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One police officer has been shot. he is in critical condition. he has been transferred to the university of hospital medical center. we are awaiting an update from him. a possible suspect has been shot. scanner traffic says that suspect was shot in the face. not confirmed through official channels. accounts two people dead and chicago tribune reports less than six. again, that's not through official channels. we're still waiting for that information to be boiled down. what we're hearing from witnesses is that the gunman focused particularly on woman -- one woman standing over her in a parking ...

They usually go toward the gunfire. nand that case, didn't happen. >> 19 years ago this past april was the columbine shooting, you're referencing the high school where law enforcement was still operating under the methodology, contain and negotiate. put a perimeter, try to talk to the subject. try to talk to him. find out more. and don't go in unless you have a homogeneous unit. now we train together, state law enforcement, local law enforcement, and when they get on the scene, get one or two officers and move toward the sound of the guns. we found that in the gazette shooting where police ent...

Of gunfire between the shooter and police, maybe more than once. i was listening to some of the scanner traffic, the police scanner traffic and listening to the police and how they moved through the building, and how they located him, and how he surrendered, it was really impressive to listen to. so we're going to hear some really heroic stories probably from the police once they start speaking, and that's why you are hearing from the vice president even, and also the president, commending their actions, because they really, they went in, and you know, james, you were talking about this earlie...

Overview, you can see how densely populated this is, east of downtown pittsburgh and from the video on the ground, you can see the convergence of law enforcement there on two to that sce scene. and there were multiple shootouts listening to the scanner traffic that happened. >> and we know one of those in police custody, the main shooting suspect now has been apprehended. >> live pictures there. there were multiple shootouts with that one suspect, and you think about these police officers who on saturday morning responded and headed to the sound of gunfire and pursued the suspect back up into ...

This gunman is certainly concerning. it's something that is usually odd. but it -- he was not carrying any i.d. on him then it's clear that this was probably his intent to sort of make it difficult for police to identify him and if he's not telling them his name, not giving up any information. so certainly this is his intent. the other thing that we have heard off of scanner traffic that's police communications in the incidents of ten shots fired. as you know, evan perez is reporting that the shotgun was recovered. that's the weapon that's believed to have been used but i think at this point r...