Page 8 - Small Area News Today

Looters to come back here and start to take things. we saw people -- we saw one gentleman carrying as much as he could in his arms and coming out of that mall area. of course this police helicopter just circling now. you can hear -- i can hear -- you probably cant -- the loud speakers are telling people to disperse from the maul match we can see people running along there. and of course as i can point out again for you, there is a sense of unrest here at the mall again just starting as its start...

Into the mall area from the supermarket, or do i turn around and go back into the supermarket. i was like im not going back to where those guys are. theyre not going back to where they just killed everybody. there were hordes of people. security forces were outside. it felt like millions of people had surrounded the mall. i didnt stop. i just kept on running. >> the fear gas had actually affected my eyes. so i started walking towards a main entrance. on the right side there was the urban cafe.

To further narrow the search area. >> but the search team leader says without any wreckage investigators will not be able to narrow the search. analysts say investigators could have just two days before the battery dies on the s and the devices go silent. batteries actually die on a decline. these batteries not immediately. lea is with us. this finger locator, when the batteries die its worthless. >> its true. the pinger locator is searched to search a mall area within a known crash location for...

To the parking lot, getting in their cars. weve been seeing some of those people get in their car and simply be able to exit. but no one is being allowed to enter the mall area. a press conference will take place in about six or so minutes or now. unclear whether that will be right before the cameras, but of course well get the information as immediately as we can. we also have on the phone with us right now tom fuentes who is formerly with the fbi. when you live in the washington d.c. metropoli...

Good description of that area. and the fact its a popular site for the shoppers. particularly on saturday. again, to bring the viewers up to date, we are getting word of primarily from the howard county fire department, three people down in what they have been describing as an active shooting situation. possibly the shooter as well. well continue to update the stories for you throughout this hour. in the meantime, well take a quick break and do a reset with the rest of the top news stories. stay...

The columbia mall. ive been there many times. my daughter tracy lives out in that area. im very familiar with it. >> its a cold day, obviously we are in the middle of winter. people go to the mall on a busy saturday morning. this place would have been packed. you heard the police chief talking about that. youve been there. tell us about the layout, if you will, of this mall and what some of the areas of concern are as they look for people now. there are a couple of anchor stores like lord and ta...

Would be hundred of thousands of people out there. a lot to do. a large mall. its not far from the airport. >> in terms of the shooting of itself this would be a first in this area that we have had a story like this where a development has taken place where there is a mall shatting in this particular part of -- shooting in this particular part of the d.c. area and surrounding suburbs. >> you are right. as a matter of fact, that mall is very safe. the other mall that you have close to there, obvi...

And your love ones to a mall anymore on a saturday without possibly risking being involved in some kind of shooting incident. its a very scary world were moving in to. >> stand by for a moment, tom. we were talking with rod wheeler a few minutes ago who was making his way to the area because he knows the area very well and he apparently was at the mall just in morning as he was telling us. are you there? what are you seeing right now? >> well, im on route 42. im right outside the mall area. im o...

Shooting of individuals who knew each other, or is this just a loner, perhaps a gunman that committed this offense. so there is a great deal of investigation going on right now. i would have to believe that the f.b.i., the maryland state police, and the local police are converging on that area. >> this, of course, being a busy shopping day. saturday, of course, where lots of people are out and about shopping and also going to the movies. >> yeah, uma that is a very busy mall. you are absolutely ...

Direction. even away from the mall. it seems like everything is backed up. so that is what is going on now. i think the situation is still a fluid situation. even though there has been reports that the shooter is dead. until that is confirmed, the is. until that is confirmed, police will keep this area on lockdown. >> that is obviously a very good point to make. you heard from tom ruskin there saying since we dont have actual confirmation about whether this alleged shooter was targeting his vict...