Chief Cassell News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> of the 59 deceased, does that include the shooter or not? >> i believe that includes the shooter, but again, that number could be fluid. that number unfortunately may go up. and i don't want to give an exact number and confirmation at this point. >> that does not include the shooter? >> thank you, sheriff. >> how's your staff? how are you doing? >> you know, i think we're handling it about as good as could be expected. i think we're all everybody in this room, everybody in our county right now is suffering as a result of this tragic incident. i appreciate you asking, but i think we're handl...

Before we make those public. so i'm not going to answer that at this time, ken, thank you. any other questions? okay. thank you very much for your time. sheriff. >> thank you once again for being here and spreading this information to our community. i want to reiterate what i said earlier and i want to give a special shoutout to the sheriff and chief cassell and the men and women, our first responders that are there. and as i said previously, when you see one of these men and women in their uniforms, please tell them thank you. they went in when everybody was running out but for the fact that ...

I appreciate you asking but i think we are handling it well and our staff is doing a darn good job. >> reporter: are you able to assess the type of injuries that led to these deaths? >> as chief cassell mentioned, i would rather not speak to the injuries. the families want answers and i would prefer out of respect for them to give them the answers before we make it public. i'm not going to answer that. thank you. any other questions? thank you very much for your time very sheriff. >> thank you once again being here. i want to reiterate what i said earlier and i want to give a special shout out...

Make them public. not going to answer that at this time ken. thank you for your time. sheriff. >> thank you once again for being here and spreading this information to our community. i want to reiterate what i said earlier and special shoutout to the sheriff and chief cassell and men and women, first responders there, as i said previously, when you see one of these men and women in their uniforms, tell them thank you. they went in when everybody was running out. but for their selfless actions would have hundreds more injuries than we're facing. it's horrific. did incredible job, above and beyo...

Include the shooter or not? >> i believe it includes the shooter but that number could be fluid. unfortunately, it may go up. i don't want to give exact number and confirmation at this point. >> it does not include the shooter. >> thank you sheriff. >> how are your handling there, your staff? >> about as good as can be expected. everybody in this room and in the county right now is suffering as result of this tragic incident. i appreciate you asking but think we're handling it very well and staff is doing a darned good job managing it. >> are you able to assess the types of injuries that led t...