one person confirmed dead and five others who are currently in critical condition. we are learning the remaining victims have since been released from area hospitals after they got treatment and we are till trying to gather details and figure out what led up to the shooting but what we know so far from police is that they believe the two scenes are connected. we are told police officers responded first responded to shooting of address of establishment in white haven section of memphis. when officers arrived they located two shooting victims. five additional shot left thecan and taken to area hospitals in private vehicles. as officers dealt with the initial scene they received reports of more shooting victims of location a mile away. upon arrival one male victim was located and pronounced dead at the second scene. three victims were taken to area hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. memphis police and you mentioned this at the top, mike, just released photos of the 3
the community in smoke and forced families to evacuate. bill: fears of an explosion had crews conducting a controlled burn of toxic chemicals. officials gave folks the okay to return home. dana: the governor insists it is safe to breathe the air and drink the water but people who live there say it feels anything but safe and voiced their concerns last night. [inaudible]. i don t know what to do other than to provide you assurance for don t lie. i understand. we re doing all that can be done to look for the source of potential bill: representatives from norfolk southern, the company that operates the train that went through town in early february. they were scheduled to be there last night but they pulled out at the last minute we re told citing fears that residents could become violent toward the company. dana: it made people angry that they said that about them when they just wanted to ask questions. pete buttigieg was not there. they re wondering why he is
forgotten. 3.5 miles from blast zone is what we call it. lucas: norfolk southern isn t giving you a check? no, i went wednesday around 5:30 and they turned me away. not everybody, mike, as i mentioned earlier is scared. we heard with youth basketball, he was forced to cancel youth could your honorment that would cost his prom $40,000 because none of the surrounding towns wanted to send kids here. he believes the area is clean and believes what governor is saying and he thinks we need to press on and kids no are back in schools. he says life needs to go on.
ben and debbie, they live in east palestine. good morning. i want to start with you. you were there at the town hall last night. what did you learn? i learned that norfolk southern isn t going to do a thing to step in and help this community unless they are forced to. and i learned that the epa can only do so much because this company is a juggernaut and they ll just pay the fines. dana: debbie, how about what you ve experienced over the last few days? i don t know if you were able to hear what that report included but many residents said they personally have experienced either symptoms of a headache or even children having rashes. anything that you have experienced personally or know of with your family? yes. actually my granddaughter, she had to go to the emergency room. she had sore throat, eyes were