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We heard the reports that the shooter was killed. we were going with the official information from the sheriff department that he has been neutralized in some way. that could be in custody, it could mean he has been killed but no further threat. sheriff s deputies and others are still inside the building. they have to go through room by room, square-foot by square foot looking for anybody still hiding there. looking for any potential accomplices. the way officials have been talking to us here seems pretty clear they believe the shooter was acting alone. we heard reports that smoke grenades were set off before the shooting itself began. hat is true and those smoke grenades were used by the shooter it would speak to a ....
Well-planned attack on this largely student filled bar and grill at 11:20 local time on a wednesday night. terrific scene, we expect more information and updates on the injured and whether anybody has been killed in the shooting the next few minutes once sheriff s deputies come to the microphone, we will bring it to you live and been any updates as we get them. jillian: witnesses speaking to the media, people trying to find their friends and loved ones. in the midst of seeing that and speaking to some of the witnesses have you heard of anybody who said i recognize this person? sometimes we do here that. we have a lot of descriptions of the shooter. a lot of people said this person was dressed in black, they give descriptions. have you heard anybody knowing this person? know. i have not come across any ....
Done beyond the incident response. rob: we go back to jonathan hunt who raced to the scene outside los angeles. he is live at 2:26 in the morning at thousand oaks. are you getting any updates from the sheriff s office? reporter: a sheriff s deputy we just spoke to just confirmed that at least 11 people were shot. one of those was a sheriff deputy. i asked the captain i was talking to whether that deputy was at the bar at the time, responding to the active shooter call, he said he was indeed responding which tells you that first responder got here while the shooting was still underway. a horrific scene being described by some people we were speaking to who were in the borderline bar and grill at the time. ....
Members get lost when they were inside. you have a lot of concerned parents and family members out there. they take the phone off and silence it and wonder if they were at the bar. a frightening time for this to happen. it happened at 11:20 at night, prime time for college bar and there were hundreds of people inside what appears to be a massive country-western bar and wednesday night, college students, everybody in their, we heard from a 19-year-old girl, a bunch of young kids trying to have fun and another mass shooting in this country. a lot of witnesses say they were able to escape the people hiding in the bathrooms, people made their way to the attic of this building and reports that some people were throwing chairs at the window to smash and break those windows so they could escape out the windows of the building. you hear stories of the hero who ....