that s right. and this latest tragedy just overnight comes as the country is deeply still mourning the 19 children and 2 teachers killed just last week at that elementary school in uvalde, texas. and the ten lives lost at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, just 18 days ago. this morning we have brand-new details about the investigation into the shooting at uvalde, and the mayor there saying the negotiator tried to talk to the gunman during the massacre. also, the governor of texas is now calling for a special legislative committee to address the shooting. what will that really mean? let s begin this morning with that new mass shooting in tulsa, oklahoma. our correspondent lucy kafanov is near the st. francis hospital campus where that shooting took place. you literally went from one mass shooting in uvalde, to the next, in tulsa. we just learned more information about the weapon used here. reporter: that s right, poppy. the victims haven t all been laid to rest in uvalde
very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. we re following several major stories this morning including the nation s 233rd mass shooting just this year. more shootings than days in the year so far. this time, in a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma. at least four people were killed yesterday when a gunman carrying a handgun and a rifle opened fire inside of the facility. officials say the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. this is not normal. shootings in numbers like this are unique to this country. the data shows it. officials describe the gunman in this latest mass murder as a black male between the ages of 35 and 40. investigators still working on determining the motive, but believe the shooter was targeting a specific individual at the hospital. this is not a random event. it s not as if he went to hospital and was indiscriminately shooting at people. he very purposefully went to this location, went to a very specific floor and
from tulsa police after a deadly mass shooting there at a medical complex last night. police say a gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people and injured nearly a dozen others at an orthopedic clinic and officials are saying the attack was not random and the shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. once the news conference we will, of course, be bringing that to you live. the gun violence archive says this is 209sth mass shooting in america since the murders at robb elementary in uvalde, texas, just since then. this morning we are learning more details about the investigation into uvalde as well. let s get to all of it starting in tulsa, oklahoma, lucy is standing by. what are we expecting to hear from officials when they start this news conference? kate, we re expecting to hear from the mayor, the police chief and officials from st. francis hospital in a few minutes. here s what we know. we know an ar-style rifle was used in the buffalo sup
situations, difficult patients, unhappy patients, and but nothing that we have in place, i don t know that any health system in the country has in place that can stop somebody with two weapons that are hell bent on causing harm. reporter: does st. francis have any drills or joining on campus? the question was have we had mass shooting drills or training. we have training and educational modules. i couldn t speak to actual drills, but as i said earlier, there s going to be 1,000 questions that we as an organization are going to need to answer, and that s going to be one of them about our path going forward. reporter: what can you tell us about she s another one of the physicians that works in our orthopedic department, stephanie is just was an incredible person, and amanda was i think had a supervisory role within the clinic. the three best people in the entire world that are the most committed to doing what they do every day and taking care of others. they didn
a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. that s exactly what officers do. that s what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is yet another act of violence upon an american city. president biden will address the nation tonight about the gun violence crisis in this country. there have been 233 mass shootings this year. it s june 2nd. that count is according to the gun violence archive. it defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed in a shooting. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been 20 mass shootings since. we have reporters cover mass s