church. the video first responders on the scene quickly thereafter trying to help the victims. but the sheriff saying that the dispatch received a call inside of the presbyterian church and say four victims were critically wounded and one had minor injurys. all victims were adults and enroute to the hospital. one victim is deceased at the scene. that s according to the orange county sheriff. one person in custody and recovered a weapon. emergency personnel responded to laguna woods, california, shortly after this shooting doing anything they can to help everyone at the church. at the moment authorities are asking everyone to stay away from the church if you are in that area. we are waiting to hear from them in about an hour so but meantime this is an active scene and the site of a new investigation in this country. i want to read a statement from the governor of california gafb newsom who said we are actively monitoring the church and working closely with law enforcement. no
motivated violent extremism. we ll bring all the resources of the federal government to bear on this case. this is the number one priority of the department of justice, and i can assure the citizens of this community that anything we can do at the federal level with this case will be done and justice will be served for the victims. on the hate crime issue as well. i asked our hate crime task force to investigate as well. it s absolutely a hate crime. i have been in touch with officials in washington and the white house on the issue of what we are doing here so aggressively as well. i appreciate the fbi investigation as well. reporter: that s the governor of the state of new york, kathy hochul along with the local district attorney from erie county talking about the horrible news out of buffalo. an 18-year-old suspect drove from the binghampton area from the pennsylvania-new york border. drove several hours west and north to the buffalo area and began livestreaming as he got
place hours ago in buffalo, new york. at least ten people were killed, three were injured, when a man opened fire in a supermarket. the suspect is an 18 year old white man who is now in custody. there s evidence that the shooting was racially motivated. this was pure evil. it was straight-up racially motivated hate crime, from somebody outside of our community, outside of the city of good neighbors, coming into our community and trying to inflict that evil upon us. 11 of the people shot were black, two were whites. for the latest on the shooting i want to bring msnbc law enforcement analyst jamie kavanaugh. james, i want you to take a listen to some sound of the press conference as sheriff garcia said this was not a member of the community. here s a little bit more. the shooter was not from this community, in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. there you have the mayor saying that the mayor
who died today. i m the united states attorney for western district of new york. i want to start by saying my thoughts and heartfelt prayers going to the family, the victims and the community that had to suffer this great and unnecessary tragedy today. we re wrorking with our state, federal and local law enforcement partners as you already heard from to ensure that justice is brought to this community, to those victims, to their family. the united states attorneys office will be investigating this case along with our law enforcement partners as a hate crime and domestic violence extremist. i m in touch with highest levels of the department of justice, resources will be put behind this investigation. whatever we need, we will not stop until justice is brought to this community, those families and the victims of this horrific crime. i can assure you as the united states attorney i will bring whatever resources we need to this community to make sure that justice is done. this
crime. and domestic violent extremist. i am in touch with the highest levels of the department of justice. resources will be put behind this investigation. whatever we need we will not stop until justice is brought to this community. those of family in the victims of this horrific crime. i can assure you as united states attorney will bring whatever resources made to this community to make sure justice is done. this should never happen from anyone in any community but surely should not happen when people are going shopping and going through normal life events. we will ensure the perpetrator of this victim is given justice and justice will be done for this community. all right. let me first start off by saying thank you. thank you the federal, state, local level. the amount of work that has been done so far has been extraordinary. the amount of information that has been gathered so far has been outstanding. and for everyone involved here from sheriff, i cannot thank you enou