve got to make sure yo...