now. it is 4:00 in new york. breaking news this hour. we are covering yet another mass shooting in this country. this one on the campus of the university of nevada las vegas this afternoon. it is still early, but minutes ago, police saidsuspect, now dead. as for victims, police say tre appear to betiple although how many exactly is still unknown. at least one of thes of the ooting, unlv s beam hall, the university s business school, mere yards from the student union. law enforcement is still asking people to avoid the area. joining us now, nbc news justice and intel correspondent, ken dilanian. former fbi agent, peter strzok and with me at the table, professor of politics and journalism at morgan state, jason johnson. ken, please fill in the gaps wherever possible. what do we know? well, about an hour ago, the university of nevada las vegas twitter account posted an alert that said university police were responding to a confirmed active shooter in beh, which stands for be
california where there was a california highway patrol officer who pulled over an individual, and there was, you know, a more than ten-minute shootout, where that officer was killed and two other chp officers were wounded. and police, you know, are constantly reminding people how vulnerable they are in those positions. and we see it again today. and then, you know, flowing from that, these cascading effects where there s multiple gun battles. the task is going to be very difficult here. it s hard enough to process an individual crime scene or a couple in an area. but this is spread out over a long distance. they re going to need all the resources they can muster. you have the fbi, atf on scene, and others. when i get more information, i ll get it to you as soon as i
california highway patrol officer who pulled over an individual, and there was, you know, a more than ten-minute shootout, where that officer was killed and two other chp officers were wounded. and police, you know, are constantly reminding people how vulnerable they are in those positions. and we see it again today. and then, you know, flowing from that, these cascading effects where there s multiple gun battles. the task is going to be very difficult here. it s hard enough to process an individual crime scene or a couple in an area. but this is spread out over a long distance. they re going to need all the resources they can muster. you have the fbi, atf on scene, and others. when i get more information, i ll get it to you as soon as i can. andrew blankstein, from nbc
difficult here. it s hard enough to process an individual crime scene or a couple in the area. this is spread out over a long distance. they re going to need all of the resources that they can muster and obviously you have the fbi, the atf on scene, and others. that is kind of where we re at the moment. if i get more information, i ll get it to you as soon as i can. andrew blankstein, from nbc investigations. joining us msnbc national security analyst, frank figliuzzi. first of all, thank you for being with us on this breaking news coverage for now, what s almost 2 1/2 hours together, and as we followed this story from the very beginning, where would you say we re at in the story now? the investigation is just beginning, but as has been said, law enforcement particularly in this area has become adept at this. these are the very same fbi agents, atf agents, texas
for instance, was there a shooting underway to which authorities responded and then the shooter himself, whether one or more, we don t flow, got involved in a shootout with police? details have not yet come. what we are reporting through the daily herald is that four officers are shot, multiple victims. and they re transporting a number of them by life flight helicopte helicopters. we expect to have reporters on scene shortly. you can imagine in the afternoon, 2:45 in the afternoon on a 17 degree day and traffic is bisque with the soft lockdown underway. you can see the officials headed up to the warehouse area from the wfld picture out of aurora. a huge crowd has gathered