officer involved in the shooting. we are hearing reports from our affiliate there wrcb reporting the one police officer shot in the leg is now in stable condition. we understand from their reporting that he s been held at erlanger hospital area where multiple police and ambulances responded immediately after the shooting situation. also want to update you about the situation at the nearby bradley square mall. i know that there were some confusion earlier there may have been a shooting there, that may have been one of the lowcationslocations. but there is not a shooting at that mall. we understand amongst the other places closed under lockdown the mall is closed for the near future. 45 minutes. while police check the security of the people inside. so that s still being checked by police with other areas like p governor s residence, the health department and other facilities under lockdown. also want to bring you up to date on the area there. usually when there are shooting situations,
need for donors. that the shooting victims have required multiple units of blood. even tweeting a photo of some of the lines reaching out the door from some of these donor facilities. so that speaks to the seriousness of what these injuries possibly are. again, no confirmation on those injuries. also from a u.s. military official who says that the shooter was male fired 25 to 30 rounds from an automatic weapon into the recruiting station. so that information coming in as well. and also from the marines, getting information from them as they have been tweeting we are closely monitoring and developing the situation in chattanooga, tennessee, the u.s. navy and police will provide details as they are concerned. we understand there are some areas that have lifted their lockdowns. bradley square mall an area there that will not reopen until 5:00 p.m.
is. pete reported he was it s over. he s deceased or wounded. but if he s wounded he s likely at the hospital as well, or another hospital if he s deceased. crime scene. a lot of bullets. possibly a body of the shooter. jim we are still waiting for authorities to give a press briefing on that especially when it comes to the shooter. francis, i think you have an update from the chattanooga police. that s right. coming frup their twitter account. saying that the active shooter situation is over. details fourth coming. again, official word this situation is over. no ipd indication on the fate of the gunman here. these live or dead. he or she is alive or dead. updating on the situation on areas around that area. the two shooting scenes that appear to be on lockdown that includes chattanooga state community college, appears to be on lockdown. same with the health department governor s residence as well
this as we are following again the condition of this officer as he is in surgery as well as trying to find out more about the other four hurt. and bloodassurance.org, the sole provider of blood in the area, they have been tweeting an urgent need for blood donors. even tweeting a photo of those donors lined up. in their words, the shooting victims required multiple units of blood. that may speak to the type of injuries or at least the extent of how these victims may have been hurt here. waiting to find out more and hopefully that will be the case when we have that press conference any moment now thomas. it s been very fluid of trying to get accurate and complete detailed information about what exactly happened. so we are moving forward with the abundance of if i can add, thomas. go for it. there was also a statement from the u.s. army recruiting
magazine at least. and then the driver the shooter evidently leaves this area and as pete williams suggests, to our knowledge, i guess, no one was injured at this first location, and then drives to the second location. well this shooter evidently knew the area knew enough to have these two locations in mind as well as had acquired this weapon. and it appears to be multiple rounds of ammunition. what we hope to find out very soon is not only the identity of the shooter, but the motivation. is this something personal or is this something that may be related to some connection with terrorism? right now, we don t know that. and i think we re all waiting to find out, is this someone who was motivated as we ve seen in the past by the internet. we saw that shooting in garland, texas, that took place where one police officer stopped the shooters with semi-automatic weapons.