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I actually have no idea who he is. we don't know anything about him yet. >> what about the ages of the victims? can you tell us. >> 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. >> active shooter play a role [inaudible] >> no doubt in the change in how we handle active shooters play a role. sergeant helus and highway patrol officer on scene knew they had to take action and they went in and did what they had to do. >> 13 people down? >> yes, 13. >> we don't know how many were injured because th...

I have no idea about his service record. >> we believe he shot himself. when the officers went in and made reentry, they found him already deceased. >> how long before -- >> he was found inside an office just adjacent to the entry to the bar. >> we were told that sergeant helus was able to call his wife. >> sergeant helus was having a conversation with his wife several times during the shift and said hey, i've got to go handle a call. i have to go. i will talk to you later. not as far as we know at this point, he could have, but we don't know. >> any establishment of? >> there is no indication...

Community. they are very supportive of us and we are very supportive of our community. sergeant helus was a fixture at the thousand oaks station, he was here for several years as a patrol sergeant training others, being a mentor to younger deputies. the city, the residents are coming out and supporting us. >> harris: we see it now, they are out among the street signs, sometimes a single file but in some cases there is enough room for there to be several roads deep of them to express their gratitude and their love. they say it's a pro-law enforcement community, i'd like to think we are all like...

As he arrived or was near the borderline bar and grill, he was just doing a normal nightly checking call as he always did, apparently, with his wife. he got the active shooter call. he said to his wife, i have to go. i love you. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt reporting from the mass murder scene in thousand oaks. police officers, firefighters and other first responders saluted the sergeant who died trying to save people in that bar in an astounding and heart warming sight it was. a hearse carrying the body of sergeant helus from the hospital to the medical examiners in ventura, a long line of...

On him. the mental health experts out there clear to him that they. >> can you elaborate on the interactions that deputies have had with him? >> one, he received a traffic citation, and another one, he was involved in a traffic collision. so pretty minor. he is a veteran, he was in the united states marine corps. >> did he have ptsd? >> i understand that was part of the discussion when the deputies went out to the call with the crisis team, that thought he might be suffering from ptsd, the fact that he was a veteran and had been in the corps. >> when sergeant helus and the high patrol officer ...