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Highway or at least slowing down quite a bit, you can tell the difference between the speed on the left side of the screen and look at the length of that processional. led by motorcycles leading the way for a hearse carrying the remains of sheriff sergeant ron helus, who went into a country bar, a college bar last night and saved a whole lot of lives. thank you for being with me as we talk about this and we will get into the investigation at another time but right now let's focus on the lives that were lost. a great policeman and sheriff's department members like yourself will do your jobs but...

She said they were heros and tried to block us. >> thank you. unbelievable some people who escaped the shooting in las vegas were working in that bar. it brings it all full circle. >> it's heart breaking. >> that does it for us this morning. hi, i'm stephanie rule. we start unfortunately with that breaking news this morning. 12 people called after a man burst into a popular california bar packed with college students and he opened fired. [ gunshots ] >> we dropped and we heard the gunshots. by the grace of god i got to the front door. i don't know how. >> friends got the bar stools and they ...

Around our community. >> any indication on social media that he was talking about something? >> there's no indication of that but we are looking at his social media sites, as i'm sure you all are also. [ inaudible question ] >> none of them were armed. >> sheriff dean, can you give us more information about the officer that passed away? >> well, it's out there. it's sergeant ron helus. a 54-year-old, 29-year veteran of the sheriff's office. married with a grown son and, as i said several times, he went in there to save people and made the ultimate sacrifice. [ inaudible question ] >> age or ge...

Officers just nearby doing a routine traffic stop. they heard the traffic about the emergency over their radios. they responded, as well. ron helus, again, this ventura county sheriff's officer killed at the scene, he was first into the borderline bar & grill. he was hit multiple times by gunfire and he has lost his life. we are getting an update on who these people are who have died. it may be a lot of students because this was a college country night, a very popular event at the borderline bar & grill. as soon as we get more details on who has been injured and killed, we'll bring that to you...

Hoping he might be able to save someone else's life. he made the ultimate sacrifice, but he did it as a hero. >> sergeant ron helus was a 29-year veteran of the sheriff's department. he was planning to retire next year. he leaves behind a wife and son. we're told there will be a procession for him leaving the hospital later today. >> thank you, joe. joining me now to discuss this jim cavanaugh and anthony roman. jim, you are the best business when it comes to covering the subject. i hate it when you come on. walk us through this. this all unravelled in a matter of minutes. it's an ongoing inve...