Can wrap your arms around it. That unknown contributes to that apprehension. Lot of people arent really familiar with san bruno if they are another town but your mall here is set up right next to the bart station. And that is why it may have been easy for someone to get on board bart. Yeah and it is not uncommon. Our Police Station is located close to the station as well. And when we thefts or other crimes at the mall it is not uncommon for these people the go to bart. So we know that is an avenue for them. It is not uncommon for those types of things to happen with your more day to day type of criminal activity. Can we talk with the fire chief. Would you tell us about the victims and what they are doing and how . Responded at the request of p. D. For a shooter. Updated information included multiple victims. Ultimately Additional Resources were asked. We had a second alarm and declared a mci, a mass casualty incident. A total of four ambulances were dispatched as well. Initial crews as they are trained to do put their protective equipment on and formed what we call Rescue Task Force and those pair one Police Escorts and the Police Escorts lead them in so we can treat and remove patients. As the chief said we treated and removed two gunshot victims. They were taken to San Francisco general which is a Trauma Center by American Medical Response ambulances. Two additional patients were treated. I dont know the extent of their injuries or how they were injured. Somehow it was related to the incident. But they were treated and released. They signed refusal of services. All i know on the victims is they were Lowrie ExtremityGunshot Wounds and stable condition as they were transplanted to San Francisco. Not life threatening. At this point when they were transported from here, no. But sf general would have the latest information on those patients. When were they transplanted . I dont have the time. It was fairly quickly. We dont stage anymore. Once p. D. Gives us officers to escort the paramedics in. They go in and pull them out and they were very quickly put in ambulances and transplanted. Well have all those details later. I dont have those at this point. You dont have the exact age but did they appear to be younger victims . Ill go with what the chief said. I dont have any information on any Additional Information on the victims or age or any other. If they were related . Knew each other. I wouldnt know that. The Transplant Ambulance would know that but obviously they are not here anymore. Anyone else treated for anything here on scene . People were tweeted from inside the mall that they were hiding, scared for their lives. You mentioned it is possible those two other victims may have been trampled in getting out of the mall. Do you know in anybody else was treated on scene. Right now just two additional ones that were evaluated and they signed a release. We still have resources on scene as Police Officers check the
building. Well be on scene here to treat anybody. But no additional people were treat order located. When they signed the releases they didnt need to be transplanted do you have any sense of what their injuries were . I dont at this point. Sorry to say. Can you describe what it looked like when you a i arrived on the scene . Were people running from the mall at that point. There were people exiting the mall. I was here very quickly. I was in the area. And there were people outside of the mall. Normally a very Large Police Presence and like i said weve done recent training here in san bruno and our officers, firefighters work closely with the Police Officers. And their immediate concern was lets get the rescue Group Task Force together and get the victims out. Very happy with. As the chief said were a small department. We have to rely on the other departments and neighbors and they all participated in this response. What is that recent active
training. We did some violent and Shooter Training here in san bernardino. Three days here just a couple of weeks ago with a grant the Police Department received. That training is very valuable. We cant to do that in this county to prepare. Feel like it made a difference today. Definitely makes a difference. Yes. Thank you very much. I think i gave you the wrong time of the initial. I think said 2 56. The actual first call t initial call we received was 3 56 this afternoon. Off by an hour. I dont want to mess that up for are. Reporter i got to step over to the side. Some reporters just getting here. Sorry if you just got a very close face shot. Were going to move aside a little bit because some reporters are just getting here on seen and just getting the information for the fist time. But if you are just joining us, lets walk you through some of what we just found out here live in san bruno. So we interviewed the police chief who described that there are two victims here. Im hoping you can hear me guys. Two victims. They believe that there are two suspects possibly that are at large. And said they ha some evidence that they had found here at the scene that suggested there was perhaps more than one shooting suspect. They do not believe that this was an active shooter situation in the sense that this was not somebody that was in the mall that was openly shooting at random people but rather this may have been some sort of targeted crime. Two victims. Not many details here about the victims but we do have some details from the San Francisco general Public Information officer who told us earlier as weve been talking with him. Thats brent andrew. That those victims are 15 years old and 18 years old. And also that he had reason to believe that there were a couple of victims who were transplanted however here the chief of police in san bruno says as does the fire chief that there were two other individuals who were treated but refused going onto the hospital they may have been
injuries perhaps related to being stepped on or pushed as people were getting out of mall. But it was unclear what the injuries may have been. Not sure if you hear me anymore. Sounds like we may have lost our connection. Were going send it back to you. Live in Tanforan Mall. We cohear you. Melanie woodrow live from the season. Taking another live look at the shops at tanforan. The Tanforan Mall in san bruno which has been evacuated after this shooting. The first call came at 3 56. We know of at least two people confirmed shot. 15 and 18 years of age. One in serious condition. One in critical condition. And two people, two separate shooters are being sought. They have not arrested anyone yet. And they say one of the young males that they are seeking is wearing a Green Sweatshirt with a hoodie. And that is what we have right now. We know they shut down the oakland 12th street station bart
for a while, possibly seeking any suspects who might have made their way there. But they have not found anything and have reopened that particular station. Right. So lets go back now live. Abc7 News ReporterLisa Amin Gulezian is at the mall, south side i believe. What are you hearing. Reporter were just outside of b. J. S and Barnes Nobles. The south soiftd the mall also where a lot of the Police Presence is. Officers from south San Francisco frameworks the highway patrol, men lowe park, the county sheriffs department. A lot of Police Officers are still here and there is still an active scene in the sense a lot of people and officers are here. Lot of people are still stuck here waiting for rides to get them. Joining me is paula silva, she was inside when this happened. You were working. Tell me what happened when you were working. Well i just saw a lot of people running from the food court, most likely. It looked like it was from that
area into, towards the outside of the mall. Barnes noble side. Reporter when people ran towards your store what did they do . A lot of them ran to the back swresmt a back exit. I told them to go in through there. And we started locking the doors. Thank filet coworkers parents was there and helped me lock the doors. And there was not more people inside just the workers and probably like five or six more, you know, people that ran into the store and stayed in in in the back in the stock room with us. So you were literally hiding in the dark in the stock room. Yes. We were hiding in the dark. We turned off the light as soon as we locked the doors and told everyone to just stay in there. Reporter you had to have been scared. It was pretty scary. A lot of my coworkers and also seeing lot of other people pretty scary. Called down a little bit. And it was definitely a scary experience. Reporter i dont know if you can hear us right now. This siren just started going off behind us. Paula works inside of Barnes Nobles inside the mall and ushered a lot of people to safety and they all hid inside of her store. They we they were hiding inside the store in barnes noble in the dark. Tell us about the people running towards. Well at first. Gives you sense whats happening out there right now. Obviously Police Vehicles are still with their sirens coming. Still a lot of heavily armed officers. I know you cant hear the interview very well but gives a sense how the threat is still very real in the area around Tanforan Mall right now. Lets go down to abc7 news
reporter live in oakland with a little more on whats been happening there. The 12th Street Bart station close. Uncer go ahead. Reporter good evening. So oakland 12th Street Bart station just reopened. Joining me with the oakland Police Department. What do we know at this time . What we can share is that we received information through the bart Police Department about a possible suspect on the bart train either at 12th street and broadway or 14th street and broadway. And this would be in connection with the san bruno shooting the active shooting that happened the Tanforan Shopping Center. We know that is still a very active scene to the oakland Police Department supported along with the bart Police Department and Oakland Fire Department all responded to these two location. We did stop train service. We vacuated the train. We have information on what is suspect looks like. So we knew who we were looking for. Bart police indicated they did find a weapon and right now our commanders are in communication with them. Our investigation and support for san bruno and bart will continue. Reporter so lets back up. What is the description of the suspect . Who are we looking for. We cant share that with you right now but really our focus was on Public Safety. It was absolutely key that we evacuated the trains and ensured that our community, our riders, were safe. So we responded. We had a City Response that came here. Assisted bart. We stopped the trains and then we systematically evacuated those trains. It is extremely important in situations like this that we systematically very very careful. Very cautious. We want to insure that the Public Safety comes first and we did so. Right now the stations 12th Street Bart and 14th street bart are open. So those who were certainly
inconvenienced we want to welcome you back is. The stations are open so you can travel home. You said you found a weapon. Was it found on the train . Or at the station. Bart Police Department indicated they did find a weapon. We dont have all what type of weapon. We dont have all the details right now. Im going share why. When we go down below in the ground we lose Radio Communication so it is difficult. We had to come back up here to speak with you and share the information to our community on why we stopped trains and why we evacuated. We have to go back downstairs because were not receiving any Radio Communication. But i will share with you were not going to describe the weapon right now or the suspect because this is an active investigation. And we are working with san wroon and bart police in a support role. Why did you have to close oakland 12th street . What information did you receive that concerned you folks that a suspect might be here . I understand. Great question. The bother Police Department and oakland Police Departmentreceived information that the possible suspect in connection with the san bruno, that is the active shooter at the Tanforan Shopping Center, was on bart and here at the 12th street or 14th street bart station. So it is absolutely key and critical that we stop those trains. We systematically checked and evacuate those trains for Public Safety and that is what we did. Reporter so when you did your search for a suspect, was it on the bart trains the platform . Where . All inclusive. Starts from the Surface Street here in case the individual is able to get off prior to us making it down below. We not only search the streets as officers arrive to the scene but also search anyone coming up from the platforms. And the trains. And this weapon was found here at oakland . One of the oakland stations. We can share bart did find a weapon and wear not going into go into the details of exactly where. We have a suspect and were coping euro mind open. Suspect or suspects. But we have information on a suspect that would be in connection with the Shooting Down in san bruno. Reporter again, i know it is very early in the investigation. You cant give too many details. Do we know a suspect or suspects got off at bart or continued on . Why would the station be reopened. Sure. I can certainly share with you this. We absolutely are not going close the stations down if we dont have very good information. We have very good, very reliable case investigative information that really had all of us moving very quickly from the oakland Police Department, the bart Police Department and the Oakland Fire Department to concentrate at 12th and broadway because of this information. Again this always goes back to Public Safety. If we have an individual armed, just responsible for a violent crime. Public safety comes first. Were going to make sure we stop the trains, evacuate and continue to search for the suspect. Lot of police out here. How much longer do you think you will be out here till . Were going to stay out here if a while. We also want to make sure everyone we just evacuated off the train that they feel safe. They know the station is back open. They can continue but also we want everyone to know that they are safe. Were going to keep a Police Presence here for a while. We also still have an active investigation. And we are going to Support San Bruno and the bart Police Department as they continue their investigation. Officer watson, thank you for your time. I know youve had a busy afternoon. Youre more than welcome. So again, bart police confirming that one weapon was found. They dont know they arent giving us information as to where. But 12th Street Bart station has been reopened. Reporting live in oakland, ansar hassan. Abc 7 news. One thing to point out, whul while we dont have a description of what that weapon was like we do know from San Bruno Police that they did find a couple of weapons, couple of handguns, and there is no indication despite an initial report that some sort of rifle
might have been involved. The suspicion is that handguns only were involved in this shooti shooti shooting. And the shooting is perhaps one of the two shooters because the police chief mentioned there were likely two shooters, might have gotten onto the system, the bart system from san bruno and arrived in the oakland vicinity, which prompted that information, prompting that massive search and closure of the station and the area which resulted in the finding of a weapon that theyre not disclosing specifically right now the nature of it. But believed to be related possibly to the san bruno shooting there at the Tanforan Mall. But since they have no arrests not only is that one person to have gone through oakland there is another shooter at large possibly somewhere and they have no idea where. And i think one thing that people watching can find some comfort in, this shooting, police were quite confident this was not a random kind of attack where a shooter walks into a mall and starts shooting at people. This was some sort of targeted situation, some sort of argument