9:00 p.m. in allen, texas. the allen fire department confirming the transport of nine victims to the hospital. the extent of their injuries not known at this time. after the shooting, hundreds of people, perhaps thousands could be seen streaming out of the whole area holding up their hands in the air as police cleared the scene. we are waiting to hear from law enforcement in allen, texas. we will take you there live as soon as a news conference begins. we go live to casey stegall live on the ground near where the shooting took place. we are moments from that press conference scheduled to start over at the city hall. council chambers, city officials are going to be involved. we understand in addition to police and fire and other emergency management officials, officials at an area hospital tell us nine of the victims of the shooting are currently being treated for their injuries and they range in age from five years old to 61 years old. how many fatalities there have been, t
city official and other local officials in allen, texas. , nine people nine people have been killed. let s go now live senior correspondent casey stegall on the ground in texas. casey. my heart sank when i heard that number. behind the scenes since we been here not long after this happened this afternoon we were hearing information, some rumblings the number of dead was at four. five if you encounter or include themselves so to hear nine took me by surprise. one life too many but a bit surprising. five of the victims hospitalized and three in critical condition
fire chief for the allen fire department. i m going to speak to the medical part of our response. when we received the call, we activated our active attack integrated response rescue task force teams. found seven deceased individuals on scene. we transported nine individuals to the hospital to area trauma facilities. of those we transported, to have since died. 3r in vertical surgery and for our stable. i ll now turn it over to police chief harvey. [inaudible question] the total would then be nine. my name is brian harvey, chief of police in allen.
jon: you know there are a lot of people in allen, texas hugging their loved ones tighter tonight. people at the mall and there are nine families who can t hug their loved ones tonight, so sad. cb cotton, thanks joined by former fbi investigator bill daly. witnesses say this gunman was taken down by the officer was dressed in all black and appeared to be was firing semi automatic rifle. all black things could be something, could be nothing but we know he came from
we are standing by and monitoring it. jon: casey stegall live from allen, texas. thanks, casey. we are going to check in once again with lawrence jones, the host of lawrence jones cross country. he grew up close to where the place, he s shopped at that mall and knows the area very well. give us some sense of feeling of the people in allen tonight. it s heartbreaking. you don t expect this in allen. allen is mostly safe environment. the people there are very wealthy. the mall, people from all over dallas county come to the mall and drop their children off because it s a safe environment. if you want a nice deal in the area, you go to the allen mall there. you expect nothing to happen because there s strong law