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
activity, because the investigation of the shooter is in high gear right now, and you may see some of these police units, the unmarked ones, especially, leaving the scene so that they can assist in the other phase, which is basically writing a biography on this shooter to get to know everything they can about him as soon as they can. steve moore, thank you so much, appreciate that analysis. if you are just joining us, right now, we are following a shooting in allen, texas. we know from law enforcement officials that one shooter is dead. there were earlier reports of a second shooter. law enforcement says they do not believe there was a second shooter. nine people have been transported by ambulance to medical facilities. law enforcement says they are not sure if other additional victims may have been transported in private cars. this point, law enforcement says it is too soon to give firm numbers on the total fatalities. congressman for this district tells us at this point,
i will start with this. i will ask my caller sees if they want to comment as well. audible systemic failures. we don t try to compare, contrast, whatsoever. we laid out the basic facts as we were charged to do. what i said early on about law enforcement, the officers that no or should have known this wasn t active shooter situation should have done more. we are very clear on that. not every officer on the scene had that same information and had that same opportunity to comply with their training. one of the things this committee has not done, we are a three-person committee go through and determine which law enforcement personnel new what, what did they know and when they knew it. i think that that will take many months to go through all the different video, body camera footage and figure out, i think there are other investigatory arms trying to figure out what this person knew, when they knew it and what did they do with it. i think you will need all of that. we do say the
Like something out of a hollywood movie. They used heatseeking technology to find him. And theres a 4yearold canine named yoda who was called to the defiant convict here. Police explained how it all went down. They were able to move in quietly. They had the element of surprise. Cavalcante did not realize he was sur rounded until that occurred. That did not stop him from trying to escape. He began to crawl through thick underbrush, taking his rifle with him as he went. One of the customs and Border Control teams had a dog with them. They released the dog. The dog subdued him. He resisted and was taken into custody. Here tonight, brian todd and danny friedman. They have covered this from the beginning around the clock. And danny broke the news of this capture. I want to begin with you. This has been a fascinating manhunt. It was the Haneeinous Act that committed. Then, he broke out. A crabwalk up a wall. It took almost two weeks to get him. And here we are, right now, and he has finally
Commission, this will not come as a surprise. Jake, thank you so much for joining us to talk about all of that. Thanks. And thank you for watching cnn prime time. Laura coates starts right now. Good evening everyone. Im so glad youre here with us tonight. Im laura coates. Welcome to cnn tonight. Manhunt, capturing a killer. I have been fascinated by the story, so our, you we will go in depth of the dramatic capture of Danelo Cavalcante for the one police kept up on him and surrounded him in the woods. Im right here in pennsylvania where it all went down. A few hundred yards behind me where the escaped murder was captured just after atm. Now tonight he is back behind bars for the first time i might add, since august 21st in the Pennsylvania State prison in a different county. This time montgomery county. Now he has another charge, this time felony escape. It adds on to the life in Prison Sentence for the heinous murder of his former girlfriend, in front of her two Young Children. Now yo