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It all occurred outside. >> any description of the shooter you can share? >> not yet. the shooter is deceased, and we're still interviewing, obviously, a lot of witnesses, as well as officers, to try to determine if anybody else was involved. >> what type of weapon was used? >> it was a long gun. no officers were injured. nine dead, plus the suspect, so ten dead on east fifth street and 16 that we are aware of hospitalized in unknown condition. >> and we also spoke to a witness, anthony reynolds, who himself lost someone he knew. >> we hear a shot, like we just hear, like it sounded like a gun...

And ar-15, m-16 for the military. the ar-15 for the civilian use. it's the united states and nato allies weapon. it's the world's, you know, split. the old soviet block and the u.s. uses its allies. that's how the weapon is designed. the ar-15 or m-16, it has a couple different name e -- it'sc and easy to carry. the chief said, one minute to take him down. he could have gotten 30 rounds off. there's 9 dead and 16 wounded.

I noted the scene in ohio. atf agents have arrived on-scene. what is their role there? >> they provide the full services of law enforcement. special agent, is their title. they w they will be tracing the weapon. the 223, the most common 223 is an ar-15. that's a military style rifle. most likely on semiautomatic fire. >> it was an ak-47. give me a difference of the ar-15 and an ak-47. the kalashnikov, the "k" of ak,

Things that contribute to that. first of all, the area that's been described, the district there, lots of restaurants, clubs, and bars. it's a place that's frequented by people enjoying nightlife. so, you can imagine hundreds of people congregating in one area. combine that with this specifically to cause traumatic injury to people and death in people, and those rounds can travel through people and injure multiple people with one round. it is not unusual. you can fire off a dozen rounds in five seconds. it's a semiautomatic weapon, it's as fast as you can pull the trigger. we're not sure, this...

Of them -- >> how many have come to the convention center? are you receiving calls on the hotline about the se needing or wanting assistance? >> we don't have numbers for that. this is the first press conference we'll have throughout the day. we will have information like that as the day comes forward. we're really asking you all to share those two numbers. that's really important right now, and to get the message out for people that have lost loved ones and for people that may have information. >> again, can you list the gun that the shooter had? >> the gun that the shooter had was a .223-cal...