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We dont know whether the suspect is still alive in the house. Weve heard from a couple of authorities that the suspect may have shot himself, but we dont know whether thats correct or not. Theyre going to assume, as naturally you would, that he remains a threat. And so theyre going to do this entry by the book. And thats what youre seeing right now. But they believe that the threat to the community is pretty well over because they believe they know where the suspect is and that the suspect is contained and no longer a threat. But until they actually put eyes on the suspect theyre going to do this by the rules, and thats what youre seeing play out right now. While in the meantime area schools are on lockdown, the sheriff has told people in the neighborhood if they live anywhere near sawing ugs high school to lock their doors and stay inside. And if they see the suspect to call 911. But they believe they know where the suspect is and theyre about to make an entry. And fully confirm that ....
Gunman fled quickly, ran through a baseball field you that saw earlier in the aerial picture that s near this residential area, and was dropping things as he went, perhaps a backpack, perhaps he was carrying additional ammunition or other firearms, and then got into this house. we don t know whether this was just a house that was nearby and open or whether he has some connection to this house. but in any event, i think it s pretty safe to say, andrea, this is over. you can see from the aerials we re showing on the right side of the screen, pete, they have the area surrounded. do you have anything more you can share about the techniques they used in surrounding that house and entering the house? reporter: they used an investigative technique to track the shooter but i think it s best we not say what it is because they may want to use that sort of technique again and probably don t want to give away how they do it. good enough. pete, i know you re going to be standing by. jim cavan ....
Into a house that happened to be open, just a target of opportunity, or was it his home? do we know anything about the house he ran into? reporter: no. no, i don t know that. and have you identified the sheriff earlier was on with knbc. sheriff villanueva from l.a. county. saying the suspect was a student at the school. reporter: they ve consistently said a 15-year-old asian student who was all dressed in black. everyone involved in this was at the school. both the shooting suspect and the victims all students at the school. and it seems we re seeing you said the lockdown has been lifted. we re seeing students being escorted out of the school. k see one of the police choppers on the ball field. reporter: that was brought there was a precaution in case they theeded to that s from the l.a. county fire department. in case they needed to evacuate ....
Nearby house where authorities said that the student had shot himself. the initial word we had from several law enforcement officials was that the shot was fatal. but now the sheriff says no, he survived the shooting and is being treated. and we re seeing aerials, by the way, pete, of students leaving the school, getting back on school buses, obviously. everyone s heading home. pete, stand by because joe fryer is outside that house where apparently the suspect was tracked down, captured, and apparently shot himself. joe, do you have any more details? reporter: yeah, that s right, andrea. we just arrived on the scene here, where there was also a lot of police activity. you can see they have just in the last few seconds let down the barricade that was blocking this street. but it is down this street where you can start to see some authorities and some media walking down, all the way down to where it curves, there s an rv park nearby. that is the house where all the police activity ha ....
Schools. jim, you were saying that we suspect that the ammunition may have been what the suspect dropped running through that ball field and going into that house. that s right, andrea. l.a.s.o. is going to treat that scene like a crime scene leerks a bomb scene. they have to guess it could be an explosive device. they ll bring the bomb squad in to the ball field. the bomb squad will check out the backpack, make sure it s not a device, some kind of explosive device. once they render it safe they can check, it may just be ammunition. and this guy might have got in the house that s.w.a.t. has surrounded, you saw the bearcat vehicle in the front. that s l.a.s.o. s.w.a.t. i ve worked with them. i ve 2r5i7bd with them. they re the best. l.a.s.o. is the largest sheriff s department in the world. they re very, very good. they re very efficient, as you can see today. and their s.w.a.t. can handle a barricaded suspect no problem. so as long as that suspect is in ....