are in shock as their city became the latest to suffer a mass shooting. some of the scenes were captured in a video which we have to warn you may be hard to watch. [ bleep ]. you see there people running for safety as the gunman opens fire. authorities say at least eight people were killed and seven were wounded. today is a tragic day for the city of allen. our citizens, our friends and visitors who were at the allen premium outlets today. we are a strong and caring community and we all want the victims and their families impacted by this tragedy to know that we will wrap our arms around you and we are here for you. the city of allen pledges to offer our complete support.
court documents. they have a lot of specific details in the case. the family tells me the prosecution mentioned that they don t want to release those documents. they believe other people might have been involved in this murder. so for the first time we saw the murder suspect richard allen in person into indiana being brought into the courthouse. a lot of people were waiting to get in. it is a high profile case. more than five years after police say allen killed two teen girls in indiana. he was arrested last month and charged with two counts of murder for the deaths of the two girls. they were killed while walking this wooded trail back in february of 2017. their bodies found the next day out there in the woods. with the arrest of allen and investigation that lasted years finally coming to a close just last month. this week allen submitted a petition to be let out on bail. the suspect claiming that
the name of marlon. oh, my god, yeah. i was 15 years old and this girl lived up the street. supposedly had a crush on me. i won t go into details, but five seconds, maybe ten at the most, that was the end of the whole relationship. gone. she said i have good news and i have bad news. i said, well what s the good news. she said you re the father of allen. he s been searching for you for a long time. i get a little emotional, excuse me. i mean, this was the strangest experience that anybody could experience. it was amazing. i said, wait a minute. what was the bad news? he passed away eight months ago. so they lifted me up and then
them. one other bit of good news here, some of the federal gulf waters have been reopened to fishing. they ve been closing these really it seems like every day, ever are i week there s some kind ever a new update. but they reopened some 8,000 square miles, reopened. that s good news, not a whole lot in the grand scheme, but that s something, so now 32% of the federal gulf waters have been closed to fishing. better than the 36% it was before. another story to tell you about. sad story. a man by the name of allen, rookie cruz, a 5-year-old man, a charter boat fishing captain. been doing this for 20 years and two weeks ago, his fishing grounds off the coast of alabama were closed due to the oil disaster. he then took a job with bp to help with the oil clean-up. on wednesday morning, according to the washington post cruz drove to his boat like he always