cubicle next to us, does an employer have a way of reporting concerns and dealing with them adequately. so many things of concern. we ll have to leave it there because we re watching that press conference which is scheduled to begin at the top of the hour. thanks to you. well still ahead, as i mentioned. at any hour this press conference and that scene will give us a very latest and the update on the massacre that took place at a government building in the city of virginia beach. the press getting set up. we hope to hear from the mayor as well as the police chief soon. well as the police chief soon it s tough to quit smoking
they are no doubt dedicated, professional and compassionate and for that i say thank you, to mayor dyer who leads the city to our city manager dave hanson or chief of police cervera, thank you for your leadership as well as the other elected officials during a very, very difficult time here in virginia beach. we continue to focus on these families, on the victims as we said yesterday, these were 12 individuals who came to work in the city of virginia beach thinking they would go home in the evening and they didn t return and have left a tremendous void in their families and in our community. i have had the opportunity along with some other elected officials to visit our local hospitals. i m a doctor. i served in desert storm. i have been in situations such
as soon as the governor starts his speech here. and we do expect to hear as well from the police chief who has been a long-time police chief at virginia beach. for about ten years or so. and once we hear from them, we expect them to take some questions as well. they ve been very good at updating us. sadly, these have been some very, very sad updates. as we watch these pictures, i should note and we ll talk to the crew and everything else about this, the white house has mentioned within the last hour hour they have lowered the flags there at the white house at half-staff and you see the image there and we re going to listen into the governor of virginia. good afternoon. and thank you for being here and doing the work you re doing and letting the people across virginia and this country know of the efforts as we deal with this horrific tragedy. i would like to thank all of the men and women who had stepped forward and been part of this effort as we move forward in healing virginia.
scene, we ll put that together but we do want to interview the officers to get some specifics. the computer dispatch timeline is one piece of information but we re interviewing the officers to get the rest of that information. and again, i want you to understand that in a situation such as this, these officers need a little bit of time to depress before we begin to ask them specific requests about this horrific crime scene and thissen tense fire fight shootout with the suspect. so i ll have more information on that tomorrow. julie. thank you. i m julie hill, the communications director for the city. i ve been here for four years. and in that four years, i can tell you that this is an incident that speaks to really the heart and soul of this city that i ve come to call home. but make no mistake, we are a heart broken city. because we have lost 12 people
we return to the stop story and that horrible massacre of innocent people in virginia beach. we are expecting an update within the hour from the authorities there but we do know this right now. yesterday s shooting with 12 victims is the deadliest in the state since the massacre of nearly three dozen people on the campus of virginia tech in 2007. and there are several people who are right now fighting to stay alive at this hour. they re inside of the virginia beach general hospital and that is where we find kathy park. and i do believe they gave an update moments ago. what is the latest? reporter: good afternoon, kendis. that is right. we were able to hear from the physicians who are now caring for the patients. but i want to backtrack a little bit. they said that last night in total five victims arrived here at the hospital, unfortunately one died on arrival and another