be around to escort us out of the mall. all right. that was judy hoffman, who was still inside her store, last we spoke. not sure whether she s been able to exit the mall, because, as we say, howard county police say they continue to search the mall. they have not lifted the lockdown. they still consider it a crime scene and they still know there are people in secure areas that they have to ask questions, identify, before allowing them to exit. again, a deadly shooting taking place in the middle of a very busy day on saturday at the mall in columbia, maryland. in the end, three people dead. police believing confidentially among them is a single shooter. much more from the newsroom right after this. farmer: hello, i m an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we re going to go find it. it s out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes
people still in the mall that have secured themselves inside stores. our s.w.a.t. teams with a lot of support from agencies throughout the state, at the local, state and federal level, frankly, are going through, as we are holding this press conference, they are inside continuing to clear that mall, to make sure there are no more victims. we do not think there are but we want to make sure there are not, and to get those people that have self-sheltered in place out and make sure none of them have any injuries either from the shooting. again, dwoewe don t think there any, but also any injuries in the process of panic when people do shelter. that s what s going on actively behind me in the mall as we are out here. we do not have the identity of the victims yet. we do not have a motive for the shooting. again, this is a two hours and fifteen minutes into the scene. we are still trying to secure the mall, to make sure, again,
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ken ulman, thanks so much. howard county executive, appreciate it. we know this continues to be an active crime scene there at the mall in columbia, maryland. thank you so much. again if you re just now joining us, a deadly shooting taking place at the ma until columbia, maryland, just outside washington, d.c. and baltimore, maryland. we re in the cnn newsroom. that tops our story. i m fredricka whitfield. thanks again for being with us. we re following this story, which continues to be an active crime scene at that mall. three people are dead, four others injured after a shooting took place earlier today. police say the suspected shooter just might be among the dead. erin mcpike is outside the mall. see what is the latest, erin? reporter: well, fredricka, from early information that we re getting, some early reporting, we understand that there are three victims. one may be the shooter himself. a man and a woman, he apparently shot dead. those are, of course, some of the early inve
responsibilities, that s expected of them as an employee. still what is your recommendation? i mean if you re already in a safe place, you re now out of the mall, doesn t seem you would recommend to noanybody to go ba in where there s potential danger? no. you d never go back into the line of fire, and in many of these mass shootings, the sheerts stop shooting per periodically. sometimes to reload. to go to the parking tlot reload, get more ammo and will come in and start shooting again. the number one thing we recommend, exit the area do it quickly and safely and you stay away. stay as far away as you can. this is one case where curiosity may get you killed. so you want to stay away from the building, and not go back inside, and there s no store, no employee, that s going to tell you, hey, you ve got to do this and put yourself in harm s way. the number one thing we want people to know is, they ve got to be safer and they ve got to react quickly in these situations.