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What they're going through. he was a year away from retirement. it's unacceptable, and not just the loss of ron, but you have 11 other innocent people that were here to have a good time, and you know, their families are just, you know suffering unspeakably after such a horrific incident. i don't know what category you put this in, but it's got to stop. >> how do we stop it? >> i don't know. i wish i had the answer for that. >> i wish you did, too sergeant. our thoughts and our prayers and all of our love with you and the department and those families this morning. thank you for your time, sir....

Him. he did not meet the criteria at that time of being taken 5150. so somebody can exhibit signs of erratic behavior or even mental illness, but if they don't meet those criteria of either being a danger to themselves or a danger to others or gravely disabled, we can't take them against their will to a psychiatric facility. >> do we know if he purchased this handgun, which we're told was purchased legally, do we know if he purchased the handgun after this april incident? >> that i don't know. i know our partners with the atf are looking at the details of the gun purchase, where that happened,...

He did not wait for a perimeter to be established when he heard there was a gunman inside the borderline bar ask grill. he didn't wait for backup. he showed up on the scene. the first ventura county sheriff's deputy to show up on the scene. he was joined by two other california highway patrol officers. they went this there immediately. this was an active shooter situation. they didn't wait for anybody else. what i've been told by people on the ground here, other law enforcement officials is that sergeant helus undoubtedly saved other people's lives and ultimately paid the ultimate sacrifice hi...

Night is just unbelievable. this community is reeling. as you mentioned, one of the safest cities in america, but was not safe last night in the 11:00 hour, when that gunman walked into that bar and just started shooting indiscriminately at people. we can tell you here at this hospital, they took in 11 patients, and remarkably, we always look for the bit of good news, the silver lining in these horrible stories is that 10 of the 11 people, some of whom came in with gunshot wounds and lacerations have been released. they were able to go home to their families. the 11th, unfortunately, is the ve...