Forward and confirm with witnesses on the ground. Did the suspect to escape via a ground. Walki g running. Im in a car do you have any thing in in terms of that. Unknown known escape to the a vehicle. Have you been and we know many kids are running off campus when they heard gunshots. Do you try within the next couple of hours to get in touch with those students so they can give you their firsthand account of what they saw and how do you find will be 2 of the doing the screening of all potential witnesses and i was so we want to work with the school to make sure we can match up our students, the students, the parents and then well look see if anybody has any information was available. Something at the time. Obviously once we have that an indication of the suspect confirmed then information that led up to the incident. They would in la county as you all know sir there 88 different communities so is this is maybe an unfair question to ask you. But do you know if what the security arrange
Residents of the suspected shooter so a lot of pieces coming into focus. Ted williams, former d. C. Homicide detective, thank you very much. We on fox news will continue to follow the stories live along with those News Conferences coming up. Dana hi, i am dana perino. This is the daily briefing. We are expecting many updates on the shooting in california, police said to give update any morning moment now. My colleagues have done incredible reporting so far, especially Harris Faulkner in the hour before with this Breaking News and now we have Christina Coleman live on the scene in Santa Clarita, california. Whats the latest now . The streets here still blocked off, as you can see we cant go any farther just outside where you can say this very heavy Law Enforcement presence. Sheriffs deputies out here im a police, members of the
s. W. A. T. Teams surrounding this school even though we are told the suspect is in custody now and is being treated for injuries and is in the hospital. So is o
We dont know whether the suspect is still alive in the house. Weve heard from a couple of authorities that the suspect may have shot himself, but we dont know whether thats correct or not. Theyre going to assume, as naturally you would, that he remains a threat. And so theyre going to do this entry by the book. And thats what youre seeing right now. But they believe that the threat to the community is pretty well over because they believe they know where the suspect is and that the suspect is contained and no longer a threat. But until they actually put eyes on the suspect theyre going to do this by the rules, and thats what youre seeing play out right now. While in the meantime area schools are on lockdown, the sheriff has told people in the neighborhood if they live anywhere near sawing ugs high school to lock their doors and stay inside. And if they see the suspect to call 911. But they believe they know where the suspect is and theyre about to make an entry. And fully confirm that
Schools have done drills like this since 2015 and 2016. 95 . A lot of discussion about whats that doing for Mental Health. After all, schools, despite whats happening, schools are still one of the safer places out there for children. Still this is awful, and it sound like the kids knew what to do once this started. Ali and stephanie, thank you so much. Were going to continue on with this. Its 2 00 p. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. In california. One student is dead and multiple others are injured after a shooting at a Santa Clarita high school today. Were waiting on two News Conferences scheduled to happen at any moment. One from the l. A. County Sheriffs Office. The other from the hospital where the victims were taken. Here is what we know so far. The l. A. County sheriff says the suspect survived a selfinflicted Gunshot Wound after he fled to a nearby home. The sheriff also says that the suspect is a Young Asian Male who was a student at Saugus High School and is now in police custody.
Good evening. And now this heat wave we have been covering turns fatal. That makes what is even traditionally the hottest week of summer in some very big u. S. Cities a very different matter. Now, half the country, 24 states, are under heat advisories and warnings. Its just plain brutal from the Population Centers in the east to the fires burning in the west. We have all of it covered tonight. We want to begin with nbcs Stephanie Gosk in brooklyn, new york, on a hot thursday night in the city. Stephanie, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Well, this is a pretty good place to cool off if you are a kid in new york. Today was actually the hottest day so far. Jfk airport hit 100 degrees. Thats a record for july 18, but it was rough all over. Enough is enough. All along the east coast and stretching through the plains, people are crying uncle. Already tough, hot jobs are nearly unbearable. Early this morning, engine 221 was called to a threealarm blaze in brooklyn. In heat like thi