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Him yet. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]? >> i actually don't know what the ages were. it is a nightclub so i would, you know, speculate they were probably in the 21 to 26-year-old age group. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]? >> sergeant helus and the first patrol officer on the scene they knew they had to take action and they went in and did what they had to do. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]? >> yes, 13. we don't know how many were injured because they went to different hospitals, but i will speculate at about 10 to 15

Officers and firefighters and people who just wanted to show their respect. passing under large american flags hanging over the road. i talked to one of his colleagues, sergeant julie novak. >> he was talking to his wife and said i love you, got to go, got a call. he was the sergeant that always responded to calls. he was always the guy that was first to the calls. it was kind a joke with the patrols officers that if a sergeant beats you to a call, maybe you aren't doing your job as well. ron was vord. he gets to the call in less than two and a half minutes. a great partnership we have with ou...

On the force. >> yeah. >> sergeant helus was the first one in the door minutes after he got the 911 calls. reflect on his role here. >> reporter: this is textbook. i was on s.w.a.t. in los angeles for the fbi and trained with departments in this area. ron was a s.w.a.t. officer and firearms instructor. he, more than anybody, knew exactly what needed to be done. this is tricky when you get multiple agencies arriving at these things. we have seen so many events where people have not gone in. they waited too long to go in. the protocol here is when you get two officers, and it doesn't matter whet...

Wife. >> sergeant helus was having a conversation with his wife as he does several times during the shift and says, hey i've got to go. handle a call. i love you. i'll talk to you later. >> reporter: as others rushed out, helus, a 29-year veteran of the vent rah county's sheriff's office rushed in. >> when sergeant helus and the highway patrol officer went in, they immediately, changed gun mire with the suspect, and that's when the sergeant was shot several times. >> helus who was planning for retirement was remembered today in a spur of the moment memorial. people lined the route as his body ...

All we really saw was just smoke and the shots taking off. we tried to get down and get out of there. >> everyone screamed get down. everyone on the dance floor ran off the dance floor and got behind something or dog piled on the floor. sorry. i'm freezing and shocked at the same time. >> we hear people were trying to get out of the window. the gunman went behind the cash register. there was probably 12 shots before i got out the front door. >> right now police are in the process of telling 12 families that their loved ones are never coming home. jason coffman, we heard from him. his son cody ...