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I don't want other people to think that this is something that needs to be glorified. this is something that needs to be diminished. this is something that we need to talk about as a hateful impact on our nation. >> reporter: so while publicly they refer to crimo as a person of interest, privately they say he is the suspect. charges will be filed probably later today. obviously at least six murder charges and many more charges as authorities investigate how the weapon was obtained. one of the early clues in this case was actually the fact that police say after the shooting, crimo left the weap...

On behalf of men and women of atf, my condolences to the victims, the families and the communities that has been affected by this tragedy. on receiving reports of shooting, agents from our santa anaa field office responded immediately to provide assistance to the orange county sheriff department. since the scene has been secured, our agents initiated a emergency trace on recovered firearms, they are in progress. and will be investigated. atf will continue to work in tandem with our law enforcement partners until this investigation is completed. nothing further at this time, thank you.

Firing at a crowd that was about 1700 feet away from where he was. so -- and the range of an assault weapon would be about 2000 feet. so it's within the range of these weapons, and that may explain some people have wondered well, how could he achieve so much being so far away. it's within the range of these types of weapons, and we don't know yet what kinds of weapons. we don't know what the caliber is. obviously the authorities know that. there's an emergency trace going onto try to figure out when and where he acquired these weapons. we've said this before. but perhaps it was earlier today. ...

we're following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. here's the news conference that's happening right now. >> and rapidly. yesterday's event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law enforcement was quickly placed inside the school upon arrival. and we believe that that helped to lessen the tragedy that occurred. unfortunately, much had occurred prior to law enforcement's arrival. i'd like to bring joe bernance, chardon's school superintendent to speak. >> first of all, i'd like to thank our law enforcement ...