Was a 48yearold employee of the church. No word yet whether the shooter had targeted this man but the suspect is described as an average man in his 30s. He was wearing a suit and tie and fled the scene. We dont know if the pastor was at the church. Mike brooks is joining me now. I was listening to some local reports, they were saying this man, the 48yearold victim was leading a prepare service on stage and was shot at point blank range. So we have to believe this is targeted. I would say so. As an investigator thats one of the things im going to think. If somebody goes up and shoots somebody at pointblank range, to me it means they were looking specifically for this guy and the suspect fled the scene in a black subaru. This is early on the investigation, breaking story out of Fulton County. They are on the scene, i was listening to the Fulton County police and there wasnt a lot of radio traffic, so we dont know if they know who this suspect is or not. Obviously if this was in the middl
School, all the way up to high school, where he did drop out in 11th grade. He did receive his ged just before applying to college. I was reading a few online reports just before we went live here, mike. And there was a local station that did reach out to a former girlfriend who dated him in eighth grade and then again in high school. She said he was very christian, very kind. She ran into him about a year ago. He did not seem the same. In that same area where he allegedly attacked a 22yearold. This attack against a 22yearold jogger that happened back in may, which is linked to the Jessica Ridgeway case. She was 22. She was able to get away. She was attacked. Jessica, unfortunately, just a little girl. Wasnt so lucky in this particular case. And not only was she abducted and murdered and dismembered, but dumped like a piece of trash in the middle of the woods. As you know, she went miss iing october 5th, found five days later. Just terrible. It is. And when we look at the incident in m
Police were originally searching for additional suspects. As if tensions werent high enough around the capitol, a man threw lit fireworks over the perimeter fence triggering a Swift Response from the secret service. Thankfully nobody was injured. Foxs own Greta Van Susteren is at the navy yard with more on this story tonight. It has been Something Else today. Our league peter got here seven minutes after the first shots were fired. He was on the scene. I arrived shortly thereafter. It was chaos here. There were helicopters going up and down the whole area looking for other suspects. We had people being taken from buildings in helicopters. Chaos here as the massacre that went on over my left shoulder. The big question is how does a mass killer armed to the keith get into a building and kill so many . Thats the investigation thats going on now. The thing thats always disturbing and distressing about the horrible murders is when we stay here tonight and cover them, we know their bodies ar
Police were originally searching for additional suspects. As if tensions werent high enough around the capitol, a man threw lit fireworks over the perimeter fence triggering a Swift Response from the secret service. Thankfully nobody was injured. Foxs own Greta Van Susteren is at the navy yard with more on this story tonight. It has been Something Else today. Our league peter got here seven minutes after the first shots were fired. He was on the scene. I arrived shortly thereafter. It was chaos here. There were helicopters going up and down the whole area looking for other suspects. We had people being taken from buildings in helicopters. Chaos here as the massacre that went on over my left shoulder. The big question is how does a mass killer armed to the keith get into a building and kill so many . Thats the investigation thats going on now. The thing thats always disturbing and distressing about the horrible murders is when we stay here tonight and cover them, we know their bodies ar
Security at all its defense facilities as the investigation unfolds. Also breaking were standing by for a verdict this hour in one of the nations most horrific mass shootings. James holmes is about to learn his fate three years after he admittedly opened fire inside a colorado Movie Theater during a midnight film killing a dozen people. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. We have our analysts our correspondents and news makers theyre all standing by to cover these breaking stories. But first lets go to chattanooga, Victor Blackwell is on the scene for us with the very latest. Victor. Reporter wolf the Fbi Evidence Response Team has just pulled in attempting to find out exactly why the man whos accused of pulling off this twoscened attack pulled this off today. His name Mohammod Youssuf abdulazeez we know from sources, 24 years old. We know there are local, state and federal authorities here on the scene, not just the fbi but also the atf here on the scene. Weve seen do