overview, you can see how densely populated this is, east of downtown pittsburgh and from the video on the ground, you can see the convergence of law enforcement there on two to that sce scene. and there were multiple shootouts listening to the scanner traffic that happened. and we know one of those in police custody, the main shooting suspect now has been apprehended. live pictures there. there were multiple shootouts with that one suspect, and you think about these police officers who on saturday morning responded and headed to the sound of gunfire and pursued the suspect back up into this building, cornered him and then brought him out as we heard from the police officer there, brought him out alive. we ll wait to hear from police
it s unknown whether those children were also in the regular shabbat that s waiting to be concerned. we re hearing multiple casualties. we know three officers were shot. we heard from police there were multiple shootouts with that suspect and reporters, local reporters on the scene saying that some of those officers were forced to use their vehicles as a shield. so we can at certain at least some of the shootouts likely happened outside of the building. local station kdka reported that the gunman opened fire inside the synagogue shouting all jews must die we re told that shooting happened in the basement, and people were found in the atrium and in the basement of the building. now, we know from a former president of the synagogue, the last president of the synagogue, that security was a major concern for them and they were working with the department of homeland security to evaluate exit routes. now, this means that the area when it was placed on lockdown, it took some time for peopl
has a residence anywhere close by, they re looking at that. if they ve confiscated the automobile, an automobile that s related to this guy, quite naturally they re screening that automobile. so there s still a lot to be known, but all of this will be ferreted out in the days to come. what do you think of the timeline looks like from here? well, when you look at the timeline, it s going to take them some time to process that scene. as a matter of fact, you re looking at a crime scene that could very well take days to process. once they process the scene, and they ve gathered all of the evidence there, they will process that evidence. they are clearly trying to show a nexus between the shooter and the victims and the shooting there. it is my understanding that some law or news reporters are
investigations, we have to look into every imaginable fact to find out if there s anybody else involved. any evidence of a bomb? there is not explosive ordinance, explosive teams went through the scene and there s no evidence of any ied s or any further threat. wendell, for a moment there you sounded very emotional. your hand was placed tell me how are you feeling. it s a very horrific crime scene, one of the worst that i ve seen, i ve been on plane crashes, it s very bad. all right, so identity of the shooter? i do not want to get into that. there s active investigation going on right now. have you identified him? i m sorry? who are we going to hear from at 4:00 o clock? from myself, u.s. attorney as well as elected officials. what s the next step here in.
the scene. right now, even though it s still a horrible event, police and law enforcement and prosecutors are always realize that they have to seek a criminal conviction, so they go from a crime to seeking a criminal conviction almost instantously once the threat is eliminated. david, what is their first goal? now the suspect, we re hearing, the preliminary reports that the suspect is in police custody. so what is their primary goal right now in these crucial minutes after they ve got him or her? one is to make sure the threat is neutralized. meaning, is there a second person, a second threat? once they know the threat is neutralized, they ll go now into before he will get to court, he won t be in court for another 24 to 48 hours where he ll have a lawyer. now they want to seek a confession and usually cases like this as we ve seen in the fort lauderdale airport shooting or seen in parkland, there