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Other interactions your deputies have had with him? is it more than just these two? >> one, he was involved in -- he received a traffic citation and another one, he was involved in a traffic collision. pretty minor interactions. he was -- he is a veteran. he was in the united states marine corps. >> was he suffering from ptsd, the crisis team -- [ inaudible ] >> i understand that was part of the discussion with the deputies on call that went out with the crisis team, the fact that he may have been suffering from ptsd, the fact that he was a veteran and was in the corps. >> do you have any more...

>> sheriff, why do you think this keeps happening in the united states? >> that's a pretty challenging question. i think we see unfortunate, horrific actions that happen all over the world, and i don't know if it happens more in the united states or doesn't. i would have to read the stats. >> it does. why do you think that is? >> i don't know. if i knew the answer to that, i would do something to stop it. >> can you talk about the training that sergeant helus and other members of law enforcement had in situations just like this and how they arrived on scene? >> as we talked about at the wee ho...

Highway patrol officer who then pulled sergeant helus out and was able to get him to a hospital. but, unfortunately, sergeant helus died a short time later. there will be a procession happening later on today from the hospital for sergeant helus, to the medical examiner's, which will be an emotional time. obviously although the sheriff's department has to respond, this is their agency, but they also have to mourn the loss of one of their own. hallie? >> difficult and emotional for so many people this morning. joe fryer on the scene for us in thousand oaks. msnbc contributor, former chief of st...

For these families who are inside now the thousand oaks teen center, the wait continues, and a horrific one it is, craig. >> chris jansing there in thousand oaks. chris, we'll be checking in with you throughout the afternoon. thank you. let's move to jacob soboroff. jacob is outside the medical center where sheriff's deputy ron helus was taken. jacob, what more do we know about those who are still being treated? >> reporter: we know that there are at least a dozen additional people who are injured, not necessarily craig just at this medical center, but throughout the thousand oaks area of vent...

Dead in the bar of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. today there was an honor procession for ron helus, a 29-year veteran of the ventura county sheriff's office and a hero. he was one of the first officers who within three minutes of first reports of gunfire rushed into the bar. he was shot multiple times before he died at the hospital. he was about a year away from retirement, leaving behind a wife and a son. the white house has ordered the u.s. flag be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims until sunset on saturday. with that, let's start the hour with the latest on what we know...