investigation. [ indiscernible questions ] i need to go find an update soon as i get out of here. need to check on my officers. ind jird the injured people in the community. how many other people were injured? we had four people that we know that were fatally wounded. and we had several others that were transported to the hospital. and several others treated at the scene and released. that s still part of the investigation. as you know a very tricky thing to find out. that those things can be difficult to ascertain. [ indiscernible question ] i can tell you that there are no braver or more selfless people than the chatanooga police department. i can tell you officers of the chatanooga police department saved many lives today. i have never been prouder to be a public servant. [ indiscernible question ] if you have information, please go through the numbers we have given you for our communications departments. we have a a single point of
were, if he worked out at a gym every possible lead. we have information that he has been various locations, and we will check each and every one of those. [ indiscernible question ] that has not been determined as far as how he died. an autopsy will be performed this weekend by the u.s. government, and we will determine how the cause of death for him. yes, ma am? i m sorry? [ indiscernible question ] at this point, it s preliminary, he started his shooting over at the recruitment center on lee highway. we moved from there. we do not believe he exited his vehicle. he then moved over to the naval naval/marine corps center here about 15 miles away, where he did enter the facility, exited
his vehicle and engaged in gunfire there. were there any others involved in this? there is no indication that anybody else was involved. we are still at the beginning of this investigation, and we will explore anything. that includes whether anyone else was involved. i m sorry. let s go back here. [ indiscernible question ] we will not release the names of the marines. it our policy to not release the names of the victims at all. the department of defense will have to make that determination as to whether or not they want to release those names. [ indiscernible question ] the chattanooga police department has requested that officer we be named not be release for his privacy. we will honor that. speak to his condition. he is doing as well as can be expected after being shot by a brazen criminal like this.
he is most likely to have answers about the ongoing investigation. questions? . [ indiscernible question ] we have no idea what his motivation was behind the shooting. do you have we are just beginning this investigation. at this point, we don t have anything that directly ties to an international terrorist organization. [ indiscernible question ] i cannot speculate on what his motivation would have been or what, or if any, affiliation he might have. [ indiscernible question ] again, i m not going to discuss that. let me just say, we are at the beginning of this investigation. we still have three active crime scenes that we are investigating
i am impressed by the heroism that we showed. we want to thank the governor for coming here. he called me very soon after the incident to talk about what happened. tubing to talk to congressman fleischmann. as well. talked to the white house many time tuesday. this is a tragic day for our city. certainly as the governor said. all of our officials have responded in the best way possible. we thank you very much. taking a few question if anybody has them the things we can answer. [ indiscernible question ] in any situation when there is confusion about how widespread it was, law enforcement took extra precaution. the capitol was never actually locked down. i think security was heightened during that time. what about the reaction of homeland security