Called taste of st. Louis. Set the scene for us. Reporter the reason why we are figuring out whether it is planned or not planned, looks like seocial media are putting this together. There is some kind of coordination going on. This is the second malta we have been to today. The first mall at the west county mall, there is hundreds of people walking into that mall and changing as you guys show the video, this is all been going on since saturday. We marched with them about 11 00 afternoon to 1 00 a. M. Last night. Thats the good news here, it was peaceful. Officers did have rocks thrown at them and there were several arrests made. We know four officers were injured. We marched with them throughout the afternoon, definitely a wide group of people and different races and nationalities talking about changing the justice system. As it got darker in the ooerching, we endooercevening, we ended up at the mayors home. We were shooting the video and they were protesting and asking f for action a
Congress and they have new wrinkles. Deal making with democrats and rising tensions between the white house and the gop leadership. I think Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan do not want Donald Trumps nationalist agenda to be implemented. Its very obvious. They wont help you unless they are put on notice that they do not support the president of the United States. We could hear from the president at any moment. Hes in a meeting with the Prime Minister of malaysia at the white house. We will bring that to you as soon as we get the tape. Please be patient is the plea from officials as crews work to get the power back on for about seven million homes and businesses and as countless evacuees head home. Irma lashed the region with fierce winds. Officials report at least six deaths on top of the 36 killed in the caribbean. The storm now downgraded to a tropical depression overnight. Tied in the harbor peak at nearly 10 feet high, four feet higher than normal. Popular areas surged with floodwaters
I actually have no idea who he is. We dont know anything about him yet. What about the ages of the victims . Can you tell us. I actually dont know what the ages were. It is a nightclub, so i would, you know, speculate they were probably in the 21 to 26yearold age group. Active shooter play a role [inaudible] no doubt in the change in how we handle active shooters play a role. Sergeant helus and Highway Patrol officer on scene knew they had to take action and they went in and did what they had to do. 13 people down . Yes, 13. We dont know how many were injured because they went to separate hospitals. Im going to speculate, given what i have heard somewhere between 10 and 15 additional injuries. And we dont know we dont believe there might be one additional gunshot victim but we think there are other injuries people breaking out windows trying to escape and doing different things. When you see the shootings across the country, did you ever think it would happen right here . I have been a
Told nbc news the identity of the gunman, 29yearold ian long. He died. At this point its unclear how he died. We dont know much about the motive. Well wait and eif the sheriff will be giving any more information about the gunman. On top of that, there were 1 victims. Lets take a listen to what the sheriff has to say at the time. This is sheriff geoff dean of the Ventura County agency there. He is getting ready to speak to reporters. Lets listen in to what he has to say, an update on the shooting that happened overnight in Thousand Oaks. Couple of pieces of information to release to you. First of all in regard to the victims we are still working to identify them and make notifyings so we will not be releasing any victims name at this time. We have identified the suspect approximately an hour ago. The suspect was identified as ian david long, ian david long, birth date of march 27th, 1990. He was 28 years old. Weve had several contacts with mr. Long over the years, minor events, such as
Unfolding as a hero and 11 young people out for a night of fun were gunned down by a crazed killer headache Country Music bar last night. [shots firing] martha awful and just cho disturbing. Tonight, we are learning that the suspect and a veteran of war if afghanistan sent a myriad of Mental Health warning signals. He appears to have suffered from ptsd, according to a sheriff, he was once referred to a Mental Health crisis team who released him. Jeff paul is live at the scene in Thousand Oaks california, what we are learning about the suspect and a possible motive tonight. Good evening. Good evening. We are just getting an update from investigators from the scene. Investigators telling us they do not believe the suspected shooter worked with anyone else and i dont believe there are any ongoing threats. Police have spent a lot of time at the scene but also at the home of the suspected shooter. 28yearold ian david long. Investigators have taken out several boxes of evidence hopefully to