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>> it's an important subject that we're all going to have to learn a lot more. wish the police good luck in their investigation. lou, thanks very much. don't go too far away. dan will be with us. the las vegas police, they've now scheduled a news conference for 1:30 p.m. eastern, about 12 minutes or so from now. we'll have live coverage of that. we'll get an update on what las vegas police have to say so, everyone, stand by. up next, hillary clinton reveals her time line for deciding on a possible presidential run. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis

Lou, i assume police have to really go across the whole campus and search every building that they can. >> absolutely correct, anderson. they get on and scour the campus performing a number of tasks, creating crime scenes, searching for secondary devices possibly as those used in columbine, they assume nothing. they're safe until they conduct a very thorough inspection of the campus. and they're looking for just a number of denominators all at the same time and same time this is going on at the campus there are already dispatching agent it is find out information about this individual from the...

Tweet posting class suspended. do not come to campus. certainly, a very tense situation there still. >> and obviously, we are awaiting a press conference from local authorities. we hope to get a lot of information with that. you know, lou, it is actually interesting. i mean, we have heard now from one student who said that they were, you know, they grabbed sort of pipes in their classroom in case somebody came in. we have heard that staff disarmed the shooter. i don't know if this is a kind of residue of the fact that this country has gotten used to seeing these kind of events, sadly. but that...

Gather on gwinn commons and grief counselors available for students and staff. that message for students and staff of the college. again, who the shooter is, motive, we do not know. the suspect is said to be in custody. not sure what the condition of that suspect is. campus area's still obviously all cordoned off. we are waiting to hear from local authorities and do anticipate a press conference any moment. joining us on the phone is former new york detective lou polumbo. appreciate you being with us. it's interesting to hear that this shooter was apparently -- again, these are early reports, ...

And if necessary, neutralize him so there is no hesitation. there's no thought process. all reflexive. as a result of training. they immediately enter the buildings or facilities regardless of condition. >> obviously, a lot of that changed in the wake of columbine and criticism during columbine because at that point, you know, there wasn't a lot of experience with this. and police waited outside for certain amount of time while shootings were still going on. it is a very complicated situation for police that, lou, face this. there's conflicts reports, eyewitness, ear witness reports and some r...