But he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. I cant tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task Homeland Security told us to do. Because in the past you couldnt push through the exit doors . They werent easily opened. They had safeties on them so they couldnt open either way. But now he was able to get out. I mean, he could be alive because of this. Where were you when you found out this had occurred . I was heading up to the service. Im there every i was there last night for service. I go up there around 10 00 and in the morning and one of the Vice President s that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. He worked for city emergency management. And he said he just got word theres an active shooter at
tree of life. Go up there and see if this is true. I tried to get up. I only live a block away from the synagogue. I tried to get up shady avenue and was police cars everywhe
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but again, few details on this church shooting here in california. we re waiting for more details. the orange county sheriff s office says that they will be giving the public an update, so we re to going to have to find out what more they have to say about this shooting. jon? jon: it would have been afternoon when the shots started ringing out. were sunday services underway? was a concert is or some other kind of event? do we know yet, christina? reporter: you know, i m unclear exactly what was being held. but, yes, you know, this happened this afternoon. the sheriff s office, they also indicated that there were reports about this around 1:26 local time. so that did happen this afternoon. they could have had afternoon services, they could have had gatherings there, maybe bible study. not sure exactly what they do as far as worship is concerned in this particular church. but we do know that multiple people were there because there are multiple victims.
i have actually been to christchurch and it is a quiet, sleepy community, a beautiful community. and as your reporter said beforehand they aren t used to this level of violence. one of the things that struck me, a lot of video out there. one of the things you see is this guy walked into this synagogue and in the area where there were other people around carrying these weapons that you cannot conceal an ar-15. too big a weapon. and yet nobody said anything apparently to get to the police so they could get to the guy before he was finished with his shooting there. he got into his car and went to another mosque. 20% of active shooters have been studied. they move. they go to other places. that s really what makes the response the police response so difficult. but this is the most chilling feature of this horrible attack besides being at a place of religious worship on a holy day in the afternoon services is that this was designed for