weekend or tomorrow that is pertinent, we will certainly share that with you as well. thanks again for coming out. he was among the nine dead? he was one of the nine. yes, he was one of the nine. all right. there is just a bit of confusion there. you probably heard reporters talking to the police chief, brian harvey from alan, from the city of allen, talking about the number of that. clarifying what seemed to suggest that the shooter was among the nine victims. the fire chief, jonathan boyd, in that briefing confirming that there was a total of nine dead. this is the breakdown as i understand it. there were seven dead when the police or first responders arrived on scene. there were nine that were transported to area hospitals.
i will read a brief statement for the city of allen. today is a tragic day for the city of allen. our citizens, our friends and visitors who are at the allan outlets today. we are a strong and caring community, and we all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to note that we will wrap our arms around him, and we are here for you. the city of allen pledges to offer our complete support. we know you are grieving, we are grieving. rest assured, the nation and the world are also grieving. allen is a proud and safe city, which makes today s senseless act of violence even more shocking. however, i want to commend our police and fire departments for their quick response. they re thorough churning not to hesitate, to move towards the threat, likely saved more lives today than what we could have imagined. we also want to thank all of our surrounding municipalities and law enforcement agencies
today and stood so rudely and courageously to protect our neighborhood, neighborhood and community and as a community we will respond and get past this together. we will hear next from our mayor of the city of allen, can. my name is ken fault, i m here to read the briefing statement for the city of allen. today is a tragic day for the city of allen. our citizens, our friends and visitors at the allen premium outlets today. we are a strong caring community and we all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to know we will wrap our arms around you and we are here for you. the city of allen pledges to offer complete support. we know you are grieving, we are grieving. rest assured, the nation and the world are also grieving. allen is a proud and safe city
partners. i appreciate from governor abbott on down, we received calls from all of our partners across the state and former senators. i appreciate the stand with us. i m proud about the men and women of law agencies and agencies, that were immediately today to stand so brightly courageously to protect our community and neighborhood and we will, as a community, respond and we will get past this together. i m going to hear next from the mayor of the city. again, my name is ken fulk, i m here to read the statement for the city of allen. today is a tragic day for the city of allen. our friends, visitors, and the allen premium outlets, today we are strong karen community. we want all the victims and their families impacted by this
shane. thank you very much for coming. this is just a briefing today. there is no more information. we will not take any questions at this time, so we want to thank you for coming and if any more information becomes available over the weekend or tomorrow that s pertinent, we will certainly share that with you as well. so thanks again for coming out. can you clarify that the shooters are among the dead? he was one of the nine. yes, he was one of the nine. so there was a little bit of confusion there. he probably heard the reporters talking to the police chief, brian harvey, from alan, from the city of allen, talking about the number of dead, clarifying would seem to suggest that the shooter was among the nine victims. the fire chief jonathan boyd in