Man apparently handcuffed, sitting on the ground, cross-legged with two officers standing near him. we do not have independent confirmation. we do not have confirmation directly from u.n.c. police that a suspect is in custody. that is the reporting of one of the local stations there. now, as you say, this all began to unfold about three hours ago, 1:00 p.m. local time when there were reports of shots fired around the caudill labs. we don t have any information on injuries or any other people being involved. it is important to know, neil, u.n.c. hospitals have not received any victims in relation to this incident at this point. shortly after this, about an hour later, the police released
Yet. what they did quickly do as most gen z does is jump on social media. many were trying to find out what classes and programs he was in. many talking have you seen this suspect. they re trying to figure out why this happened earlier today. neil: thanks, cassie. meantime, i want to go i m going to nicole parker. you heard a little bit former fbi special agent. you are hearing bits and pieces like this from various people that were on the scene and now we re trying to find out exactly what happened here. the handling of the crowd such as this because this isn t just
Clearwater beach under evacuations as of two, three hours ago. they had a meeting this morning and decided these barrier islands need to clear out because of the intensity that idalia expected to be. maybe even a category four. we don t know yesterday. this is where boats are being shored up. neil, you remember hurricane ian. all the boats piled up in the aftermath. i want a quick question here with andrea. what s happening? we have 3, 500 pound anchors in the intracoastal waterway. wee getting them anchored up so we don t have boats here. be safe. neil, that s the deal. we re expecting seven feet of storm surge as it will brush this area.
Hurricane ian. everybody in tampa was preparing to evacuate. everybody needs to stay vigilant. we ve been working with county around emergency managers throughout the gulf coast. everyone is prepared. if we need to turn on a dime, we can. everybody has to stay vigilant. neil: you were reminding me of this at the outset. obviously they cleared highway, opened up opposing lane highways so people can get out of that area. have you seen that thus far? like i said, you don t have to evacuate the local state. you may have to go to a low shelter to be safe. they open the shoulders of the roads to allow people to evacuate faster. neil: thanks, luke. from the florida diversion of emergency management. a nine county area has been
neil: thanks, nicole. i always learn a lot. nicole parker, the former fbi special agent. maureen o connell is here with us, a lot we don t know. maybe we ll get more details in about 20 minutes or so. but this was scary. a lot of people certainly anxious as this was first reported including a lot of parents want to know if their kids are okay. we know a little bit about the assailant, not much. but he did have a presence on x, former twitter. we don t know if he had any rants, manifestos or any of that. is that the first thing that authorities look for? well, the first and foremost, the law enforcement response to this was stellar. i don t know if they have if a person had their head on a