do you know anything about the suspects or circumstances of what they think happened or are officials sort of at a loss and limited by what minimal information they got over the radio from the officer? what i heard was the same information they got over the radio from the officer that he initiated this interaction because he saw some what he believed to be suspicious activity involving two white males and one black male he radioed he got into a foot pursuit with these individuals and then sheriffs lost connection with him. so it s not clear why the shooting occurred. it s not clear what the suspicious activity was that the officer witnessed. there s a lot of unanswered questions right now. there certainly are. katie dahlstrom, a reporter with
there are lots of boats on the water still. officers are telling people to stay in their homes. the three suspects that are at large are considered armed and dangerous. so police are telling people to be cautious. katie, stay with me. ed, i have you, let s bring you back n former dea. i know a number of people have made the comparison, although there are a lot of differences still to the situation with the two convicted killers who had escaped from prison, they were in a wooded area and they were able to allude the authorities for weeks. what are you seeing, the similarities? like the other guest stated it s problematic at best because you have an abundant amount of territory to cover. wooded areas, suburban areas. you have places where the suspects can blend in easier than they did up in upstate new
dahlstrom on the phone, a reporter with the neorthwest herald. she is on scene where searchers are looking for these three suspects. katie, thanks so much for joining us. tell us about what you were seeing where you are. well, what we re seeing here is lots of streets blocked off. nearly every street you try to turn down there s at least one officer blocking it and like you said officers with large guns dressed in swat gear. there s helicopters, canine units dozens upon dozens of officers descended upon this town. and just to make note to our viewe viewers, the fbi and u.s. marshals have are involved in this search. i think one of the things athat
terms of where officers are. every block it seems like there s a different group of officers from a different jurisdiction. and this is along a route that is route 12. this is a considerable thoroughfare, as we are telling our viewers. and there are also train tracks there, right? this is metro rail. this is the local commuter train that goes through. we just learned from a local reporter on the ground that metro service has been affected for the area. so certainly interrupted. the thought the last we heard, ryan, was that these suspects, three of them, had gone off on foot, but certainly there must be concern that they could have either found a car or made their way away from the area on rail. reporter: certainly. we were told actually that the metro service here had been suspended. we passed the high school that is obviously on lockdown and the library as well. they say it s temporarily closed. one of the things we wanted to point out here, an officer out
he s our cnn correspondent. we talked a moment ago, you were en route to the area. are you there yet? are you seeing any of the search going on? reporter: definitely. we are here. we re driving around the area now. you can see as soon as you get into town, officers are everywhere. in fact, they re in neighborhoods. they have their weapons pulled out. people are watching them, but you can tell through the community they have set up several areas where they have plotted off a section, an area cordoned off. teams are working in camouflage and officers in plainclothes and uniform officers. one thing we did know us the all the different all the different jurisdictions that flooded into the area and are working their way through the neighborhoods. you do see that helicopter overhead. it s doing the circles in the circle pattern. not sure if they re focused on the area just yet, but it is interesting to watch how they have blocked off certain sections of the community as we work our way t