there has been so much media attention on the school because of the-[inaudible] you can provide us any details on that. we have no indication that it s related. are you able to confirm whether there is a truck that hit him? i m not able to confirm that either. definitely outside of a fence shooting. that s what i was told by the investigators, appeared that he was outside the fence line shooting into the playground area. you can give us maybe a count on five, six, seven shots? any idea yet as to how many? . no i don t have any indication on how many rounds he fired. were the kids actually hit by bullets? yes. two individuals were struck by bullets. where? i was told the outer extremities. were they actually penetrated or grazed? i don t have that level of detail. you can explain why the airspace was shut down. that is cuss he marry so the rescue workers can hear themselves through communications and actually there is bomb devices here so there is frequency
response. but, most importantly, i would like to thank the two construction workers who were able to apprehend the suspect in what has happened here today. so, with that, i would like to just introduce our police chief, mr. chief more son. hi, good evening. chief of police gary morrison. i m going to give you the details of the event if you can kind of hold the questions as alluded to and then we will be more to happy to stay as long as you want to answer those. i will give you a brief recap of the events today. approximately 12:00 we received a phone call regarding a male with a weapon shooting into the school ground area. the children, from our understanding, were at the recess while the individual was outside the perimeter firing rounds into the playground area. as the mayor and the councilman alluded, to two citizens intervened helping us subdue the suspect.
ground and aerial view. we re going to put it to the test and walk around this park and see what i look like in the eyes of the unmanned aircraft. the suspects are running across the field. gone into bushes in a covered area. we ll keep our camera focused. if he pops out either side of that, we ll know which way he goes. reporter: i m going to keep moving to find another place to hide. i fine a small pine tree. suspect entering what appears to be a playground area. reporter: makes you feel like your 10 years old playing hide and seek. they are engaged in a real life version and border patrol agents have found the 31 illegal immigrants we told you about earlier. they are starting to run across the road now. stop. stop! the group is to your right.
absolutely. it is much more effective to do that. reporter: we will return to the scene in the mountains in a moment. earlier in day, the predator focussed the camera on me to give you a simultaneous aerial and ground view. i am told it is 5.5 miles in that direction. i can t see it. but we are going to put it to the test and walk around this park and see what i look like in the eyes of the unmanned aircraft. the suspects are now running across the field. he has gone under some bushes in a covered area, so we will keep the camera focussed in that area. if he tries to pop out either side of that, any angle on that, we will know it. i am going to keep moving and see if i can find another place to hide. i find a place to sit under a tall pine tree. you see him moving around trying to hide and the suspect entering what appears to be a playground area. you can run but you can t hide. reporter: it makes you feel like you are 10 years old playing hide and seek.