number of events across santa monica this afternoon. we believe it started 11:55 pacific time at the house. this is on yorkshire avenue here in santa monica. two people we understand are dead inside that house because of gunshot wounds. the house was set on fire. a witness from across the street, the neighbors of the people who lived in that house, said they saw a man dressed all in black brandishing an assault type long gun, a rifle, came out of the house, carjacked somebody. when another car didn t move as fast as he wanted to, he shot at that car and according to the chief, there were another one, two, three, four, five, six, about six other incidents before he got to the school. six other shooting incidents before this person got to the school. we know that there was a bus shot up. we know that in two different locations along the way before he got to the school, at least three other people were shot and killed. we know at the school, then several people were injured at the school
he s not saying i m not coming out until i get a getaway car, and you know, yelling at the cops. he s running and gunning as he goes. so in los angeles, one of the things we developed in the lapd was something we called immediate action rapid deployment. that means you don t surround the building and call for the s.w.a.t. team and stand by with your guns at the ready until the tactical people get there. you even saw on your own news footage here, there s one officer with an ar-15, a long rifle, he goes to the other and takes the second weapon and starts heading to the building. what they re doing in those scenes is they re putting together an entry team that will have long weapons that they can gather up on the scene, and they will go down range as they say, into the building, until they can locate that suspect, engage him and either talk to him and get him to lay down that weapon or eliminate the threat, which is i think what you ve seen here today. again, we are collecting informat
from the front of the bus to the back of the bus. and how many shots he was shooting at the bus that you were on? yes. yes. into the bus. did the shots actually hit the bus? yes. it went through the windows. what did you do? the top windows. what did you do, marta? i, like everyone else, i just threw myself on to the floor of the bus to cover myself. what did the suspect look like to you? he was like pale skin and like black, a little bit curly hair. i m not totally sure. i just saw the rifle and the gunshots went off, and i just threw myself to the floor. it was very fast. i didn t see him precisely, you know. was the bus moving at this point or were you stopped? the bus was stopped. and how many shots approximately, do you know?
i don t know. maybe between four and six. not sure. i m not sure. maybe five. and then how long did you stay on the bus? the bus everyone was screaming and crying inside the bus on the floor and the bus driver, she tried to, you know, drive away but you know, but after awhile she was able to and she just turned right and just went, you know, went as far as she could away from that place and we all like, you know, screamed, like everyone okay, people were calling 911 and we were like stop the bus, you know, far enough, stop the bus. there was like this lady bleeding in the back. she was sitting, you know, in an area that is elevated. we thought that she was hit by the rifle.
can t tell if it s a person in a body bag yes. so the body s already been covered. did you get a look at all at the suspect, because authorities said the suspect was wearing all black, possibly wearing a ballistic vest. i assume by the time you took this picture, by the time you were on the scene, the suspect was already covered. he was covered and again, one of the students that was in the library at the time described him as caucasian, wearing black and he also had black gloves on. black gloves as well. rona navales, i appreciate your reporting. so glad you re safe as well. i want to bring in marta fegerstrom. i believe you were on a bus, you saw a man with a rifle standing in the street. when was this? yeah. i was on the bus and suddenly there was a guy standing on the left-hand side with a rifle and he just started to shoot.