A mass shooting on Umpqua Community college. A candlelight vigil is taking place tonight. Heres what we know about the situations. Multiple officials identified the shooter as 26yearold chris harper mercer. Investigators say they are talking to members of his family and his friends, and they also say that tactical search teams are searching his apartment in winchester, oregon. Authorities tell cnn mercer was heavily armed and may have been prepared for a long siege. Lets start with what i just mentioned at his apartment. Sarah sidener is at his apartment. Theres a lot of Police Activity on the scene. What do you see . Whats going on . Reporter we saw a Police Sheriffs deputies and also members of the fbi. Initially they were completely decked out. They had their vests on, they had dogs here, theres a vehicle coming in now, looks like a crime scene vehicle which would take, for example, potentially evidence thats inside. You hear that backing up and youll see it here, this white truck h
Is wednesday, october 14th, 6 00 in the east. Alisyn and i in vegas, baby, michaela in new york. This was the big night. We said the race would be different after this, indeed it is. Well have to wait for the numbers but youve got to see for the first time face to face the two main choices in the democratic ration right now, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders. They got a chance to talk policy. It was largely kept clean and that gave more of an opportunity for them to be drilling down. They had Anderson Cooper really being mike a maestro, taking them through, holding them accountable, testing them. The question is who made the grade, who did not . What a night it was for people who liked policy, you got some of that. For people who liked substance, you got some of that. It was not boring as donald trump predicted. It was compelling. The candidates were looking for a breakout moment, some of them had it, some didnt. What happens to the democratic field from here . Lets begin cnns comprehens
And that killer may have been casing other locations before sundays massacre. We also learned that the shooter tried but failed to buy tracers, and that would have made it easier to see where the shots were going. And then honoring a fallen off duty las vegas officer, his name, charleston heartfield. In this hour we honor all the victims. Ahead of that, lets get to jean casarez. She has the latest on the investigation. Good morning. Reporter good morning, poppy. Law enforcement continues to not say anything publicly about motive. Why this man did what he did. Law enforcement does confirm to cnn that the fbi has hundreds of people working on this case at this point, and video released from the scene as the bullets are flying, people helping people. We do want to warn you that some of this may be extremely disturbing. Where iss the guy with the double shots . He is he has three in his arm. Anybody else . Civilians racing to save the wounded in this heartwrenching video minutes after the
Inside the school and continued to fire. The students, though, anderson knew what to do. They sheltered in place. They locked their classroom doors. They blockaded the doors in many instances. The governor is speaking, so i want to bring our viewers to that now. Lets listen in. Another horrific day. A detestable day. Im absolutely sick to my stomach to see children who go to school armed with backpacks and pencils lose their lives. This nation, we need to see something and say something. If we see different behavior, aberrant behavior, we need to report it to local authorities. Since we last briefed, weve identified 12 victims within the school. We will not be releasing the names of any victims until every family and every parent is notified accordingly. As soon as thats been done, of course we will release a list. I want to thank you for allowing getting the information to the folks we need. Im going to bring up mr. Runcie. Mr. Runcie is going to speak a little bit about some of the i
Viewers live. Reporter absolutely, anderson. Thats just down the road here where the governor is expected. It was a very long and painful afternoon outside the school and in this community of parkland. Just before 3 00 p. M. , the fire alarm was pulled at that school, and later investigators did tell us they do believe the shooter actually pulled that fire alarm in order to draw the students outside of that school. Thats when he started firing on them. The shooting actually started outside the school, and then the shooter followed those students inside the school and continued to fire. The students, though, anderson knew what to do. They sheltered in place. They locked their classroom doors. They blockaded the doors in many instances. The governor is speaking, so i want to bring our viewers to that now. Lets listen in. Another horrific day. A detestable day. Im absolutely sick to my stomach to see children who go to school armed with backpacks and pencils lose their lives. This nation,