believe are victims to arrive. we're hearing as many as 8 to 20 victims, but there's no word on the severity of the injuries. the police department right now not commenting until they see how this all plays out. we do know that there are a number of cruisers in the area. the s.w.a.t. team there as well. they're redirecting traffic away from that sikh temple which is what appears to be a very main highway in oak creek. the sikh temple is on howell avenue. it's a large facility. it's a relatively new facility built about five years ago. an affiliate of ours, wtmj who's bringing us those aerials said that at least they had seen one person in the parking lot. others crouched behind police cars. but then as we were listening to the feed coming in, the helicopter did pull back. but you can see there are some armed s.w.a.t. team members there on the ground as this all unfolds. traffic stopped in and around the area. they don't know how many injuries there are, if there are any injuries. but right now we're hearing anywhere to between 4 to perhaps as high as 20. again, rob, this happening at about 10:40 this morning. rob? >> so at this point, do we know for sure if it was one person or more than one person actually in the temple performing this dastardly deed, or are we just relying on police reports at this point? >> reporter: yeah, no, it's really not clear. what they're trying to do is piece everything together. we've got the oak creek police department that's on scene. you've got the milwaukee sheriff's department that is also on scene. you've got hospitals that are on standby to remove the wounded if there are any wounded. and again, we want to let everyone know that this is happening now. we don't know what the situation is inside that sikh temple. it is a large facility, as you can see there. it was built about five years ago. wisconsin has a healthy sikh community there. and so right now the authorities on the ground, they are simply responding to see exactly what is going on, who's there. but you can see even, rob, by the manpower that you've got on the ground, that this is a serious situation that's unfolding right now. rob? >> all right, deb feyerick adding to our coverage there from new york as we continue to watch this story unfold. unfortunately, there has been a shooting south of milwaukee in the community of oak creek, wisconsin, at a sikh temple. and numerous injuries, reports from a local hospital there saying they do believe anywhere from 8 to 20 victims have been injured and potentially en route to that hospital. we haven't seen that. you are looking at a mixture of live aerials from our affiliate wtmj and also some taped footage whenever we show something that might have police forces in them or s.w.a.t. teams that are certainly on the ground right now, and so that's what you are watching unfold right now. as far as what's happening right now, this happened at 10:40 central time. so just a couple of hours ago. and police just responding. so this is a story that's in its infancy. and what's most alarming, deb, is that we don't have the shooter in police custody. >> reporter: right. that's exactly right. and usually what happens -- and again, as you so rightly pointed out -- is that the pictures that we show are delayed because it's imperative that the s.w.a.t. team, that the authorities that are on the ground, that they have an ability to mobilize around the building, an ability to cordon off the roads that need to be cordoned off. you can see there's a woods back there. what they don't want clearly is they want to minimize the number of injuries inside that building, assuming there are injuries. and again, we don't know. we don't know how many people have been injured. we're hearing reports between 4, between 8, between 20. so right now all that information dribbling in. but they need to make sure that the gunman stays in place because it gets very difficult, very complicated once he leaves that building. of course, if he does leave that building, then they've got to wonder, is there somebody else in there? we don't know how many people were inside, what sort of services were going on, what sort of educational programs they had in place at that time. but again, a very strong community. so we don't know also where the call, the original call, came from. we believe that it would have been from somebody inside that building, inside that facility. this is one of the major roads that runs just alongside it. and police there are just trying to make sure that they keep things going. but clearly, securing that area that's around the building, rob. >> deb, you know, i'm just trying to get a grasp of sikhism. it's a religion that our viewers -- many of our viewers probably don't know much about. just to share this as we watch these pictures -- and again, a mixture of taped footage and live aerial footage mostly from affiliate wtmj as we continue to follow this developing story where several people, anywhere from 8 to 20 at this point, believed to be injured by a gunman that opened fire within this sikh temple earlier this morning. just a couple of hours ago, 10:40 eastern time. police and s.w.a.t. teams responding to the scene. there you see a fire engine as well, paramedics, of course, and medical personnel trying to get to these victims and get -- i'm being told that our international viewers now from cnn international are joining us now. so i'd like to update them on our situation. just outside of milwaukee, wisconsin, across the northern tier of the u.s., we are watching a story develop right now where a shooter opened fire in a sikh temple at 10:40 central time this morning. it's believed to be a lone gunman injuring at this point preliminary numbers anywhere from 8 to 20 people. and that the gunman itself believed to still be on the loose, maybe still inside that temple. and this happening all just a couple of hours ago. again, sikhism, according to their website, sikhs.org, it was developed about 500 years ago, and their main belief is to seek the truth. other than that, we'll have to get an expert on board to share with you. but at this point, we don't know why this happened. we don't know who did it. we don't know what sort of motive there was or what the trigger mechanism was for this shooting inside this temple. so as we get that information, then, it will probably come slowly this afternoon, we will share it with you. as we do that, we'll share with you the pictures that we have. there you see some police personnel, some fire department and paramedic personnel. that's taped pictures. we will not show you live footage of any sort of s.w.a.t. or police positions for obvious reasons with the gunman still on the loose and potentially inside. we don't want him flipping on the tv and watching cnn and knowing what sort of attack or strategies may be ongoing as far as trying to take that shooter in custody, which has not happened just yet. so the gunman of this temple shooting is on the loose. deb, can you add any more at this time? have you gotten any more information? >> reporter: just to give you the size of the community and the temple there, it started back about 20 years ago with 20, 25 families. now there are as many as 400 families and people who belong to that temple, the sikh temple. again, this is a religion founded 500 years ago. 20 million people worldwide follow the faith of service, humility, equality. this building, it's a new building. it's about 17,000 square feet. so it's a large building. and that's really the building that all those police and the sheriffs and the s.w.a.t. team, they're going to have to enter to see who is still inside, whether it be folks who were there or the gunman or gunwoman that, again, all of this unclear, piecing it together as it happens. we are told by an affiliate that one person was seen on the ground, but again, it's unclear how many casualties, how many injuries, how many victims, if any, this whole thing right now, authorities trying to get a grip in terms of just what is going on inside that building, rob. >> and we are trying to get a grip as well, deb. we want to be very, very careful with our reporting of this. a fluid situation. we're trying not to speculate as to what has happened or what will happen or why it happened. and we'll, as we get some more of that information, we'll be passing it along with you. we're going to take a quick break. rob marciano alongside deb feyerick and the rest of the cnn team following breaking news south of milwaukee where there's been a shooting at a temple, multiple injuries and the gunman still on the loose. we'll be right back. 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>> yes, at the hospital, we're the level one trauma center in the area, and we have received two patients. one is a male in surgical intensive care unit. and the second one is also a male. at this point he's in the operating room. >> both with gunshot wounds, i presume. >> i don't know that. yeah. i do know that we are mobilized for additional patients should that be needed. >> what are the paramedics on the scene told you? so they have told you they have more victims en route to you, or you're at this point just preparing for the worst? >> we're just very prepared. we don't know at this point what the state of the scene is. but we are prepared for anyone else who might need to come. >> this is a very populated community just outside of milwaukee. obviously there's more than one hospital. what can you tell me about the other hospitals in that area? do you know of any other victims going to other hospitals? >> i do not. we're the level one trauma center, so if they're seriously injured, they would likely be taken here. >> can you tell me how these two male victims were brought into the hospital? were they brought in by people that they were with at the temple? was there any information you can add? >> i'm assuming they were brought in by the ems community, but i don't know that for a fact. >> so what happens at that hospital as a trauma center, how are you going into action to prepare for the potential of more victims rolling in? >> so a level one trauma center means we're prepared for any kind of emergency 365 days of the year, 24/7. we just are -- we have dedicated emergency department areas, trauma room. we have dedicated operating rooms and intensive care unit capacity to really help the community in this difficult time. >> give me a sense for the scene there in the emergency room and obviously the men that's in surgery now. what's the vibe of the staff? how are they doing emotionally? i suspect they're acting as professionally as they would any other time, but it's not every day that a shooting happens at a temple in your community. >> you know, the staff are pros at this. that is one of the things about being a level one trauma center is that they really are prepared to deal with this kind of situation, and they're doing very well. >> carolyn, i want to bring in my colleague, deb feyerick, based out of new york. she's been working the phones and our afifiliates and sources. she has a question or two. >> reporter: thank you so much. was there any indication just how close these two men were to the shooter? was it point blank? were they in the back of the room? do you know any -- >> i don't. >> -- details? >> i don't know the specifics. i do not. >> okay. and do you know the time that elapsed from the moment the first call came in to when they were picked up and