the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections began. left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating
past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests over the presidential elections began. he left santa monica hospital alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the lime light. michael jackson dead at the age of 50. death was apparently declared at ucla medical centerer where our own michael ocue is standing outside. reporter: there seems to be a collective shock as passers by continue to gather by the hundreds. the tribute started fairly early on. it went from a surreal situation where a pop icon who was now gone. it went from being stunned by that to suddenly celebrating the
past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests over the presidential elections began. he left santa monica hospital alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the lime light. michael jackson dead at the age of 50. death was apparently declared at ucla medical centerer where our own michael ocue is standing outside. reporter: there seems to be a collective shock as passers by continue to gather by the hundreds. the tribute started fairly early on. it went from a surreal situation where a pop icon who was now gone. it went from being stunned by that to suddenly celebrating the life that this guy had.
that time. the suspect headed toward the library shot at women on the campus before entering the library. accosted a number of patrons inside the library a tempted to shoot at them. those individuals were able to find safety in a safe location inside the library. however, he continued to shoot at them. the officers came in and directly engaged the suspect and he was shot and killed on the scene. the information we have indicates at this point that as many as half a dozen victims were shot and killed and several more were injured. i have recently been informed that another victim recently died at the hospital. i have to say, again, this investigation is in its infancy. it occurred just a short four hours ago. we are still in our investigative phase. the search and securing of the college is almost complete. the search is being handled by 11 multijurisdictional, multidisciplinary meaning police and fire teams that are attempting to secure the entire footprint of santa monica college.
yorkscheyer. with three engines, one truck, and battalion chief, we quickly extinguished the fire. while conducting a primary search, we found multiple victims. it was clear that they were fatalities and as such in order to preserve the crime scene, our firefighters mitigated the fire and backed out in order to preserve evidence. there were multiple victims. they were treat the by both santa monica fire department paramedics and our partners in beverly hills and los angeles. three went to ronald reagan ucla hospital in critical condition. and has been reported, one since expired. three victims were also with minor injuries, sent to santa monica hospital. as part of a unified command structure, our fire department continues to work closely with our law enforcement partners. we were part of the initial sweep of the college campus. that s all we have at this point. were they shot?