But he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. I cant tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task Homeland Security told us to do. Because in the past you couldnt push through the exit doors . They werent easily opened. They had safeties on them so they couldnt open either way. But now he was able to get out. I mean, he could be alive because of this. Where were you when you found out this had occurred . I was heading up to the service. Im there every i was there last night for service. I go up there around 10 00 and in the morning and one of the Vice President s that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. He worked for city emergency management. And he said he just got word theres an active shooter at
tree of life. Go up there and see if this is true. I tried to get up. I only live a block away from the synagogue. I tried to get up shady avenue and was police cars everywhe
remove, it s also rendering the area safe. this is a residential area. people live there. before law enforcement takings that huge printout, there s all these personnel. they want to make sure everybody else there is also safe. so it s not just securing him but securing the area and the people that live there. right. multiple teams had fanned out. josh. we can t underscore the potential value here, having a subject that s been taken alive. sometimes in there s an exchange of gunfire, a shooter will be neutralized. if they re able to take him into custody, now they can interview him. a dead body doesn t speak. it s almost a priority to see if you can extrapolate more information? the focus of law enforcement officers will be to neutralize the threat. they re not going to go into the scene thinking let s try to take this person alive. their main focus is does this