warehouse turning deadly. at least five dead tonight. schools put on lockdown. dozens of first responders s.w.a.t. teams rushing to the scene. one witness describing the man holding a gun with a laser on it when he began firing. people inside running for their lives. some making it to nearby homes to seek shelter. tonight just a short time ago they have now identified the gunman. alex perez tonight at the scene. reporter: tonight, panic and chaos at this warehouse when a gunman opens fire in the suburbs of chicago. killing five people, five officers injured. aurora has an active shooter situation. one officer is reported down at this time, active shots being fired. reporter: about 1:30 this afternoon, frantic reports of an active shooter inside the henry pratt building in aurora, illinois. dozens of employees trapped inside. the scene is not secure. officers arrived and were fired upon immediately. reporter: s.w.a.t., armed with long guns and shields, storming a door on the
for instance, was there a shooting underway to which authorities responded and then the shooter himself, whether one or more, we don t flow, got involved in a shootout with police? details have not yet come. what we are reporting through the daily herald is that four officers are shot, multiple victims. and they re transporting a number of them by life flight helicopte helicopters. we expect to have reporters on scene shortly. you can imagine in the afternoon, 2:45 in the afternoon on a 17 degree day and traffic is bisque with the soft lockdown underway. you can see the officials headed up to the warehouse area from the wfld picture out of aurora. a huge crowd has gathered
reporting. the trib says roads are blocked off and vehicles belonging to police and ambulances and fire trucks were speeding down lake street to respond. state police and county officials also responding. west aurora school district is holding all students in place for safety due to the incident in the area as we re approaching a school let-out time at five minutes till 3:00 in aurora. all of that from the chicago tribune. a lot of local reportings. that s where we getting the numbers from police that were hurt and civilians that were hurt. reporting from local there s that have been around. nancy cal an employee at a truck replace place down the street.
guns drawn. shepard: jonathan, i haven t either. i have to interrupt, a spokesperson for the city of aurora on the line with fox news chicago. confirm it was there in the henry pratt building. the active shooter was inside? it s in the henry pratt building. we have atf on scene. can you give us a list a number of other first responders from the suburban area. we ll publish that list shortly. clayton, as we re watching air fox over the scene. you have to know the people in your city right now are nervous and worried what do you say to the people watching right now? they understand the seriousness of this matter. they know we re in the best of hands with pour police department and we re doing everything we can to get the situation under control. is this something your city, as far as i can tell, never had to do with anything like this, a tragic and sad situation.
unusual when you don t know how many victims there are. the local suburban newspaper, the daily herald updating its coverage and the latest with reporters on scene is four aurora cops and multiple civilians shot. we know a number of people have been taken to trauma centers. fox news chicago still live and local with this with air fox, their chopper above. let s listen in. where are the folks injured, how do we get to them at the same time we re looking for the shooter. this is a very, very large area. so there s officers on the inside, officers staged at every one of the exits as you has to be a very coordinated event nor these officers working together. oh, it definitely is. that s why you have the police