southeast corner of houston. eight dead is the report from kriv. unfortunately sometimes as we ve seen in the past those numbers can go up. there are three we know that are hospitalized at the university of texas medical branch. we got the update from the doctors there. eight dead is the early count from this school shooting. it is getting to be the end of the year. this should be the time when students are looking forward to getting out of school for the summer, steve. and just taking it easy. is there something about time of year that adds extra stress? is it finals? i don t know, what is it? well, it s just somebody wakes up and decides they want to commit these acts. happens at the end and beginning of the year but i ll tell you this, jon, i think as this investigation unfolds we ll find a common thread that maybe there was something on the social media platform that this person said or somebody
illinois. the hometown of ronald reagan. that resource officer on scene there was lauded. i mean he was given kudos because he went after the shooter and he is the one who stopped what could have been what we are seeing now in santa fe, texas. it s kind of the counter to what happened in parkland, florida, right? you had the school shooter, the deputy down there who didn t act as a lot of people thought he should have. and he has since retired. i want to bring in ivory hecker from kriv, the fox affiliate in houston who is live on scene in santa fe. ivory? that is right. as you were talking about the officer, hospital officials tell us he is one of 13 so far. at least 13 who were taken to the hospital with gunshot injuries. we are told that he is one of two who are in critical condition. at least two. we are told he was shot in the
working with kriv in houston. a live look back at the nursing home where they say that there s going to be a lot of needs and they re asking people, donate to the red cross if you can. the president has just tweeted in the last few seconds, tweeting now from president trump, texas and louisiana, we re with you today, with you tomorrow and we will be with you every single day after all in caps to restore, recover and rebuild. steve harrigan is on scene for us and watching all of this. as national disasters go, this seems to be the longest lasting one. it s just not going away, a steady rain here now. they ve had 48 inches in this part near beaumont since friday. that has produced flash floods, and that has taken several lives, including life of a toddler that was rescued will clinging to her drowned mother. this operation now as they prep
has invited the cameras in. these are not our cameras. these is from ktrk. abc news 13 for houston in the region. we thank them for their always cooperation with us. takes an army of reporters and technicians and producers and all the rest to bring you this unfolding news. we couldn t do it without our partners. the nursing homes invited the cameras in and welcome them in because they need help. a live interview now underway from this lady just rescued from kriv and fox 11 in los angeles on scene. listen in. what did you see when you went back there? devastation. just devastation. you wouldn t want this on your worst enemy. no water in my house. god is good. in the garage, but not the house. my daughter, no water in her house. not an inch. we can live with that. some people lost everything.
places where there s windows. there appears to be more movement than before. our apologies from the breakup in the video from kriv. that s fox 26 for the houston area. an active shooter situation. no injuries of any kind reported. we re watching monterey, california where there s a weather alert and breaking news unfolding before our eyes. this has been developing for the last day. now it s quite serious. mandatory evacuation issued in monterey county yesterday. in fact, just about 22 hours ago, the carmel river hit flood stage. really started to peak last night. residents were forced to evacuate in the evening. now water rescues for those that did not evacuate across wide areas of san jose, california. this was affecting residents in salinas, carmel and the royal oaks area. highway 17 drivers affected by