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Turning back to the investigation into the shootings at the community cleeng in oregon that left nine people dead. we are learning new details about the shooter as investigators continue to look into why he went on his deadly rampage. joining us from the police command post in roseburg, oregon. new details about the shooter. what do you know? >> lots of new information this hour. the douglas county sheriff said he was not going to mention personally the name of the shooter but the sheriff's office has posted the name of the shooter online. his name is christopher harper mercer, 26 of wincheste...

So he wants a document it on his gopro camera. we're in a technological society now. everything that happens, whether the police with gps tracking and cell phones and so forth to the perpetrator of the crimes using technology as well. this is the way all of these things are going to develop now. we're going to have -- we got shooters with cameras. we got police with cameras. we got trackers, we got all of these systems. we're texting. the guy is sending twitter messages. i think twitter, facebook, did the right thing to shut this down quickly. and hopefully doctor what they did was they shut i...

Had an important story but it was very complicated. the sheriff wouldn't elaborate from there. just within the past hour people here out of the press site where the media are gathered across the street from police command post. many people here heard some sort of a boom. couldn't say whether it was an explosion, gun fire or simply the door on a truck closing but a boom that got everyone's attention, there was movement up the hill behind me and then this law enforcement official saying the initial reports suggest this 5-year-old boy has been released from captivity and that he is quote okay. an...