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About perhaps even years but there was a social media threat made today. joining me is lieutenant frazier. i appreciate you being with us, lieutenant. at this stage can you stay whether or not the shooter is cooperating with authorities? >> at this point we're not saying whether he is cooperative or not, but we do have him down at our cid building, our criminal investigation division. he's being interviewed by our detectives and they're trying to find out as much information as possible. it's still very early on in the investigation. as you know, unfortunately since we've seen these tragic inc...

We were trying to call 9-1-1, but -- you know, i'm sure you know the rest of the story. >> we'll have more from both of them in a moment. let's listen to the press conference. >> i want to first start off by saying that we have deescalated the scene. as i mentioned before, our tactical people are out of the building. our investigative people have entered the building and they have started their investigation. as we already stated, we have one person, a white male in his late 30s in custody. and our criminal investigation division investigators are interviewing him now. he entered the building....

People in a scene like this, not only police officers but our victims, our victims' families, and then we have to get everybody back to normal. right? that's our job. so that's why we have these people here. >> chief, can you tell us anything about how he was apprehended? >> i can't -- that's part of the investigation. and when i'm able to give that information to you, i will. >> was there any security in place given the fact that they got threats? >> how about his age? >> late 30s. >> was there any security in the building given the fact they were dealing with threats? >> we don't know that y...

And as i stated before, the investigative part of this is going to be thorough, and it's going to take some time. as you can see behind us, we opened up bestgate road. we thought that we may need to secure that roadway for a long period of time. and as we get further into the investigation, we realized that we don't need that roadway. but the building, 888 bestgate will be secured for some time. i do not have a time frame on that yet. we're going to be inside there for quite a bit and -- until this investigation is complete. when i have more confirmed information, i will share that confirmed i...

Country, the investigative process is very difficult. we must be thorough. that's why you will not get the information from social media or from us unless it's been confirmed. we have allowed our investigators to do their job. they are there now, and we are going to continue to provide you with information. hold on one second. i want to share something with you that i think is important. we mentioned before about the improvised explosive device. that is not an ied. it was actually canisters of smoke grenades that he used inside of the building when he entered the establishment. so this person ...