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Used a .223-caliber high capacity magazine. police said the gunman, who later died, was stopped. despite their quick action, he was able to kill nine people. in the end, 31 dead. up next, we have new details about that tourist helicopter crash in hawaii. we re related to them? we re portuguese? i thought we were hungarian. can you tell me that story again? behind every question is a story waiting to be discovered. this holiday, start the journey with a dna kit from ancestry. this holiday, start the journey with a dna kit up here at the dewar s distillery, ....
Part of the problem. and not see assault weapons as part of the problem. i don t get it. it is not a partisan issue. the shooter in either one of the cases, neither one of them stopped to ask if they were a republican or a democrat before they killed them. this is an american problem and we have to deal with it. we were just lucky the cops were there that close to be able to minimize the impact this guy would have had. because believe me, we would have had a body count probably in excess of what we in el paso had they not been there. and explain, chief ramsey, we have a picture of a gun with what is called a double drum magazine which is apparently what was used. explain how potentially deadly this is. well, it carries 100 rounds. it fires a.223-caliber weapon. i don t know what level vest those officers had but if he turned that gun on them, their vest probably would not have protected them. it is a very dangerous weapon. and when a bullet impacts the body, it expands and causes a ....
Magazines. he was ready for war, sadly. it was at a nightclub area there. richard chiles of our nbc station from the cincinnati area, wlwt, thank you for joining us. let s go now to shawn henry, msnbc national security analyst and contributor. shawn, you know what these details are in terms of the 26 injured, the 9 dead, the body armor, the .223-caliber gun. the mayor s calling it a large gun with high-capacity magazines and extra magazines. how are you interpreting these details to understand why this may have happened? reporter: yeah, jo. so, what you re talking about here, when you talk .223, you re actually talking about the caliber of the round, and there are multiple weapons that can use that round. typically, when they re talking about an assault rifle or a long gun, they re talking about an ar-15 or similar type of rifle. that s a military-grade weapon. and when you hear some of the ....
Okay, we ll be back. remember our deal. no bad information. in return, i ll come see you every few hours, we will, all right? do you have a time? i think we re going to come back at 10:00 a.m., okay? all right. all right, you re watching breaking news there. that is the mayor of dayton, ohio, nan whaley, asking why this is happening to her community. she s updated us, saying that nine people have been killed in the oregon district shooting, 26 injured. we now know a little bit more about the gunman. the shooter was killed in less than one minute, thanks to police who were already in the area patrolling. the suspect used a .223-caliber gun, high-capacity magazines and had additional magazines. again, nine killed, 26 injured, and the mayor of dayton, ohio, saying she is grateful for all of the officers who were already there. she says that had they not been there, the death toll could have ....
Of them how many have come to the convention center? are you receiving calls on the hotline about the se needing or wanting assistance? we don t have numbers for that. this is the first press conference we ll have throughout the day. we will have information like that as the day comes forward. we re really asking you all to share those two numbers. that s really important right now, and to get the message out for people that have lost loved ones and for people that may have information. again, can you list the gun that the shooter had? the gun that the shooter had was a .223-caliber high-capacity magazine. he had additional magazines and he was wearing body armor. can you repeat that one more time? .223-caliber high-capacity magazine. he had additional was it a rifle or a yes. very large gun. in technical terms. have you been able again, i know you said it s early where he got the weapon, where, you know not yet. ....