left side, the processional. there were young people who died in that bar who this man helped. we will see scenes like this in terms of morning, not necessarily a processional but we will see scenes like this play out. a tough time for america. we ve been mourning a lot recently. thousand oaks, california, we are with you. stay close. five hundred years, right? fact is, there have been twenty-six in the last decade. allstate is adapting. with drones to assess home damage sooner. and if a flying object damages your car, you can snap a photo and get your claim processed in hours, not days. plus, allstate can pay your claim in minutes. now that you know the truth. are you in good hands?
what we witnessed together is the beginning of the mourning process in thousand oaks, california. the very visual hearse carries the sergeant s body in this motorcade. the processional now. we will no doubt see others laid to rest in coming days now. and we ve seen so much of this heartbreak across the country recently with what happened in pittsburgh and now we mourn as a nation together. let me bring in someone special to make this part of our story have a bit more texture. the ventura county sheriff s department captain, i don t know if you can see what we can see. we are watching that processional, when a loss happens in any community and its law enforcement it touches all of you. absolutely touches all of us.
about those moments of panic and people breaking out windows, it s unfathomable that they would be doing that. suddenly you ve got to figure out not only where there is an exit but is there something i can pick up to break a window and that s not going to be easy either. just what it took to survive. as we watch this processional, it is long and there are people lined up the entire way for sheriff s sergeant helus who died in a battle with the gunme gunmen. joining us from the ventura ventura county sheriff s department, can you tell us some more details and remind us of what it would ve been like? you talked about his training, what would helus have been doing when he showed up, what was the course? when ron showed up, he showed up within minutes of getting the call, he heard gunshots and saw
mourn, we mourn for the 11 innocent victims, we mourn for sergeant helus and the community mourns with us. it s absolutely a tragic event that occurred last night. harris: it s so great to have you to be able to talk with us and now i m going to navigate these pictures and lean on your expertise a bit. there is a crowd, a long line, it looks like several roads deep of people who have stepped out as this processional drives through thousand oaks, california, . and we can see them lining the open areas. we are looking at a neighborhood residential area that doesn t have much room for them to stand but they were taking up a lot of space as this processional went by. talking about the close knit feeling of this community. tell me more about that. this is a very close knit community, a pro-law enforcement
highway or at least slowing down quite a bit, you can tell the difference between the speed on the left side of the screen and look at the length of that processional. led by motorcycles leading the way for a hearse carrying the remains of sheriff sergeant ron helus, who went into a country bar, a college bar last night and saved a whole lot of lives. thank you for being with me as we talk about this and we will get into the investigation at another time but right now let s focus on the lives that were lost. a great policeman and sheriff s department members like yourself will do your jobs but in the meantime it s our jobs as americans to focus on the screen and give our love. look at the traffic along the freeway, it has stopped. you can see the shadows aren t even moving that have been cast by those vehicles and on the