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Up-to-date here, eight have been reportedly shot, two of those police officers and there are four reported dead so far. ted, now, so the good news, it seems like its a lone shooter. its one person and that this shooter is cornered and may-- is either engaging in gunfire, may already actually have been taken down? >> that is the very good news. i think that the best news out of this is that law enforcement are looking after the safety of the individuals in that synagogue and trying to get them in...

Scenes of people walking, you know, not necessarily running. it doesnt feel like theres a sense of urgency. what could be going on at this very moment. >> well, it is hard to tell because you dont know how far out that scene is from the actual incident, but from the looks of things, it looks like its under control and when you see trucks arriving slowly and moving into the crime scene and back and forth, thats an indication that theres been -- theres been some resolution inside. its possible the...

As they pulled back out. >> well, that tells me, charles, that they ran then-- meaning law enforcement into an ambush here, and as a result of that, law enforcement officers may have been injured or unfortunately killed and them having to use their police vehicles, but also, it tells me that theyre trying to get control there. theyve asked people to shelter in place in that community, so we still have a fluid crime scene, a fluid activity on the -- at that scene thats taking place. again, you ha...

If the shooter has not been neutralized then they very well may have somewhat of a barricade situation with the shooter and quite naturally, the objective of law enrment to is to neutralize this shooter by either taking him in custody or shooting and killing him or shooting him and neutralizing that crime scene because it is clearly a crime scene. charles: of course after eight people have been shot, four dead and including two police officers who have been shot and are wounded, the notion of ca...

There are no other individuals in harms way. normally, when you have a shooting of that nature, and the moment that individual hears gunshots, they go and they try to take cover as best they can. and so, the s.w.a.t. team is now moving throughout the synagogue to make sure that they can neutralize and to make sure that they have the one shooter and that there are no other shooters. once that takes place, everything moves to what is known as the preservation of an unfortunate crime scene here. so...

But thats on the one side of the investigation. but the crucial shot of the investigation right now is the preservation and the collection of evidence at this crime scene. charles: commissioner, ed davis, i want to bring you back in because you also brought up the notion of motive and how critical it is at this particular time. >> right. it really is because right now this appears to be a murder and that is under the jurisdiction and investigation of the pittsburgh police department, but if ther...

To bring about this concearnage all of those are happening in dual investigations. as to the crime scene, they are collecting evidence at this stage. meaning there are shell casings around there. if they have guns, are they collecting that kind of information. they have a forensic team that will be on that scene doing a forensic scrub. so as ive said, you have a dual investigation. as it pertains to the shooter himself, it is my understanding that he may very well have been injured. if thats the...

Ones. at some point, i would assume and hope soon, that the police will be able to articulate perhaps who is alive, who isnt, who is wounded. how do you see that playing out? >> i see that happening sooner rather than later. they need to positively identify everyone who was there. they want to be sure that they do not misidentify anyone because that would be a tragedy upon tragedy. but theyre going to work very methodically before they release any information. with regard to the crime scene and ...

Fast as possible? >> well, the bottom line is, charles, irrespective of the weather, these law enforcement officers are trained to immediately go into this kind of a scenario or situation. they train monthly and weekly to do-- for these kinds of scenarios, so, primarily, they dont concern themselves about the weather. theyre concerned about one thing and one thing only, putting the shooter down. charles: right. >> and neutralize that crime scene and its now, charles, unfortunately, a crime scene...

Was the police official clearing it up, a lot of the questions here that the shooter is in custody. there have been multiple casualties, the local media puts it at four. not confirmed yet by the police department. they are still clearing the poi building, a point that you made earlier. the initial report of two officers shot, now at three. please finish, ted. >> as i was saying, now have a crime scene and that crime scene has to be processed and theres a dual investigation going on. not only the...