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Consider to be suspicious. id also like to highlight there is $100,000 reward out right noud for anyone that can give us information that with lead us to stop the bombs. we need into stop. were very concerned that people will get hurt by this just by walking now with the trip wires. $100,000 is a lot of money. were hoping somebody knows something and that they can call us and help us stop what is going on. thank you. >> the only thing that ill add before we open it up for questions, we have util...

What a pattern is going through, looking at the tv or getting an alert on his or her phone mierks child is at this school. what do i do? what are officials allowed to tell the parents right now? >> not much. one because its an active scene right now. here what presumably will happen as shimon said. if this school is solvphisticat its alert systems and for weather, delays, whatever else, theyve pushed out what we call reverse 911. youre pushing out to the community whats going on and most importa...

Pacific command was aware of this drill. but still you can imagine that once they knew this text went out, they had an understanding of what the implications were, both for peoples fears and for military posture. >> thats exactly right. and these drills are happening august t all the time. this was a reverse 911 drill, something to push out communication to the public. its the contents of what was written and how that got past anyone which is still a big question mark. i will tell you hawaii eme...

Security analyst. juliet, weve learned a couple things from the governor. one, it appears to be human error and also that the emergency broadcast system was in fact triggered by this. >> yeah, i hadnt heard that yet and were certainly not seeing it anywhere else that that would be consistent with what was likely happening. not surprising, it is happening on a saturday morning because when you do these drills, they generally dont want to be when something else is happening. what we call the rever...

U.s. military posititure. >> you were discussing the whole issue of the possibility on of a hack. one thing that might down play it, we know that there was a kind of drill going on at the time. so it would be highly company since dental. but still people hear that missile systems might be hacked. but still people hear that missile systems might be hacked. you did just creacan just creat. >> this gets back to the point about confidence in the system. so a couple things. so if the testing was call...

Was going on in that amount of time before the shooting started? >> what i know about that, i dont have the particulars on the time available to me, but i do know that the officers were engaging him, they were having conversation, they were trying to talk to him. they were talking to other persons or person that was at the apartment complex. and so they were conducting an investigation. and during that time is when he chose to barricade himself into a bedroom. >> reporter: and did they know the ...

There was a lag and why was there a lag. >> good question. i have no answer. i dont know. if there was a lag in the reverse 911, well look into it. i dont know that. i do know that we do send out 911s, and i dont know the particulars on what the message was sent. i do know that officers were working to try to get people that were on either side of the apartment complex evacuated. but the time frame on the reverse 911, i cant answer that. >> [inaudible] is there one thing that -- [inaudible] esca...

Point your department said the reverse 911 call and how long after this happened was there a lag. why was there? >> good question. i have no answer. i dont know. if there was a lag in the reverse 911, we will look into it. i dont know that. i do know that we do send out 911s and i dont know the particulars on what the message was sent. i do know that officers were working to try to get people that were on either side of the apartment complex evacuated. the time frame on the reverse 911, i cant a...

Conduct their investigation. >> could you tell us at which point your department sent a reverse 911 call to the area. how long after this happened? if there was a lag, why was there a lag? >> good question. i have no answer. i dont know. if there was a lag and the reverse 911, well look into it. i dont know that. i do know that we do send out 911s and i know the particulars on what the message was sent. i do know that officers were working to try to get people that were on either side of the apa...

In the trees and everything. >> reporter: it all began at this convenience store this afternoon. police say the trooper approached a suspicious vehicle with two people inside, when one of the two got out, started firing shots, hitting the trooper. the suspect taking off. >> he ran for like, seven, eight feet. he turned around and started shooting. >> reporter: the chaos leading to a desperate search. residents warned by reverse 911. nearby schools locked down. that officer rushed to the hospital...