enforcement presence and people, not a lot of criminals are doing violent crimes in allen, texas so the mood is just somber right now especially when you hear young people lost their life. obviously we don t know the exact count but our report shows not only people with fatalities but also in the hospital right now in critical i think, we always come together in the fight through it and obviously we give them and kudos and respect and honor to law enforcement officer that was on the scene for something that wasn t related and heard gunfire and ran straight to the suspect and neutralized them but our hearts are morning because this is just not the texas way and the fact that this happened in a safe environment makes it that
brazen, i m curious, not that anything would justify something like this but as law enforcement prepares to take the podium, i d love to hear the motive because it s not something you see in the great state of texas and definitely not in allen. jon: and as you say, hats off to the police officer willing to run into the face of terrible danger if this guy did have a semi automatic rifle, a cop carrying a pistol, sidearm is going to be outgunned so the fact that this officer was able to neutralize the suspect in the way he or she did is an absolute tribute to training encourage. that s what they do and i covered uvalde, it was heartbreaking. the mixed messages of what actually went down and now that
today and stood so rudely and courageously to protect our neighborhood, neighborhood and community and as a community we will respond and get past this together. we will hear next from our mayor of the city of allen, can. my name is ken fault, i m here to read the briefing statement for the city of allen. today is a tragic day for the city of allen. our citizens, our friends and visitors at the allen premium outlets today. we are a strong caring community and we all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to know we will wrap our arms around you and we are here for you. the city of allen pledges to offer complete support. we know you are grieving, we are grieving. rest assured, the nation and the world are also grieving. allen is a proud and safe city
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by southside but it s a very popular mall. today was a great day. i suspect there were many people in the mall, inside and out. jon: you say he came from outside the community. that raises all kinds of questions but are you able to say where he s from? i am not. i will say he was not a citizen of allen and i ll leave it at that and that law enforcement expound on that as they choose. jon: all right. some thoughts for your constituents and evil of allen tonight as they grieve this terrible tragedy. first and foremost as i said in the conference, we need to keep them in our prayers because there lives have been dramatically changed by this