said that there is a suspect out at the scene. but we do not know if that is the only suspect involved in this particular incident. of course, they re investigating. one thing they have said, they know a lot of people were hiding inside the jacksonville landing. and that they were warning them to not jump out of their hiding place right away. that they will come to them. that the sheriff s deputies will come to them to get them out. you know, the last thing you want in that situation is somebody jumping out of their hiding place and police responding to that, you know, surprise, so to speak. so they are tweeting out for those people that are still hiding and inside the landing to please be careful. and that they will come and retrieve them and get them out of there. david? maya rodriguez here at msnbc. i wanted to quote from an affiliate reporting in jacksonville, florida, wtlv. four dead, 11 injured. that station citing two police sources. again, that is according to wtlv, our affil
talking about oh, they re shooting at the landing. so i walked down here and that s when i saw every cop came and stuff. they still haven t found the man yet, i heard so reporter: who did you hear that from? witnesses or police? just witnesses. reporter: so when you heard them say run, run, what did you do? i mean, i was already over here, so i stayed back for a little bit. when the police came i went down to see what was going on. reporter: was any did you know anybody playing in the john madden football tournament? no, i didn t know anybody. i heard it was a madden game. he got shot at a madden game. but i didn t know anybody. reporter: how many people did you see running when the guy was saying, run, run? i saw a lot. i can t even tell you a number. a lot. reporter: probably more than 50 people? yeah, it was more than 50 people in there, i heard. it was at least 100 and something. reporter: rico, do you live here in jacksonville? yeah, i live here in jack
in downtown jacksonville, where, again, a lot of law enforcement now blocking off downtown, because we have had a mass shooting. wtlv in jacksonville, florida, as we continue to follow a shooting that has taken place at jacksonville landing, an outdoor mall, outdoor river walk on the st. john s river in jacksonville, florida. and we re reporting now, four dead. 11 injured in that shooting. that s according to sources from that affiliate down in jacksonville, florida. again, a lot of the information we re getting here is from the jacksonville sheriff s office. maya rodriguez joins me by phone, based in florida. and you heard the tail end there of what our colleague at wtlv was saying. it s hard not to put this in the context of the shootings. voters going to the polls today in florida for early voting. and we ve gotten some tweets from some of the candidates who are seeking nominations to vie for that open governor seat.
for them the next 72 hours, 48, 72 hours, putting that all together investigatively. once they can safely say, though, that the critical question for the department and the commanders is, is this the only shooter and do we have him. because they want to be able to stop other shootings. secondly, is this a revenge motive? is there other revenge to follow? and so they have a couple of questions they always have to ask. because they want to stop the next killing. yeah. jim, i want to turn to our local affiliate, wtlv in jacksonville, florida. let s take a listen to what they re reporting. in this parking garage here behind me. and they were just trying to breathe, trying to process what they just saw, and they were traumatized from it. you know, we went down and covered parkland, and we prayed it won t happen again. and we saw what happened at rains high school friday night and now here in our own backyard
federal law enforcement agencies for their help in coordinating an investigation into what happened at that facility in jacksonville, florida. it seems tied to a madden video game competition that was taking place at the jacksonville landing. we ve also heard from the governor of florida today, from governor rick scott, who says he has been in touch with local law enforcement with the sheriff s office in jacksonville. he s been in touch with state law enforcement, as well. something we ll continue to monitor here on msnbc. i want to turn back to the other news, referring the life and legacy of senator john mccain. funeral arrangements under way for the arizona senator. last night his body arrived at a fuel r funeral home in phoenix. a successor for his seat will not be named until after the burial. that is according to the governor of the state. i want to turn now to ambassador michael mcfaul, u.s. ambassador to russia when president obama was in office. cory shockey, as well, advise