That this was a heart breaking tragedy, by any standard. And many, many people will be affected by this terrible act of violence every day for the rest of their lives. And we should keep them in our thoughts and prayers. On the other hand, i think we all need to be very thankful that this incident wasnt much worse. We will take you live to portland for more on the shooter in just a moment here. But first, the victims. And this is where this briefing got emotional. I want you to listen here to the sheriff spokesman describe the victims and the requests on behalf of the families. This first statement comes from the family of cindy rule, age 54, from portland. Cindy was everybodys friend, she was a wonderful person who was very caring and put others first. The family has advised us they want time and space to grieve their loss and will not be giving interviews at this time. The family will make a statement at an unspecified later date through the sheriffs office. This is a statement from
Breaking news tonight, new detail about a crowded Shopping Mall outside of portland, oregon. Three people are dead including the gunman after he opened fire at the clack kamans town center a short while ago. No word on whether he was shot or took his own life. The witnesses are describing a pretty chaotic scene of people who were rushing to the doors to escape the gunfire, that it sounded like firecrackers. About a hundred officers and emergency vehicles are now on the scene. And police say they do believe that this gunman angted alone, but they are still searching throughout the mall saying that customers and employees may still be in there and hiding not knowing if this incident is over yet. Hundreds of people have already been evacuated and the sheriff held a News Conference a short time ago updating the situation. I can confirm that we believe at this point there was one and only one shooter involved and that shooter is deceased. In addition to that, we have at least one patient wh
Tragic edition there. It is all at a mall in portland, the Clackamas Town Center. These are live pictures youre looking at. According to the portland oregonian the gunman appeared 3 30 local time, 6 30 eastern time. Lets listen to affiliate koin. A man with an automatic rifle opened fire near the food court. Theyre only confirming one dead. They say there are some wounded. They say the shooter has been neutralized and the situation is calm there. You heard mario, the worker saying the s. W. A. T. Team came in and escorted people out of the mall. We have someone else on the phone who was inside the mall for the whole thing. Nina, can you hear us . Yes, i can. First of all, are you safe . Im safe, thank you. Youre out of the mall now . Yes, definitely. Tell us what happened to you today in there . So i actually witnessed first hand the gunman entering the scene. I was in the macys store shopping. And a slender, white man in black wearing a hockey mask like a friday the 13th kind of versi
Why the u. S. Is calling it clear provocation. Theyre back, after three months an apology from apples ceo and a fired highranking executive later while google maps returning this morning to the iphone store. Last night the stars came out and brought the house down. Checking in your suitcase, thunders rolling down this track well take you to the concert that raised nearly 30 million for superstarm soorm sandy reli. The newsroom starts right now. Good morning. Car roll is off today, im don lemon. Breaking news out of afghanistan, just a short time ago a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside the gates of kandahar airbase. Defense secretary Leanne Panetta had been there, traveling there but he left hours earlier. Not clear if the attack was tied to his visit. There are initial reports, though, that several Coalition Soldiers were wounded along with as many as ten civilians. Well keep you updated on that attack here on cnn as we get new information. And also new this morning, there are
Some with hands up as Law Enforcement officers swept the mall. The sweep went long in to the evening until officers could know for sure the gunman who opened fire with an Assault Rifle did not have an accomplice. He was acting alone. The carnage ended with two dead one critically wounded and several with more injury and the gunman dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Police say he did all of the shooting himself. The shooter is apparently dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Authorities gave an update. We are almost finished searching the mall and locating everybody and releasing them from the mall. The numbers are still the same. We know there to be the shooters deceased, two dead and one transported to trauma. Additionally i can confirm the shooter is dead of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound. By accounts, theres no rounds fired by Law Enforcement in the mall today. No rounds . No rounds fired by Law Enforcement. Take all questions at the end. No rounds fired by Law Enforce