And will be for whatever they need. God bless the families and all. Including today most are calling for action. Cory booker said we can and will pass gun safety laws to end these tragedies. Kamala harris, we cannot continue to stand idly by. Bernie sanders, the days of the nra Controlling Congress and writing our gun laws must end. Congress must listen to the American People and pass gun safety legislation. Pete buttigieg, it is unacceptable for america to remain the only developed country where this is routine. We must act. And elizabeth warren, how many lies will it take before Congress Acts to end this crisis. Now, without a doubt, we have a problem in this country. Theres a moral rot, a breakdown of civil society, a sickness that we have not figured out how to address. Something is eating us alive from the inside. I dont pretend to have the answers. Politicians, by the way, they dont either. You may they think do. You may they fewer guns, more Mental Health research or funding or combination of all of that. I dont know. But what i do know is politics is not going to solve this problem. So tonight politics will have to wait. Other folks can go there. Tonight we focus on the victims, the survivors in the hospital, the investigation, the unanswered questions, the community thats been torn apart. And this is what local Law Enforcement has asked us to do. Take a listen to the police chief, who i will be speaking with shortly, in the Emotional Press Conference this morning. The suspect, this will be the only time we will announce his name, is dewayne craddock. We must keep the dignity and respect of the victims fint and foremost. All of the questions i received up to this point i particularly want to thank the members of the media for understanding that and keeping their dig matee and respect first and foremost in everything you have been talking about. We will honor that request. Here are the names we should remember. Laquita c. Brown, tara welch gallagher, mary louise gayle, ryan keith cox, robert bobby williams, Michelle Missy langer,th katherine a nixon, joshua owe heardy, Christopher Kelly rapp, Alexander Mikhail gusev. I start by going to erica hill with the latest. There was a presser this afternoon. What was revealed in the latest press conference . Exactly what we learned this afternoon we learned about the weapons. From the atf we learned there were two. 45 caliber guns recovered inside the crime scene behind me in a search of the suspects home two more guns were found as well. Of the four we know that three are still continuing to investigate investigate, but three appeared to have been purchased legally. The two that were found on the scene were purchased in 2016 and 2018. We dont know about a motive and that could be difficult, of course, because the shooter was killed yesterday after he gaging in what was referred to as a very long gun battle with the responding officers. The other thing i want to point out is all of the officials here have really talked about the fact these four officers who arrived on scene, they credit with keeping the death toll down actually, that it did not go higher. So theres been a lot of appreciation, a lot of praise for those four officers. We can tell you there was talk about whether the shooter was a disgruntled employee, whether hes been fired, the police chief making it clear he had not been fired. In fact he had a conversation with a coworker earlier in the day and described as a good person and wished each other to have a happy weekend. We should get a timeline from the Police Department when the shots rang out. Of course, its an ongoing investigation. The fbi taking over the evidence recovery at this point. And you talked about the focus on the victims. Thats much of what we heard as well. The mayor, who i spoke with earlier today, said in the press conference he wants the city to be known as a community of love and support, they are all about resilience and they will recover from this and that love and support and caring for one another is not something that they see happening for just the next few days, but they will define themselves by that as a community, not by the horror and tragedy that happened behind me. S. E. . Thats powerful. Erica, thank you so much for your reporting. Appreciate it. Now i would like to bring in Virginia Beach police chief james cervera. First, our condolences go out to your community. We are mourning with you, not for you. I do want to keep our focus tight as you requested. So what can you tell us about the victims who are still recovering in the hospital . The victims are in fact recovering in the hospital. One is listed in fair to stable condition. The other three are still listed in serious condition. So our thoughts are with the families. As far as the other victims, the deceased victims, we have honor guard officers from both the police and the Fire Department assigned to each family to make sure that we have direct liaison for those families. Chief, we learned one Police Officer was wounded but reportedly saved by his bulletproof vest. How is he doing . Hes doing well. I just came from his house. We had a great conversation. Our lead cops are doing great. We expect him an ul of the officers that responded to the scene, it will affect him for the rest of their life. We have to remember that. But they ran to the gunfire because thats what they do. Speak a little bit more if you can about the First Responders, not just the cops, but First Responders from hospitals, emts, et cetera. Our Fire Department and our emt Department Work very close with the Police Department. We train very close together in situations such as this. As a matter of fact, we had training event on march 30th. It was a largescale event so they know when they respond to the scene theres a warm zone, cold zone. Our officers know where to bring casualties into one repository area. And i just have to say over and over again that the first cops in that building did a fantastic job in locating the suspect, and in neutralizing the suspects. Then all of the responding First Responders, be it emts, were all there to give the care to the wounded and as well as the Police Officers. Again, they trained together, we work together, were a seamless Emergency Response system in our city. In that press conference that we played, you were very clear you were only going to mention the shooters name once. I wont repeat it and i appreciate your emphasis on that. But i do want to hear from you why you made that decision so its clear to our viewers and also colleagues in the media. Well, for a couple of reasons. First and noefrforemost, i don think he deserves to have his name read any more than one specific time so we could identify him. Secondly, i want to make sure our city and the rest of the country understands we have 12 victims who did not make it to the next day, did not make it out of the building. I want people to know we have other victims who are seriously injured. We have a complete wch orkforce our city thats traumatized by this, First Responders who went into harms way immediately to take care of that situation. I dont think this individual deserves to have his name read any more than once to identify who he is. I appreciate you explaining that, chief. Something else that struck me while listening to you earlier was you stressing that this was a prolonged shootout. You said it was not a traditional Police Officer shootout. What did you mean by that, just so im clear . Usually when an officer is involved in a shooting, what is commonly known as ois, theres a minimal number of shots fired. Thats just the way it happens. Its also just a short period of time, seconds. In this particular case, it was not a minimal number of shots fired. This individual immediately had to, quote, had to jump on one of our officers and open fire on that officer. That officer was able to take a tactical position. The other officers came and too tactical positions and that gunfight lasted for a much longer period of time, multiple, multiple rounds were fired by the suspect and by our Police Officers. Remember this individual had extended magazines with extended rounds. So when i say it was a longterm firefight is really the word, thats what it was. It was not a bang, bang and its over. It continued to go on. There was movement by the suspect, movement by the officers to get that Tactical Advantage to be able to neutralize him. I imagine whether youre Law Enforcement or sanitation worker or public schoolteacher, this attack on these City Employees must feel like an attack on the city itself. I dont want to put words in your mouth, but im wondering how youre sort of approaching this. You know, for a police agency, first and foremost, we believe in the sanctity of life. All lives in our city. All of the people who visit our city. We truly believe thats why we are in this business. Theres something to it when it happens within your community lets say, within your family. Folks that you see every day, you may not know them, you may not know their names but somewhere along the name you kroes crossed paths with each other. Theres Something Like this happening in a city building. Remember these officers are only 10 0 yards aware from the building so they literally responded to it. I do want to stress we believe in the sanctity of life. We believe no one should be in a situation where their life is taken by another individual such as this. Chief cervera, thank you very much for making 250i78 for us tonight and sharing everything that you did. I appreciate it. And i appreciate the fact that all media has really risen to the occasion for these victims. Thank you so much. Good, that makes me happy. For one official in Virginia Beach, this tragedy is all too familiar. Ly speak to him next. Not this john smith. Or this john smith. Or any of the other hundreds of john smiths that are humana Medicare Advantage members. No, its this john smith. Who we paired with a humana team member to help address his own specific health needs. At humana, we take a personal approach to your health, to provide care thats just as unique as you are. No matter what your name is. Thanks for coming. No matter what your name is. No problem. Youre welcome. This is the durabed of the all new chevy silverado. It looks real sturdy. The bed is huge. 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And go try all of my chicken creations chicken check your free Credit Scores at creditkarma. Heres to progress. This is a largescale crime scene. Its a horrific crime scene, and please understand it takes not only physical, emotional and psy psychological toll on everyone who spent the night inside that building. We will turn our attention to the remainder of today to assign family Liaison Officers to support those families that have been stricken by this horrible event. We are going to wrap our arms around those that serve with us here in Virginia Beach. That was the police chief and city manager respectively on the psychological toll of the tragedy out of Virginia Beach. 12 People Killed after a longtime city employer opened fire in a Municipal Building on fire. Joining me now is Virginia Beach city councilman member be aaron raus. First, councilman, our condolences to you. I want to first give you an opportunity to share your thoughts on this tragedy and its impact on your community. Well, miss cupp, thank you for having this interview. Our minds and our hearts are with the families, and the victims families of this tragedy, this horrible ordeal. The worst day in Virginia Beachs history. We want to make sure we surround those who need us most. And as a community, we are there for them and we come together. I would also like to thank our First Responders in the way our brave men and women courageously went into that building and mitigated some of the loss we had here today, or the other day. Yes. Youre a recently elected city councilman, just elected last november. But i imagine this city is your family. Talk good how close you are to this community. You know, miss cupp, i grew up here. This is home to me. This is home for many of us. I can tell you right now, i would not be standing here and i would not be the man today if it wasnt for our community, if it wasnt for the teachers, the First Responders, if it wasnt for those special people in our communities, angels, that made sure a young man like me growing up in poverty had the things i needed to be successful. Our community is very close. This is our home. People might not know this but you were a safety with multiple teams in the nfl and played football at Virginia Tech, the scene of another tragic shooting back in 2007. I heard you say to someone else, i cant believe this happened again. It really must have brought back some strong emotions for you. It has, and its brought back different emotions as well. The first emotions i felt brought me back to that day at Virginia Tech in blacksburg feeling helpless and not really, trying to understand how can this happen. And today as a councilman, a leader for our city, i felt a drive to do something to have the opportunity and will to do something about this. And thats what we will do. Whether he have a call to action that i believe starts with recognizing our humanity. We dont want to politicize this any more than what has been. Our focus is for our community, and our focus is to understand our humanity comes first before any structures be placed on society. Here at Virginia Beach we are a close community. Were a unique community. We have an agriculture section of our city, to our tourist injury, to our military that were so proud of. So we have people from all over the world, a great, diverse community. Were going to come together from this. We will, in our time, in our finest hour, we will stand tall and we will define ourselves. Rewill define what this means for Virginia Beach going forward. I believe that. How are you hoping to help your Community Heal through the aftermath of this devastating tragedy . Whats your next whats your next phoningofocus today, tomor the weeks and months to come . You know, like many other virginia hokies and virginians understand and know very well since that tragic day in 2007 is through our times of mourning and grieving that we found strength in each other every single day. This is going to be a long process of healing for us. And it doesnt start with looking ten years or a year down the road or months down the road. It starts with what we can do today. It starts with a simple smile to your neighbor, a hug, a handshake, making friends, understanding were all in this thing called life together. It matters how we treat one another. So our motto at Virginia Tech so i may serve and thats what we have do, serve each other. Thats what were going to do here at Virginia Beach. Thats an important message. I thank you for sharing it with me councilman aaron rouse. 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