at the place of las romblas where we are there were at least eight or nine ambulances waitin waiting. shepard: on the right-hand side of your screen is what we believe to be the mercedes man in question here. this is a still picture from social media. and this is the white van that came to a stop at the end of la rombla, at the end of this pedestrian area and barcelona. we also have reports of a second band that s been located about 40 miles away, we have that from authorities. i certainly don t believe the authorities are misleading in any way but in the early going it can be very difficult to get all the facts straight, even for the authorities to get them disseminated. we are sure that is the van on scene, we know they are still looking for the driver of that van, apparently the driver came to a stop at the end of la rombla, got out of the van, got
crowded. you would have to constantly be stepping around people, it was very densely concentrated. shepard: stepping around people? you couldn t just walk straight lines, everyone was in the middle looking at the different shops that you could buy things. shepard: you never mated to la rombla after the attack, right? we came from the opposite direction, we came back towards a place we were staying. shepard: was an orderly, was a chaotic, where there are a lot of police in the area? it was very chaotic, at first there were no police as we were trying to leave and as we exited the main area, that is when we started to see police starting to enter from different directions. shepard: now they have largely evacuated the area? for my understanding it, yes.
three when we viewers the van which came to a rest at the end of la rombla in a still picture, there is bad van. possibly two people emerge, got themselves lost in the crowd and ended up with this turkish restaurant according to local authorities. the closest i get to confirmation is quoting police and that is what i m doing. we mentioned a second man about 40 miles away, here s a picture of that, authorities are speaking on that. you are not allowed to get in. transportation has been shut down officially, if you need to go somewhere, i need to walk home because there is no transportation available. just in terms of the feel of the city at the moment, of
bottom, that s about a third of a mile. this sedan is said to have traveled, running over person after person after person, for a third of a mile through this heavily populated tourist area. if you have been to la rombla, you probably know, millions of people vacation in spain this time of year, august is the month europeans take off and go on holiday and my understanding of things, on a beautiful night and barcelona, this would have been completely packed, lots of restaurants around there, americans travel there pretty extensively and it s been busier this year, our understanding is, from information from the tourism department in barcelona, it s been busier than in recent years largely because other parts of europe have been the targets of terror attacks and spain has been relatively speaking of fairly quiet, that all changed today.
a major daily newspaper in barcelona is reporting that the van which came to a stop at the end of las romblas along the boulevard, that van was rented about 25 kilometers north of barcelona in the small town of perpetua de mogoda and they have the name of the person who rented it. police say the driver of the van that rammed over all of these people on la rombla, they don t know our understanding is this person is armed, there is negotiation going on of some kind, i stand up for the moment and are cordoned off area. we reported earlier that