[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to the a fox news alert, eight victims killed and seven others hurt after a shooting at an outlet mall in allen, texas, yesterday. [gunfire] [inaudible conversations] [gunfire] rachel: the gunman was shot and killed by a police officer or who just happened to be nearby while responding to an unrelated call. pete: alexandria hoff joins us with the latest. reporter: good morning to you. this is a terrible hinge to wake up to the. at last update, three of the injured victims remain in critical condition, four have been described as stable, and our fox affiliate in dallas reporting of those who received hospital treatment, their ages ranged from 5 to 61 years old. of course, not everyone made it that far. our rescue task force teams found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to the area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since die
to the hospital to the area trauma facilities. of those that we transported, two have since died, lee are in critical lee are in critical surgery and four are stable. reporter: the scene was described as i gruesome and chaotic when just after i 3:30 yesterday a male shooter reportedly wearing all black opened fire at the allen premium quote let about outlet about 30 minutes north of dallas. i heard gunshots, and we just all rushed to the back. we were all freaking out, what s going on, what s going on. i had to go back to the front and lock door, that s when i saw cops coming in, helicopters coming in, s.w.a.t. team was coming in. i was, like, hey, what s going on? this time service the for real, you know, we all got in the back. reporter: everybody still in a state of confusion, shocked panic as you see there. the police officer was already near open-air mall responding to
tomorrow when congress members return to capitol hill? i hope so. you know, i m somebody that supported legislation, as i describe, but to be honest, we ve seen congress sit down and do nothing when other traj dged in orlando, in texas, in ft. hood, it s hard to say which events are going to be the catalyst for congress to finally do something and listen to the american people who overwhelmingly support action. congressman joaquin castro, thank you for your time tonight. thank you. coming up, we know he was 26 years old, a husband and a father, a veteran, but why devin kelley walked into a texas church and opened fire is still unknown. the latest on the gunman. what we have learned in the investigation next. you re live in the cnn newsroom.
cnn the gunman has been identified as 26-year-old devin patrick kelley. he s a former member of the u.s. air force who was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and child. officials say during today s attack he was dressed all in black, he was wearing a ballistic vest as he entered the church, he opened fire about an assault-type rifle and the suspect was later found dead in his car after a citizen, a neighbor of the church apparently came to the scene and tried to confront this suspect. we have learned that when kelley purchased this gun that s believed to be used in this attack he filled out background check paperwork and he checked a box indicating he didn t have any disqualifying history. i want to bring in cnn s ed lavandera. we know the fbi is on scene as well as the atf and many other law enforcement agency. what s the latest you re learning about the investigation? well, here at the shooting scene, you can see behind me authorities have cordoned off
hate crime. we don t know if this is just horrible murder. but charles, we do know this killer was wearing a tactical vest, a ballistic vest and other tactical gear, as they put it. he opened fire outside the church, then he went inside and opened fire some more. then he fled the scene. it sounds like he tried to escape. it s pretty clear to me anyway that he planned escape otherwise he would have killed himself right there inside the church. but wearing the heavy gear, he obviously thought he d be able to make good his escape. now, where he was going to go after that, who knows? he could have committed a crime prior to actually going to the church. we don t know that yet, i don t believe, or maybe he planned to do some more damage afterwards. we just don t know the answers to these questions right now. that s something that we ve got to figure out. and i believe it will happen in