(GALLATIN) Murfreesboro and Rutherford County certainly know what it's like to be devestated by a tornado, and Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue was one of the first response teams heading north.
Engine Company 9 with five personnel and Rescue Company 1 with four personnel are assisting resident in Gallatin suffering from severe storm damage.
A staging manager assigned Murfreesboro Fire-Rescue crews to calls where they were needed the most. .
time or at least in one short period of time in october 2016. there s a broader question here about essentially the ability, the legal protections, the constitutional protections for a civilian to acquire essentially a personal arsenal. that s right. i mean the fact that that didn t raise any flags or the fact that perhaps it did raise flags but authorities weren t able to do anything about it. that s just common sense that we should be asking questions about stopping something like that from happening. i don t think you ll find anybody in congress today who doesn t support the second amendment. we swear an oath to protect and defend the constitution. as members of congress it s the same oath that i swore as a united states marine officer. but this is about reasonable restrictions np the same way that we don t allow family to own tanks or land mines or grenades to protect their homes, we ought to restrict weapons of war from being on the streets. from people like this being able
there s a broader question here about essentially the ability, the legal protections, the constitutional protections for a civilian to acquire essentially a personal arsenal. that s right. i mean the fact that that didn t raise any flags or the fact that perhaps it did raise flags but authorities weren t able to do anything about it. that s just common sense that we should be asking questions about stopping something like that from happening. i don t think you ll find anybody in congress today who doesn t support the second amendment. we swear an oath to protect and defend the constitution. as members of congress it s the same oath that i swore as a united states marine officer. but this is about reasonable restrictions in the same way that we don t allow family to own tanks or land mines or grenades to protect their homes, we ought to restrict weapons of war from being on the streets. from people like this being able to buy an entire arsenal in a day.
yes. i don t have the information. i wish i could provide you. we are looking because we key on that too, sir. reporter: you suggested that after he saw the security guard that his concern became himself. did you see any evidence that he planned to survive this or try to escape? yes. reporter: can you tell us what it was? i can t tell you. reporter: just to clarify, was it the security guard or the officers coming up who positively identified his location. start over. reporter: was it the security guard or your officers arriving that positively identified the gunman s location first? it was the security guard. the officer had knowledge it was occurring at the 32nd floor. they assumed it was at the end of the hallway because the person who called in said it was occurring right above him. but the security guard confirmed it prior to their arrival. reporter: can you give us detail about the magnitude of the gun fire that he encountered when he got
phenomenal of the first shot being fired. when the officers arrived and confirmed the location of the suspect s room, the gun fire had stopped. in accordance with their training, the officers retrieved a master key card and began to clear each hotel room. imagine the elevator bank in the center, 150 feet down on a triplex hotel was the suspect s room. so there s several rooms along the way because no firing was occurring, they could not hear additional firing, they believed it was important to evacuate in case the suspect was barricaded. while the first strike team did this, the second team made up of two k9 personnel, s.w.a.t. officer and patrol officers navigated the stairs carrying a large bag with tactical equipment and holding rifles in order to have a closer position