there will be search warnings for the vehicle. where does this guy live? they ll be going there. they ll be looking at the social media foot print. all kinds of things going on right now. and they will do it, they won t give the person s name out. obviously, then that will cause other types of programs with the investigation once they do that. they re going to get as much done as they possibly can before this individual s identity becomes public. so there s a lot going on away from the mall. everything is not just there. there s an awful lot going on away from the mall. now that we know that there is also potentially a second shooter, we talked about going store by store. a massive complex. hundreds of cars in that parking lot. will they now have to search those cars before clearing the scene? no, they won t search every
texas during this unspeakable tragedy. he said there has been contact with their folk and directors and state and local leaders and has offered full support of the state of texas to local officials to ensure all needed assistance and resources are swiftly deployed, including dps officers, texas rangers and investigating resources. just to recap there, you can see in fact, this is a suspected shooting at a texas shopping mall in allen texas with people being evacuated. you can see law enforcement on the ground and we will continue to keep you up on this developing situation. let s go back now to coronation day. more than 2000 people were inside westminster abbey for the service. heads of state, kings and queens from across the globe
they ve helped us evacuate the mall. we ve set up reunification areas. i talked to the governor. the governor pledged all the support the state has so we appreciate that. it goes without saying our deepest sympathies are with the families of the victims. this is a tragedy. people will be looking for answers. we re sorry that those families are experiencing that loss. we ll have another briefing. the fire chief will talk in just a minute. we ll have another briefing in about two hours. we anticipate having it here but if we don t, i ll let you know where it is. i m allen boyd, chief of the allen fire department. i don t have a lot of information. what i do have is that we have the response and rescue task force with the police so we can quickly get to the victims here
camila bernal, you just heard the press conference. help us reset what we know what has happened today. yes. so authorities responded to calls of an active shooter situation at the outlet mall there in allen, texas. this is a suburb of dallas, texas. it was a busy saturday at the mall just like any other weekend at the outlet mall. we had heard from our colleague, john miller and his sources that the shooter had been killed. authorities just confirming that. we know they identified his car and there was a bomb squad looking at his car. i will toss it back to you for the rest of the information. we re still waiting and it will take at least two hours to get the rest of the details here. thank you for that.
there is very extensive, quickly developing law enforcement activity around allen. chief ramsey, you heard ed lavandera reporting. police are still going store to store. what does that tell you? well, they re going to clear the entire mall. it will take time to do it. they can t leave anything to chance. they re not just looking for possible gunmen. you can have people who are injured. people could still be hiding. there s a lot going on away from the mall. if the gunman is dead, they have to i.d. him. someone mentioned earlier that there was a vehicle. that they had the bomb squad take a look at.