who bravely followed that suspect and tried to save many other lives. officials would not give an identity of the name. they say they believe he is a young white male perhaps in his early 20s is the age range they said dressed in all black, tactical gear and a ballistics vest. i want to bring in our law enforcement experts including analysts james galliano. and sheryl dorsy who is a retired l.a.p.d. police sergeant. james, another thing we learned was that he used an ar assault rifle according to the dps regional director there. what does that tell you? sure. they said that it was a rudy giulianier and we ve heard that it s a 223. these are very popular weapons. i did see a lot of these before. they re called the bush master.
you need to have situational awareness but it could be as something as simple and effective and important as knowing where the exits are. once the gunman came in and started shooting away people were confused as to where to run too and knowing where exits are is very, very important. was it important to note, sheryl, that this shooter apparently start theed firing even before entering the church. he was firing outside the church at the doors and continued to fire, does that provide any additional clue in your mind? we can speculate. there s no way to know. there s quite possible there was someone outside that he engaged and wanted to deal with that person to put them at a disadvantage or to prevent them from engaging him, right, if there was someone that he encountered outside, he dealt with them and he continued on. thankfully this next door neighbor was able to come out because it s not clear to me from the press conference whether it s this person s