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Received 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...

Reporter live in oakland with a little more on what's 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...

That on social media forums. right now san bruno's bart station is still closed. that is true. but not only that. you also southbound coming from san francisco, south san francisco, the train stop is south san francisco. it's not even like they're going through san francisco and take you to sfo or millbrae. they're not going there. a bus bridge has been set up. but it's going to take time. it's going to slow you down if you're headed to sfo, thinking of using bart. also, people are asking about caltrain. that is operating normally. san bruno and millbrae stations are still open. and also sfo. ...

There were two shooters. it is still a very tense situation with heavily armed police at the tanforan shopping center right now in san bruno. and if the investigation takes them onto the bart system, which it has, then there may be future closures on the line, on the system, as people are trying to get home. earlier the 12th street station in oakland was impacted when they got information suggesting that one of the suspects, one of the shooters might have passed through there or been in that vicinity. they closed it down for about a half hour, 45 minutes or so. they did a search. they found a ...

Would not let that happen if they were not convinced there was no was no danger present and there was no one involved in this situation still on or near those bart trains or bart platforms. and you did hear johna watson, the public spokesperson for the oakland police department say they are going to keep a larger presence of oakland police officers and bart police officers than normal at these stations, 12th and 14th street station for some time this evening just to make certain that it is all clear and there's no more danger. but that is certainly what they seem very confident to be able to s...