many unanswered questions after an hours-long gun battle that ended up with four deaths including a police officer in jersey city, new jersey. the shooting began just after noon, moved among three locations, drew officers from neighboring departments. the fallen officer was identified as detective joseph seals. a 15-year veteran of the dchlt he was part of an anty-gun movement. jersey city s mayor said the shooters targeted that location. he did not offer further explanation. dave? we ll talk a little sports. the yankees land the biggest prize of the free agent market. coy wire has that story in the bleacher report.
america great rally. some supporters in line for the event at southern new hampshire university. rob: camped out right there. it holds up to 11,000 people and police expect a full house. a fox news alert the fbi is on scene in philadelphia after that hours long gun battle that injured several police officers. the suspect firing hundreds of rounds of ammunition and was taken into custody overnight. what are police doing right in these situations? of former nypd officer weighs in on that. carley: the illegal immigrant accused of murdering molly tibbetts could be let off. a judge may have to throw out his confession.
indefinitely. and behind me is a growing memorial. there are 12 crosses representing the 12 lives lost. one of the victims is laquita brown. we had a chance to speak with her uncle and she actually knew the suspect and she questioned his stability. she knew him. and she actually felt that he wasn t, you know, in his right mind at times. reporter: and yesterday, another big headline was the time line of this shooting. we learned that it took just two minutes for officers to arrive on the scene. 36 minutes from dispatch to apprehending the suspect. and, stephanie, it was quite a dramatic moment when officers had that confrontation with the suspect. it was a long gun battle. he was shooting through the door
and engaged him. the chief of police giving us more details about how that long gun battle took place. five to eight minutes after these officers began to enter the building and made contact and engaged with the suspect on the second floor of the building. i can t tell you how many minutes shots were being fired. i can tell that you in the police world that anything more than three to five shots is a long gun battle. as the suspect was firing he was moving. they were returning firing and at one point the suspect was firing at the wall at the officers and eventually the firing stopped. they eventually breached the door, and when they breached the door the suspect was then alive and was taken into custody and first aid was immediately rendered to him. it cannot be emphasized
five to eight minutes after these officers entered the building they made contact and engaged with the suspect on the second floor of the building. i can t tell you how many shots a minute were being fired and in the police world anything more than three to five shots is a long gun battle. as the suspect was firing he was moving. they were returning fire and at one point the suspect was firing through the door and through the wall at the officers and then the firing stopped. they eventually breached a door, and when they breached the door the suspect was alive and taken into custody and first aid was immediately rendered to him. the 40-year-old suspect dewayne craddock later died at a virginia beach hospital. four other victims are still being hospitalized. for more on these developments let s bring in crime and justice correspondent shime owen prokupecz. what are we learning about the