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>> sandra: we are seeing some of the images here. we now know this was a country dance bar. this was a weekly college night in southern california. sounds like you have been frequenting this for three months or so. i cant imagine that you ever thought that you would see anything so tragic as this. >> no, this never happens. you could walk the streets at 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning and not have to worry about anything. >> sandra: well, holden harrah, we thank you for dialing in this morning. you ...

What we witnessed together is the beginning of the mourning process in thousand oaks, california. the very visual hearse carries the sergeants body in this motorcade. the processional now. we will no doubt see others laid to rest in coming days now. and weve seen so much of this heartbreak across the country recently with what happened in pittsburgh and now we mourn as a nation together. let me bring in someone special to make this part of our story have a bit more texture. the ventura county sh...

Couple of witnesses that have alluded to that. >> there was no reason to believe that there was anything wrong with this person. >> you can say there is no reason to believe that, but obviously, he had some sort of issues. >> the security guard, where they armed? >> no. >> was anybody armed? >> not that we know of. >> why this particular location? >> there is no connection as of yet. >> we dont know. we know that once sergeant helus and the patrol officer engaged him, we dont know if he then wen...

Transition, and looking forward to orientation next week. getting ready for tennesseans. >> sandra: whats your priority? >> the priority is to take the tennessee values to washington and put them to work on the issues that they talked about repeatedly. making certain that we keep the tax cuts. regulation low. securing our communities, and sandra, i will tell you today, as we hear about the shooting at borderline, those college students that were there, you realize the security of our communities...

And thank god i made it out oka okay. >> now is in 3 minutes of the first 911 calls coming in, sergeant ron helus with the ventura county sheriffs department was on scene. he apparently did not hesitate. he heard the shooting still going on, he walked straight through the front door of the borderline girl, and that is where he came face to face with the shooter who fired at him several times, and as we reported, sergeant helus died from his wounds later in the hospital. his body will be removed ...

About those moments of panic and people breaking out windows, its unfathomable that they would be doing that. suddenly youve got to figure out not only where there is an exit but is there something i can pick up to break a window and thats not going to be easy either. just what it took to survive. as we watch this processional, it is long and there are people lined up the entire way for sheriffs sergeant helus who died in a battle with the gunme gunmen. joining us from the ventura ventura county...

Patrol were on scene. the sheriffs sergeant ron helus and highway patrol officer approached the front of the borderline bar and grill. the sheriffs office was the first through that bar and grill and multiple shots. as we know from sheriff dean. sergeant helus died from those injuries. and then as other officers moved in, they found the horrific scene. 11 more victims inside the borderline bar and grill. and they also found what they described as the shooter himself dead. sheriff saying not clea...

Inside the borderline bar and grill inside thousand oaks california. the shooter was also found dead inside that far. his cause of death has not yet been released. survivors involved to describe the terrifying moments inside the bar, saying that shooter was dressed in all black, seemingly firing at random. >> it was really, really shocking. i never thought something like this would happen. >> that gunshots were very loud. it was very clear what it was. definitely not the music. there were people...

Engage in mass shootings who do not have ptsd. so recently dont know what led to this dreadful event. we do know that it led to the death of those 11 and a sand bar goers last night and also to the death of sheriff sergeant ron helus, he was the first to arrive after the 911 calls started coming in at 11:20, he arrived within 3 minutes along with a couple of officers, sergeant helus was the first through the door, he came face-to-face with the shooter, he was hit by multiple bullets and died in ...

Sergeant ron helus, one of the first officers to respond died in the line of fire. >> they immediately exchanged gunfire with the suspect and thats when sergeant helus was shot several times. there is no doubt they saved lives by going in and engaging with the suspect. >> harris: jonathan hunt is there now, jonathan? >> harris, it was, according to the sheriff in ventura county, a horrific scene and when law enforcement arrived a scene that in his words was "covered in blood." the blood of 11 vi...