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My understanding is that the -- the shooter -- the person came in and shot this man and this woman, then took the gun and shot himself at the scene there. it does appear that that is the limit of what was done, there are people who were injured fleeing the scene. somebody apparently had a cardiac situation perhaps in this scary moments right after that. and some people had injuries, ankle injuries and so on. which is very common, obviously, in this situation. so, again, this is, again, early information is what we're working on with -- working with here and the police are trying to figure out ...

Howard county police in their twitter feed keeps tweeting at me that it has not been confirmed and we're obviously saying that, as well. the early indications, again, that's what we've been reporting, is that the early information was that they believed it was possibly a domestic situation. i think that remains the theory that they're working on and right now they're just, again, trying to go through the -- any background they can find on this alleged shooter and the victims to determine exactly how they're all tied together, miguel. >> all right, evan, stick with us. coming up in a few moment...

Psyche of the individual who carried out the two murders. >> agencies are prepared to look at that psyche now and try and figure out why people do that. >> absolutely. our federal agencies in particular have behavioral scientists. we're not quite there locally in local law enforcement but fbi and secret service have forensic psychologists behavioral scientists that need to understand what drives people. oftentimes with the secret service they receive correspondents that are threatening to the president. they need to create a profile of the individual as accurately as they possibly can in an at...

This happened on the third floor? >> yeah, by jcpenney. >> it happened by jcpenney? >> yes. yeah, no, it wasn't -- yeah, it wasn't the first floor in the food court. >> first floor of the food court? >> yes. we are on the second floor and we hear. we hear, see everybody is running. >> you said first floor or third floor. >> third floor. >> food court? >> looked like the guy shot him from the second floor but -- >> we are following every detail of the latest american tragedy. this time in columbia, maryland, at a mall, howard county mall in columbia, maryland. we have with us on the phone evan ...

0 sp spontaneous fashion. >> and shotguns as well, we see them in movies where we think of them as extraordinarily powerful weapons. they can be or they can can be a small caliber shotgun, .20 gaun gauge. >> 410, 20, 16 which is a little obsolete. shotguns to shotguns unto themselves are lethal. >> they said when they saw the body and saw the number of shells around it. they backed off at that point. why? >> i think they may have been concerned for possibly ignition issues. you don't faknow what this kid could have rigged. you saw this assortment of ammunition on the floor you're wondering was...