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since the situation. we first learned of it and able to confirm that was going on. we re just getting a tweet now from a school district in this neighborhood. this is the west aurora school district advising they re going into a soft lockdown. let me read the note that went out to parents. there are reports of an active shooter near the henry pratt building. as a result, we re holding all district students in place for their safety. there is a police presence in the area. for directions from the county sheriff, the district has been advised to go into a soft lockdown situation across the district. teaching will continue with reduced movement. normal operations will resume when the soft lockdown has been lifted. no one will be allowed to leave or enter our buildings until the soft lockdown is lifted. any time there s an incident like this, we ll focus on the facility in question. that s to try to find out where the threat is, they ll move in
reporting. the trib says roads are blocked off and vehicles belonging to police and ambulances and fire trucks were speeding down lake street to respond. state police and county officials also responding. west aurora school district is holding all students in place for safety due to the incident in the area as we re approaching a school let-out time at five minutes till 3:00 in aurora. all of that from the chicago tribune. a lot of local reportings. that s where we getting the numbers from police that were hurt and civilians that were hurt. reporting from local there s that have been around. nancy cal an employee at a truck replace place down the street.
said the police were assisting those involved. they pinpointed the active shooting at 641 archer avenue and roads are still blocked off in that area. the west aurora school district still holding students in place for their safety due to the incident. all of that from the reporting of the chicago tribune newspaper. from the live pictures from our local stations on scene, on the left-hand side of the screen there, that s a live picture outside the scene where you can see authorities have gathered. we re still waiting for the mayor to check in with us. we re expecting that to happen shortly. a lot on the mayor s plate at this point and with so many people injured in this mass casualty situation there. you know mayor richard irvin wants to find out what s happening. it s a wait-and-see situation at this point. we know area hospitals have been extremely busy this afternoon. jonathan hunt mentioned a level
jonathan hunt, our chief correspondent, is working sources in the background here for updates. jonathan, what are you learn something. this is clearly a very active scene still. obviously the school district is a major concern here. the west aurora school district, 129, has already posted a message to all parents saying every single district student is being held in place now, a lockdown at all schools. the major concern, of course, is that there is no indication whatsoever at this point that the police know exactly where this shooter is. we certainly have no reports of anybody taken into custody at this point. i think as you look at these aerial pictures, shep, around the henry pratt building in aurora, it s interesting to note and i have not seen, i m not sure if you have, but i have not seen many officers moving with