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Floor, as i mentioned before, we have a two-phase approach. one is tactical. one is investigative. those broken windows on the fourth floor, probably, and i will confirm this, but i'm almost positive they came from our tactical guys. >> were all the five fatalities employees of the "capital gazette"? >> i can't confirm that. >> have you had a chance to see the surveillance videos yet? >> we have not. that's a great question. in fact we're pulling them as we speak. we have property managers here and everybody that's associated with that building. here's the interesting part. governor hogan and ...

I'm sure police described it, but one gunman shot through the glass door to our office. we are in a shared office building. we're in one of the suites. and started opening fire on several of the employees inside. once he got entry. >> what floor are you on? >> we're on the first floor. and we're relatively close to the main entrance, and as we're we're a suite that's right near the main entrance. there's a list in the front of the building that shows where each office is in the building. >> you said he shot through the front door. did you actually see him or did you just hear that? >> i did no...

Shotgun, and he looked for his victims as he walked through the lower level. we have secured the building. we are in the process of notifying the next of kin. we have five confirmed fatales and two injuries. the injuries to my understanding are superficial, possibly from glass from the shotgun blast. we are working on now securing his residence. he does live in the state of maryland. we are in the process of securing that residence and preparing for search warrants. so this is the next phase of this scene, and that is the investigative phase. this is the part that takes the most time. as i wou...

To get inside the building. to what extent he knew about the building, we're not sure. we do know at this point this appears to be a targeted event. it's pretty clear from the evidence that's left behind, and with the damage that was done, that he had -- he went into that building to kill people. there's no doubt in our mind with that. he went in there with a purpose. luckily he was engaged very, very quickly by our officers. i believe we were there within a minute and quickly engaged the individual and certainly protected a lot of people in there. who's to say how many lives could have been l...

Get search warrants for, those will be served. it's on a case by case basis. >> but you secured the area around this person's house or apartment, i assume, is that right? >> that i can't confirm. i don't have that information. it certainly is part of the process. i don't know if we're there at this moment. but again, certainly part of the process. that's one of the steps, one of the procedures when we obtain a search warrant for an address. >> i talked to two of the reporters who lived through this. this was all happening on the first floor. this office was on the ground floor. how easy was it...