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Them because this will touch so many lives around our community. >> any indication of social media that he may have been using where he was complaining about something? >> there's nothing to indication that, but we are looking at his social media sites, which i'm sure all of you are also. >> did any of the officers in there engage him at all? >> none of them were armed. >> can you give us information about the law officer that passed away? >> well, it's out there, sergeant ron helus. he's a 54-year-old 29-year veteran of the sheriff's office. married with a grown son. and as i said several tim...

Individuals. now, when you look at the type of handgun he used, a glock 21, generally, the glock 21 with a standard magazine will hold 15 rounds. if he had a regular extended magazine, that would hold up to 26 rounds. so he really wouldn't have to reload, it sounds like in this particular scenario, he was confronted so quickly by sergeant helus, who i agree with jonathan is a hero, and training has showed us that when you can distract a shooter, as sergeant helus did in this particular case, it saves lives. that's exactly what happened here. >> just horrific to think about how much more damage...

Happen but it's not the result you are supposed to get. this is tragic, but it was about as perfect a response as you can imagine. who knows how many more would have died had these two not gone in. >> sergeant helus died at the hospital, we were told by the sheriff, an hour ago. he is survived by a wife and son. 29 years on the force. he started in august of 1989. that's the only victim's name we know right now because, again, the sheriff was very cautious about -- they still have to alert the families, he was saying. they are still trying to get names of the victims. he would not tell us the ...

>> do you know how the suspect was shot? >> it's not -- we believe he shot himself. when the officers went in and made reentry, they found him already deceased. >> where inside the bar was he found? >> he was found inside an office just ajacet to the entry to the bar. >> it's our understanding that sergeant helus was able to call his wife right before he ran into the bar. >> sergeant helus was having a conversation with his wife on the phone, and said to her, hey, i have to go. i love you. i'll talk to you later. >> did the gunman say anything to any of the victims? >> not as far as we know at...

One of those hero officers was sergeant ron helus, the community that loved hmm, honoring him with a solemn procession. with me is julie novak, a colleague of sergeant helus'. our deepest condolences to you and your office. how are you holding up? >> thank you. not very well. it's really hard. it's -- ron was an amazing guy. great co-worker. he was a guy that always went everywhere and did everything and energized everybody. and we're all feeling this. i've known him for 24 years and so it's hard. i just heard that dad talk and it was heart wrenching. this whole community is feeling this. it's...