and also trained in verbal judo to de-escalate situations. and normally we're able to de-escalate situations, but lately they have been so aggressive and have escalate sod quickly that it goes beyond even our training. >> so sorry to hear. lynn montgomery, really appreciate your time. thank you for being with us. and i want to take you right now live to this press conference under way in san jose, california. >> this morning at 6:34 in the morning santa clara county communications center received multiple 911 calls regarding a shots fired call located at the area of 101 west younger avenue in the city of san jose. this building is a valley transportation authority, vta transit building and houses a vta control center at that building. the information that we have so far is we do have multiple victims and we have multiple victims ranging from fatalities and major injuries at this
this morning of shots fired near this valley transportation authority rail yard -- >> josh, i'm going to interrupt. the press conference is starting right now. >> multiple 911 calls, multiple shots fired calls in the area of 101 west younger avenue in the city of san jose. this building is a bta control center, a valley transportation authority control center, a hub that stores multiple vta trains. multiple deputies including surrounding law enforcement agencies arrived to the scene for an active shooter investigation. the information i can tell you right now is very preliminary. i can confirm with you right now that we do have multiple victims and we have multiple casualties at this point. i can't confirm the exact number of injuries and fatalities, but i will tell you that there are multiple injuries and multd fatalities in this case. this still is an ongoing investigation. we do have multiple agencies
public information officer. before we want to start today i want to put out the condolences to the victims and family members from this incident. this is a tragic and ongoing investigation that we are dealing with right now so we ask for the privacy for the family members. okay? this morning at 6:34 a.m. santa clara county communications center received multiple 911 shots of shots fired at 101 west younger avenue in the city of san jose which is a valley transportation authority hub for vta. upon receiving multiple phone calls of shots fired deputies showed up to the scene and learned that there were multiple victims that were shot. at the scene. and there were multiple injuries and multiple casualties from this incident. i can't confirm with you how many injuries are there are or
seeing the employees moving through. one thing that we do know is if this happened at a union meeting, there are a lot of witnesses and we want to gather all of the evidence before they start talking and mixing and matching information and forgetting what they saw versus what they heard on some news report. >> the briefing has begun and we want to go there live and take a listen. let's do that. >> this morning, at 6:34 in the morning, santa clara county communications center received multiple 911 calls regarding a shots fired call located at the area of 101 west younger avenue in the city of san jose. this building is a valley transportation authority, vta, transit building. and houses a vta control center at that building. the information that we have so far is we do have multiple victims, and we have multiple victims ranging from fatalities and multiple major injuries at
over who can deliver the most effective pitch for new gun control measures with the proper emotional punch. joining me now from san jose, california, the mayor, victoria, andrew, matt also back with me. mayor, to you first your community is obviously still recovering from the mass shooting that took place in gilroy just south of san jose. based on what you're hearing from residents what are they telling you candidates need to focus on? what do they need to feel safe in their communities? >> good morning, stephanie. two families lost young children in that shooting in gilroy. what we are hearing overwhelmingly is simply, do something. they are tired of platitudes, of people waiting for congress to act, and so that's why i've taken action here in the city of san jose and we're going to move forward with an attempt to regulate by essentially requiring gun owners to buy insurance just as any driver would in the state of california. >> victoria, the "new york times" detailing this morning
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