stuff that might be more present here. so all of that s going on behind the scenes, but i m always intrigued by the decision making to shelter in place, release people and how confident you can be when you re releasing citizens into a safe area. tough decisions. for anybody just joining us, the top of the hour, we are following report of an active shooter in the midtown atlanta area. we have one person who has died at the scene. four people injured and taken to the hospital. the suspect still on the run. let s go ahead and listen to our local affiliate there, wxia. they are conducting an interview right now with sate senator josh mclauren who was having lunch in the area at the time. before i took this call, i was downstairs, there was an atlanta police officer who came through and reminded everyone we re still on lockdown. i m glad some people were able to be evacuated. we have seen cars leave the area. confusion, it s uncertainty, it s fear, and we re going to wait and
reporter: where is the restaurant in relation to the building where it was part of the big building, but it was directly adjacent to the office where everything happened. it was right next to it but not directly attached to it. reporter: do you recall hearing or seeing anything that was off before all the police came in? no, the police were the first thing that i saw. the first thing we noticed looking out the restaurant window was the cops rushing so i didn t see or hear anything. reporter: once you learned there was potentially an active shooter, what did you do next? just stayed put. again, i never felt like we were in any danger. the atlanta police came in and were very quickly on the scene and had everything surrounded and the situation, i never felt was out of control. so we just heads up. we just stayed put in the restaurant until the police came and said that we could leave. while we were listening to that interview, we have new information from atlanta po
trend of officer deaths. they were shot through a restaurant window apparently as they were sitting down for lunch. joining us now is bobby schultz of gilchrist county, florida. good morning. and our condolences to you and your entire community. good morning. thank you very much. ed: i understand you may have new information about how this tragedy played out? yes, sir. originally it was our understanding that the assail atlantis may have shot through the window. however, through the investigation, we are learning that, in fact, the assay atlanta entered the restaurant and the shooting occurred inside the restaurant. ed: so there are just two law enforcement officers putting their lives literally on the line every day and tragically they lost their lives and trying to have lunch in the middle of a shift at the chinese restaurant. we can see those officers there and so do we know why they were ambushed? was there a motive here? the investigation is
25-year-old deputy were having lunch yesterday in trenton when a gunman walked up to the restaurant window and opened fire. deputies responding to the scene found the shooter identified as 59-year-old john shubert dead outside the restaurant. no off. the sheriff has suspicions. what do you expect happens when you demonize law enforcement to the extent it has been demonized with every type of hate and every type of putdown that you can think of, these only thing these men were guilty of were protecting you and me. the sheriff calls the two fallen deputies the best of the best. president trump will not attend the funeral for former first lady barbara bush. first lady melania trump will attend the funeral to show