Are dead. Cnns kaylie has more on the story and we have been talking to people in various ways. This is tragic and horrible and has shaken up this Small Community. Is this small and intimate community in the First Baptist church with friends and neighbors. The shooting occurred in the middle of their sunday morning 11 00 a. M. Church services. I spoke with a gas station cashier and she heard what she estimated to be 20 shots fired around 11 30 a. M. Local. We learned from Law Enforcement that there was a brief pursuit of the suspect to that shooter now dead. First responders on the scene as they continue to assess the situation as one local official told us, 27 dead. That number continues to change. More than 20 injured. You can see ambulances on the scene. There have been air life support in the area as well as local hospitals doing all they can to help those wounded. This community, one in which everyone knows everyone. The shooter could be someone they know and a part of this commun
not safe anywhere. if there was another shooter on the loose, we wanted to get home and try to be safe. that s probably not the case and my husband and i are terribly shaken because it s people in church on a sunday in a small rural community. it s not what you expect. we understand that the scene is still active in terms of a crime scene. investigators are there from federal, state, and local jurisdictions. i m sure we keep hearing from the news the number keeps increasing as far as how many are injured or possibly deceased. sure. we understand that a number of the injured have been choppered out of the area. we did talk to one county commissioner, albert gomez jr. who had a conversation with an ems official there telling him that dozens killed, dozens
injured. again, we have not received any official word from authorities there. that by way of the commissioner. and it s just a small church. that s the other part of it that is so sad. it s a little church in a very small community. i don t know why it would be targeted. also heart breaking. thank you so much for your time. so many prayers going out to everyone there in the sutherland springs, texas community. we ll be right back. well, like most of you, i just bought a house. -oh! -very nice. now i m turning into my dad. i text in full sentences. i refer to every child as chief. this hat was free. what am i supposed to do, not wear it? next thing you know, i m telling strangers defense wins championships. -well, it does. -right? why is the door open? are we trying to air condition the whole neighborhood? at least i bundled home and auto on an internet website, progressive.com.
injured already. a horribly sad day for texas. real tragic. me what you are thinking. my heart is broken. you never think where it can happen. it does happen. it doesn t matter where you are at. in a small community, real quiet and everything, look at this what can happen. my conversation with wilson county commissioner, albert gomez jr. so many hearts are broken. we conveyed prayers being said for the people there are south texas and the president of the united states while he is on his five-nation asian tour. cnn s white house reporter is in tokyo traveling with the president. what more are you hearing from the white house and the president on travel there? the president just a few minutes ago tweeted about this terrible shooting.