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Erie, pennsylvania, describe for me what sort of dragnet takes place? >> well, they had a pretty good tip. erie was about 100 miles away. it was easy driving distance from cleveland. you got a ping on a cell phone. you know thats his cell phone. bottom line is, thats the best lead they had right then. so thats when you start to saturate the area. you put different law enforcement agencies, you put their cars in, you put helicopters up, you put planes up, you start checking the cheap hotels and m...

Waiting for confirmation. quote, they want to see the body, they want to make sure it was him. this is what were hearing from pennsylvania state police. of course, erie county and that area, which is just about 90 miles east of where we are in cleveland, a straight shot on i-90, has been a focus of this investigation from the beginning. authorities were suspecting that he may have been traveling east after that shooting here in downtown cleveland. based on early information from the erie -- from...

Firsthand knowledge of a ping. we, meaning pci or troop e, we do not do a ping. there are a lot of things on social media that werent performed but as far as a ping, we have no firsthand knowledge. >> but you are on alert because -- >> it was all over -- we were on alert because we watched the news and talked to cleveland and it was all over the place, lets face it, thats a heinous act, to shoot at the 74-year-old man on easter and what we do too is to bng closure to victims like that and again,...

It out. it would be in the realm of expectations from an individual like this. >> we anticipated that that was going to happen. i set out on several shows yesterday. mr. stevens wanted to go out and a blaze. it sounds like, were getting this information off the wire, but it sounds like thats exactly what happened. one other thing real quick, on this past sunday, police indicated that they did ping his cell phone in erie, pennsylvania, . that is only about 90 miles outside of the city of clevelan...

Whice vehie s stopped. steve took his own life. >> were you expesuspecting that was there because of the ping yesterday? >> we searched that area prior. we searched that area initially on sunday when we got that ping in that area. we were in a process today of going back and doing a more thorough search of that area. both ground and air assets when this transpired. >> you said previously that steve stephens killed himself or he was being helped, do you believe anyone harbored him? >> we dont kno...

Authorities knew about it and what happened? >> as far as the pennsylvania state police, we had no direct knowledge of a ping. everything we heard was on social media. because mr. stephens was a gambler, we thought he may be close to the casino. we had our troopers on alert around the clock. we put e-mail messages out. we put information out to our troopers. were looking for him from day one, but as far as a ping, we have no direct knowledge of a ping, at least psp did not. >> did you confirm it...

Woman that i had been having a relationship with. the reason he said that was he added this to it. shes the reason this is going to happen to you. that woman tonight is said to be devastated by what has happened and will is also said to be cooperating with the authorities. >> gary, there were early reports of pinks from the suspects he cell phone. whats the latest on that? >> reporter: earlier in the day today, authorities in the state of pennsylvania said they had received a ping or a signal fr...

Knowledge of a ping. we did not do a ping. as far as a ping, we have no first-hand knowledge. >> but you were on alert -- >> it was all -- we were on alert because we watch the news, talked to cleveland. it was all over the place. thats a heinous act to shoot a 74 man working on the street on east, that grabs your attention. we bring closure to victims like that. that was a terrible, terrible crime. so as far as what i said, i dodd -- ping, no direct knowledge. as far as the gambling and all tha...

Man had been here, there was a ping, the associated press or ping police put out yes, there was a ping in erie, but youre telling us here that you dont have that information? >> im telling you what we knew maam. as far as notifying the public, did a great job notifying the public. because of the close proximity to cleveland and we have a casino here in our area, you know, its not rocket science. so i think that media did a great job in notifying the public. makes our job easier and probably the ...

To major william teper with the pennsylvania state police based out of erie, pennsylvania, thats an hour, 45 minute from cleveland ohio. it is the scene of where they found the man that everyone has been looking for over past three days since -- two days since easter and that horrific crime that was broadcast then put up on facebook. gabe gutierrez was at the press conference. gabe, a couple of things caught my attention, they said they were on alert in erie because they have casinos there and t...