begin any moment now, here is what we know so far at this hour. police say that they received reports of an active shooter, just at the 30 pm local time, and according to authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter now that, we re being told, there are multiple fatalities, but police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps, we ll get some insight varying this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky, he s on the ground for us right outside the premium all there in on texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you regularly since the tragedy unfolded, what more can you tell us? yeah, amen, there s that remains incredibly large law enforcement presence here surrounding the entire perimeter of the mall with more than 120 stores. as we await to hear the update from the police chief of allen texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more than stories about how it p
being told that there are multiple fatalities. police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps we ll get some insight during this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us rates outside the mall there allen, texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you since this tragedy unfolded. what can you tell us? aged amen, there still remains an incredibly large law enforcement presence here, surrounding an entire parameter of the small, more than 120 stores. as we wait to hear the update from the police chief of allen, texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more and more stories of how this played out late this afternoon. gunshots were reported at 3:30. i shared some of those interviews with you. i don t mention the story of abby perez, a short time ago. she was the mother that when she heard fireworks, she realized this was an active shooter situation, she took her t
the way it should be. i totally agree, and if this is an issue that is that important to 87% of the american public, then they need to make the wish known at the bout box. if they don t have representatives that are carrying out their wishes with respect to this very important issue, that has traumatized americans, then they need to make those wishes known but making those representatives know that they may no longer represent them. that is not something that they can put on the backburner, if it is an important issue to them and family in the community, they need to let their representatives know. representative tory co-, i know you re talking about state representative lee, i want to play is calmest in that briefing. he s a republican whose district includes allen. he had a lot to say about the strategy to say sort of ago pacific we, watch. this community is home for
play is calmest in that briefing. he s a republican whose district includes allen. he had a lot to say about the strategy to say sort of ago pacific we, watch. this community is home for us. our hearts are devastated and broken tonight. no law enforcement official, no elected official ever imagines or plans to or hopes to speak in front of a press conference like this. but here we are, and we are resolute in our commitment to pray for, praying and believing for the victims of the families. and again, representative talarico, we don t have the sum by, but i want to read for you what raphael warnock just set but the kind of response. he said thoughts and prayers are not enough. in fact, it is a contradiction to say that you are thinking