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Resident and my understanding was he served some time in the marines, the marine corps. four years of active duty and several years of reserve time after that. he was a machine gunner. outside of that, we have had a few contacts with him. but nothing that even would remotely suggest this kind of behavior. >> yeah. it's an awful situation. i know you guys are going to come and learn about it and hopefully lessons will be learned for all of us to try to make sure it doesn't happen again. sergeant, thank you so much for joining us. pass on our deepest condolences to everyone in your community. >>...

Be convoying him over. >> with the loss of a sergeant, what is -- >> it's lost a hero. it's lost a great human being. it's part of the loss of, again, the 11 other victims that are in there, and it's all part of the suffering we're all going to go through as family members and parents and brothers and sisters on this tragic, senseless loss of life. >> sheriff, what is your message -- >> he was within a couple years of retiring, yes. >> can you talk about any training these deputies may have been through recently to go in? >> we do ongoing active shooter training with all of our personnel. in o...

Grill. sergeant helus was hitting in his cruiser when the call came in, on the phone with his wife. he was here within minutes. he and a highway patrolman decided they had to go in. they could hear gunfire and knew people needed help. as the sheriff explained, since columbine, the way authorities approach these events as changed. it used to be they would keep a perimet perimeter. now the direction is go in. that's what these two men did. sergeant helus was hit in a hail of gunfire and dragged by the highway patrolman out and taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries. he is gett...

Would suggest to me that those smoke bombs weren't something that showed he was intending to conduct an action. if he acquired them in the past few days, your answer changes there. i think the issues here aren't going to be about planning. they are going to be about the mental state of this person and what mental health professionals do when people in the neighborhood call in, again, as they did in that case in broward county with the kid who shot up the high school. what do law enforcement and mental health professionals dozen? >> today, thank you one and all for your expertise. today a cerem...

Others tried to escape, and ron helus was the first law enforcement officer to confront the shooter, and he is now dead, 29 years on the force. our nick watt is on the scene with the latest breaking details. >> reporter: as you say, 13 people now dead. 11 people killed inside that club. the gunman himself is dead, and unclear if that was a self-inflicted wound or if he was hit by deputies as they came in. the other victim, that 29-year veteran, the sheriff's sergeant that was first on the scene with a highway california patrolman minutes after the first calls came in. they tried to make entry ...