unbelievable. anderson? miguel, from what we understand, from what i ve read, got out of the press conference, the suspect, the person wearing all the black, possibly and ballistic vest, was shot inside the library at santa monica college? reporter: yeah. it may have been college police that shot and killed him, as well. from several witnesses and from police, it does appear that that person was shot and killed there in the library. several witnesses saw the person that they saw dressed completely in black. one witness said the person was yelling at police. that there was yelling back and forth. police telling him to drop it. he clearly didn t. other witnesses said unbelievably chilling. that they saw the men walking down the hallway with a gun in his hands, and was nonchalant, didn t take fire at the woman that we spoke to. she saw him twice, and he never sort of bore down on her to take aim. and she was able to get away. we all know that there is a
for more the victims and the gunman and the investigation, miguel marquez is on the scene, has been covering this for the last several hours. and cbs this morning john miller joins us with more. can you walk us through that press conference frankly was kind of confusing. it was all over the place. can you walk us through the timeline of what happened where and when? reporter: we believe, and this is a lot of incidents, it is a breathtaking number of events across santa monica this afternoon. we believe it started at 11:55 pacific time at the house. this is on yorkshire avenue in santa monica. two people are dead inside the house. victims of gunshot wounds. the house was set on fire. a witness from across the street, the neighbor to the people who live in the house, said they saw a man dressed all in black with brandishing an
from the front of the bus to the back of the bus. and how many shots he was shooting at the bus that you were on? yes. yes. into the bus. did the shots actually hit the bus? yes. it went through the windows. what did you do? the top windows. what did you do, marta? i, like everyone else, i just threw myself on to the floor of the bus to cover myself. what did the suspect look like to you? he was like pale skin and like black, a little bit curly hair. i m not totally sure. i just saw the rifle and the gunshots went off, and i just threw myself to the floor. it was very fast. i didn t see him precisely, you know. was the bus moving at this point or were you stopped? the bus was stopped. and how many shots approximately, do you know?
like this, multiple incidents stretching over a swath of territory in santa monica, in california, and it it seems at this point that while the shootings between the house and the college were random, perhaps and the police are saying it seems again, this is early in the investigation the death inside the house were not random. no, anderson. i think if you look at how this unfold, you see an individual who came prepared, dressed in the black clothing, possibly wearing body armor. not carrying a handgun but a long weapon. this individual who is believed
the officers came in and directly engaged the suspect. he was shot and killed on the scene. the information we have indicates at this point that as many as half a dozen victims were shot and killed. several more were injured. i ve recently been informed that another victim recently died at the hospital. later in the press conference, the chief clarified the number of fatalities as at least six plus the shooter, that would be seven people total dead. the chief made an important point. this is very early, early hours in this incident. in this investigation. they repeatedly said that throughout the press conference which took place 20 minutes or so ago. they have not identified the suspect yet who was shot and killed in the library. but was identified as a white male, 25 to 30 years old, wearing all black with some type of possibly a ballistic vest on, as well.