begin any moment now, here is what we know so far at this hour. police say that they received reports of an active shooter, just at the 30 pm local time, and according to authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter now that, we re being told, there are multiple fatalities, but police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps, we ll get some insight varying this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky, he s on the ground for us right outside the premium all there in on texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you regularly since the tragedy unfolded, what more can you tell us? yeah, amen, there s that remains incredibly large law enforcement presence here surrounding the entire perimeter of the mall with more than 120 stores. as we await to hear the update from the police chief of allen texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more than stories about how it p
being told that there are multiple fatalities. police have not yet released an exact count. perhaps we ll get some insight during this briefing. however, they have confirmed that there is no longer an active threat in the area. let s go to nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us rates outside the mall there allen, texas. morgan, we ve been checking in with you since this tragedy unfolded. what can you tell us? aged amen, there still remains an incredibly large law enforcement presence here, surrounding an entire parameter of the small, more than 120 stores. as we wait to hear the update from the police chief of allen, texas, i can tell you that we are hearing more and more stories of how this played out late this afternoon. gunshots were reported at 3:30. i shared some of those interviews with you. i don t mention the story of abby perez, a short time ago. she was the mother that when she heard fireworks, she realized this was an active shooter situation, she took her t
watching the calder state representative, called our state senator, called the congress person, a man bills like that get passed, those like universal background checks and other common sense gun safety measures, so that we can prevent the next tragedy from occurring. dr. andrews, texas has among the highest guns per capita rate in this country. if the logic of republicans that more guns and fewer gun laws made a safer, in theory, texas would be a safe place, and that is not the reality we see. texas is home to four of the ten deadliest mass shootings in the u.s., and we know is among one of the that the states in this country. texas is very similar to my home state of south carolina and in fact. we have a high rate of gun ownership,
the texas capital to advocate for that bill. they waited 13 hours to testify on that bill. that bill is languishing and committee as we speak. we in the legislature can bring up that bill tomorrow, pass it and make it law, so i need everyone watching the calder state representative, called our state senator, called the congress person, a man bills like that get passed, those like universal background checks and other common sense gun safety measures, so that we can prevent the next tragedy from occurring. dr. andrews, texas has among the highest guns per capita rate in this country. if the logic of republicans that more guns and fewer gun laws made a safer, in theory, texas would be a safe place, and that is not the reality we see. texas is home to four of the ten deadliest mass shootings in