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Learning more about a hostage crisis that ended with an explosion 30 miles outside atlanta. david mattingly joins us with late details and audio from one of the firefighters before this came to a deadly conclusion. david, whats the latest? >> reporter: anderson, this all started out as a routine medical call. the firemen arrived on the scene, everything looked and seemed like they expected it to be. they took a gurney and their medical equipment inside the house, presumably to treat someone in m...

Were inside sustained some minor injuries, because of the explosive devices that were being used in this operation. but they are going to be okay. as a precaution, theyre going to be taken to the hospital as well. but at this point, anderson, the investigation really just beginning. no one here ready to say exactly why or who this man was and what he was trying to do here. >> and, again, we dont know if he killed himself or if he was killed by the s.w.a.t. team. it sounds like the s.w.a.t. team,...

Now have full legal custody of both boys. shepard? >> it looks like they are in good hands. steve harrigan in south florida, thank you. a man walked into a home depot and tried to cut off his own arms with a saw. did he it in front of other customers. just -- seriously. police say it looks like he used at least three different saws there on 00 the aisle. including one designed to cut through drywall. he made it down to the bone of he dropped. this happened not far from downtown los angeles. cops...

Actually observed what was going on. they saw the initial fire vehicles pull up to the house. they went inside with a stretcher. and then about a half hour later, one of those firemen runs outside to the fire engine to move it away from the front of the house. we later learned that that was one of the five who was released. that happened about 30 minutes time for him to move the fire engine away from the front of the house. people ask why is this going on right now? there is no indication here a...

Shooters and that sort of thing. but its very rarely -- its very rare where you have fire filters who are confronted with a gunman. usually if there is an incident, the police come in and they will make sure the scene is secure before the firefighters come in. but this came out as a medical emergency. so was that the reason that he was trying to bring firemen in? we dont know. it is still the early stages. hopefully right now theyre able to get the negotiators in place to try to talk to him. but...

Arrived here on the scene for what they thought was a medical emergency. they went in with the stretcher and thats when everything happened. >> obviously, i know david mattingly said we dont know if the foreclosure situation raz related to this incident or not. you know, im just thinking of an incident recent fli mork state where someone called loichlt and tlaw enforcement an goal is to try to kill somebody in law enforcement s this something that more of this is happening? is this something tha...

If you find one, this is not something for you to play with, and a toy. kids automatically look up to firemen and policeman and hear that when theyre younger, thats how they want to be when they grow up or astronauts. theyll be gradrawn to that per. if you have someone in law enforcement, especially those that may be retired law enforcement, i know they would be more than happy to come in and talk to kids. if theyre leading the discussion, i would be all in favor of it because it takes the polit...

Teams use when they enter a location like this. thats what we heard. and then immediately after there were several smaller concussions, possibly tear gas that was being used on this. now this has all transpired in the last five minutes. were hearing sirens in the neighborhood. the police at this end of the neighborhood where they have everyone held back seem to be a bit on edge. the fire teams here that the ambulances they have have reved up like theyre ready to move into action. but right it ap...

Staying in their homes. they were already in the neighborhood. and this is a nice neighborhood, large houses, four, five bedroom houses, well manicured lawns. suburban area, a north of atlanta. so youre seeing a lot of confusion on the part of the people who live here. not something that you would expect to see in their neighborhood. erin? >> yeah. i mean, if not something at all. mike, let me ask you. were talking about firemen here. these are guys in great shape, theyre strong, theyre big. are...

Hometown. next door at the fire station few black cops and firemen there were being sent away. policeman edward redditt got a phone call. >> the voice says, im going to kill you. i said, what? we going to kill you. >> superiors removed redditt from his surveillance post. they said, for his safety. >> we were some proud guys then. >> floyd newsom was one of the citys first black firefighters. he was transferred away from the fire station for the day. theres never been a good explanation to this d...