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Broadcast, but we know was a 29-year-old man. >> right. were expecting a press conference any moment. youll see it live here. ee should hear from the sheriff and also from the father. the father of a young man who was there last night at the borderline enjoying his evening as every, every child and every college student should be able to do. earlier this morning, he said he had not heard from his son since the rampage, so we should get an update from that father. the first casualty to be publicl...

Duty to let you guys know that we found him. i talked to him last night. the first thing i said was please dont drink and drive. the last thing i said was son, i love you. that was the last thing i said. >> our hearts go out to jason coffman who lost his son, cody. this is sergeant ron helus, one of the first police officers to respond and he was also killed by the shooter. he was expected to retire within the next year. a sergeant worked with him at the ventura county sheriffs office. we are so...

Go forward. >> officials in thousand oaks are updating. >> youll refer to the office for those names. those are the only comments that i have. i want to introduce to you paul did a la security, the assistant director of the fbi in the los angeles office. he has a couple of comments. >> good afternoon. as the captain said im paul did ay will court and im in charge of the los angeles field office and were work with the vent rah county in support of their lead in this shooting incident. i want to o...

You lost sergeant helus. you were on the scene, you had to do your job. i want to ask you about that in a second. sergeant helus, can you tell me about what he did last night? tell me about his last heroic act. >> sergeant helus was just about a block and a half away from the call. he was talking to his wife, said i love you, got to go, got a call. he was the sergeant that always responded to calls. and he was always the guy that was first to the calls. theres kind of a joke with the patrol offi...

We have probably about 750 deputies at various ranks, everybody knew ron, hes been with the agency for 29 years. he is an unbelievable person and an unbelievable public servant and absolutely heroic yesterday. >> harris: you are telling us about that bar where young people gather, the country music bar, a place thats obviously very popular. now we are getting a full shot of the processional as it has pulled onto the highway. now they are away from all those people in those residential and retail...

Helus. what a hero he was, among the first to respond there. he knew the sheriff well. he spoke personally about him earlier today. this man was killed. at the sergeant, he responded to the scene. there were multiple phone calls coming from the bar. they found him on the floor. he was a hero. the sheriff they are just detailing how he stood in front of some of the daughters. he stood in front of them to block them from gunfire. your thoughts? >> its a tragic loss for our country, for our law enf...

A victim outside, he and an officer immediately responded, their training kicked in, they didnt wait for initial personnel, he wanted to reduce the number of victims and neutralize that threat and he did that. he went in and he was able to divert this suspects attention from others, drawing fire on himself and he absolutely saved others. >> harris: you talk about the state patrol officer who was with him and we are looking right now, lets draw our attention to the center of the screen right now....

Apparently the sheriff is going to retire tomorrow. what a series of events for him personally. he was asked about that. he said it cant get any worse. even stomach and david long, he lived in newbury park californi california. police had a minor contact with him. he was acting erratically, checked him out and cleared him that day, but he was investigated for mental capacity. he is a u.s. marine, but with regards to his service here at home or overseas, not a lot of information. at the time they...

The white house monitoring things in california. heres a tweet from the west wing earlier. "ive been fully briefed on the terrible shooting in california. law enforcement and first responders together with the fbi are unseen. 13 people this time have been reported dead. likewise, the shooter is dead, along with the first police officer to enter the bar. great bravery shown. california patrol was on the scene, the sergeant died in the hospital. god bless all the victims and families. thank you ...

Up several hours ago. he gave a heart-wrenching statement about his colleague, who went inside first and was gone down immediately. that press conference will begin momentarily. this is the news that we all woke up to this morning. >> sandra: and of the first press conference, the one which you are referencing, it was a horrific scene, he said. he intimately knew the sergeant who was killed. he barged through that door when he first responded to the reports of a shooting. he said he use to work ...