I want to encourage everybody to stop by if you can, to show your solidarity. We want to be part of getting back to normal. Nothing about today at the Columbia Mall is business as usual. For it to happen in your own backyard, a place you go to at a regular basis is very surreal. Need to do this for me to get closure so i wouldnt feel unsafe trying to come back here some other time. So clearly, some anxiety here mixed in with the grief and the determination to come back. Representative cummings reminding all of us that howard county, maryland, is among the safest communities in maryland to live. He said, if it could happen here, it could happen anywhere. Reporting live from the Columbia Mall which has been reopened now, scott broom, wusa9. Such a tough day for workers there, scott, thank you. At the gun shop where aguilar purchased the gun, there was no sign he was any kind of risk. More on that part of the story. Bruce. Reporter yeah, lesli, we are outside the home that aguilar shared
Gunman hoopened fire inside. This is a live look inside the mall, at least three people were shot and killed outside the zumez store. We have just learned the identities of the dead, theyre a 29yearold and 25yearold Tyler Johnson, they were both employees at that zumez store, the gunman was armed with Dorsey Spencer spoke to witnesses who ran after hearing the shots. Erica gonzalez has new details. We begin with derek ward, hes got the latest on the investigation thats under way. Howard county police are working on it. Derek . Reporter indeed they are, doreen, take a look at the Shopping Center parking lot behind me, aside from the flashing lights, there doesnt seem to be anything remarkable about it. We have learned more about the victims and not about the shooter and why u police say th incident centered around a store on the upper level of the mall, a Clothing Store called zumeys. The two deceased, there was an adult male and an adult female. They were in their 20s. They were both e
If they were not he said though not in uniform, plain clothes officers were in bullet proof vests which cleary identified them as police. Reporter and he said even with extensive training and experience something can still go wrong as it did in this case. Pam kron 4 has been investigating the shooting death of bart Sergeant Tom Smith, since he was gunned down in a friendly fire accident by a fellow officer last week. Pam happened inside the dublin Apartment Unit where sgt. Smith lost his life. If these officers had the proper training is it your opinion that sgt. Smith would be alive today . absolutely. Pam tonight, a former bart Police Officer close to the investigation. Reveals new, chilling details. Pam the former bart employee agreed to tell the story. If we masked his identity and voice. As we first reported exclusively on friday. Heres kron 4s Haaziq Madyun. A decision was made to enter the apartment and to tactically clear it room by room. Reporter at least 4 bart Police Detecti
Obviously a terrible, tragic, sad, scary day for our community and our hearts and prayers and thoughts go out to the victims and their families. Right now brand new details in the Maryland Mall shooting that left three people dead. New this hour, the gunmans name, plus details about the investigation, the weapon he used. Still plenty of reporter which will be gone through as they continue their investigation. We also know about his movements once he got here. He took a can to the mall, got out on the upper level; went downstairs to the food court. Within an hour of arriving he was wreaking havoc, taking lives, scaring hundreds in the mall. People that left belongings will be able to come here later today over to the pnc building off the mall property to get their property, personal belongings. As for merchants that have closed they have yet to given a time they can return to stores. Its unclear if the mall will reopen monday or tuesday. Mall officials apparently say theyre trying to do
Violence as putins Office Lashes out against the west. Puppy love. The blind man saved by his guide dog after falling onto the subway tracks in new york city adds a new friend to the family than tox the kindness of strangers. Were there exclusively today, sunday, january 26, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt alongside dylan and sadly another case of a gunman opening fire with thousands of people nearby. Typical saturday, people go to the mall and suddenly shots ring out. Thats our top story. It hadnt been open for very long on saturday when people started running for covering, hearing the barrage of bullets all around them. This Morning Police are still trying to determine just what may have sparked the senseless violence. Kristen welker is outside that mall in columbia, maryland, with the latest. Good morning. Reporter erica, good