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Public emergency medical sources to hospitals within the area to deal with a variety of injuries and treatment. at this point the alexandria police department because this case involves an assault on a federal officer, the federal bureau of investigation will be taking over the investigation, and we welcome our work with the fbi. we are embedded and assisting the fbi along with other agencies that are trying to deal with this particular scene and this investigation of this incident. that said, i would also like to say our gratitude to the allied agencies that respondeded to this team. we had i...

What i hear so far. at this point i would introduce chief rosa to talk about their efforts in this area and what they're doing. chief? >> thank you, chief. i would like to, of course, start out by thanking the alexandria police, sheriff's office, fire department, the fbi, atf and all of our federal law enforcement and local partners who assisted in this response and it's a very large response ask it will take a while to sort through all of the details. my units of our dignitary protection division were on site with the congressional protectee when the incident occurred. they did engage in gun ...

Of the area, did you have any information prior, did any of the investigative agencies that there might be a threat in this area and there might be a threat to congress? how satisfied are you now as you stand here that you have a handle on what happened here and that there is no additional threat in washington? >> i can tell you from the virginia's perspective and my secretary of public safety, brian moran who is with me, we have no prior information that anything like this was going to occur. >> governor, in general, do you think anything more needs to do to protect politicians? >> let me say...

Okay. >> marty lavore, thank you so much. good luck to you. this was a shocking moment, indeed. art roderick is with us. he's our cnn law enforcement analyst and former assistant director of the marshal's office. tell us what you're seeing now, art and what are you hearing? >> first of all, this is right in my neighborhood. i live less than a half mile from here, and the area is basically a residential area right in the del ray area in alexandria, virginia and there is a grocery store, a drugstore, a ymca and a dog park and there's also a soccer field that's used by little kids all the time an...

>> no, i said we are not sure at this moment and it is still early on in the investigation and we're working through it. >> is he a local man or elsewhere? >> don't know yet. >> don't know even if he's from the region? >> no, ma'am. >> say it again? >> do you know if the suspect approached lawmakers in the parking lot and asked whether they were republican or democrat? >> i am not aware of that, no, ma'am. >> can you clarify for us -- >> okay. if i said that, i misspoke. it's too early in the investigation to say one way or the other. >> can you confirm the appearance whether he had white hair...