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Service the government will provide to our citizens on monday and we will be making those announcements today and tomorrow. so stay informed. >> are there any incidents on the suspect's personnel file over the past 15 years that jumped out at you? >> i'm not going to comment on hr-related issue at this time. >> i'm sorry? >> criminal record? >> not going to make a comment on that right now. >> active military? >> i'm not going to make that comment at this time. >> how secure was the building? >> how secure was the building? >> go ahead. >> it's an open government building. it hases ha citizens...

Police officers. this was well beyond that. this was a long-term -- the bestky drieb it it was a long-term gun battle for police long-term gun battle for police officers. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> i can't give you seconds and minutes bus we don't have a stop watch when we're engaged. >> do you know the time of the suspect's death. >> i'm sorry. >> do you know what time the suspect died. >> shortly after we entered the building and confronted him process. the call came out right after 4:00 p.m. somewhere after that we don't have the act the context time. >> what security there around the go...

Building number two in our city houses information technology be public works and public utilities plus a printing operation. this building hag has the potential of having over 400 city workers at one time or other in the building. when the original call came out immediately four officers responded. two were seasoned veteran supervisors from the detective bureau. and we have two canine handles assigned to special operations unit. they immediately made entry to the building. due to the sound of gunfire they were able to locate the floor in which the suspect was committing his carnage. they imme...

Of the victims. were most of them concentrated d in the office he worked in? i know you said yesterday that victims were found on all three floors. were a majority or a group of them found in one place? >> victims were throughout the building, except for the basement. so, no, sir, it wasn't just one particular area. it could be that's what he was looking for, but once he began -- once he engaged in this activity, it just continued throughout the building. >> was there anyone killed in the office he worked in? >> i do not have the specific information on that right now. >> and did he say anythi...

Possibly, and certainly prepared to inflict mass carnage. and he obviously and horrifically did that. but the police officers' response is being widely praised this morning and last night. they got in here quickly. the police station, the main police station here in virginia beach is just a couple of doors down from where the shooting occurred, so they were able to get here quickly and four officers went into the building. now, we have -- you're outside the building, we've been outside this building. it's not a really small -- it's not a small building. it's got three floors, it's fairly exten...