and figure out if this shooter took a car to this temple, which car was it and could they get more information about him where he lives and maybe go to his home. the situation was described to us as being contained within that facility but now as don eluded to this may be why the press conference is delayed. now there are sweeps happening in a wooded area about a mile away where ted rollins. what are you seeing at the moment? >> this is an on going situation where they are sweeping a wooded area behind a home about a mile away from the temple. and this could be part of a grid search that they are doing around the temple. there is no sense of urgency that i can see in terms of the s.w.a.t. team members that are preparing for the search. they have dogs out. they do have guns but there

isn't a sense of urgency. we do knowt that some of the witnesses and witnesses have been taken to a bowling alley being debriefed there. we will get more detailed information on what they have reported to investigators. and we'll get a final determination on whether or not the shooter had help or at least if authorities believe the shooter had any help. of course, we have had the conflicting reports from witnesses saying they saw up to three shooters but according to our last official press conference they believe only one shooter took part in this. this is an on going situation with the sweep i'm watching in front of me. >> to clarify what you are seeing, ted, is that it's men with guns basically and dogs. this is a police force not necessarily an investigative force that is going through to potentially collect evidence.

the isis a tactical force that is armed that is readying to sweep this wooded area? >> exactly. and it is a number of different agencies. it looks like taking part in this with k-9 units and officers that are in full gear, full s.w.a.t. team gear. others are not. they are staged in a matter where they are all in a straight line around a corner. it looks to me as though they are preparing to run a search rather than just stand on guard. they seem to be getting ready for a coordinated search of this wooded area and/or this home. there is a home adjacent to this wooded lot which may have nothing to do with this at all however they are staged near this home and in the drive way, as well. they are not answering any questions right now. i can't get any detailed

information. something has their interest here whether it is a coordinated grid search that they are just doing out of precaution or whether or not this home or wooded area plays a part in this i don't know. >> to clarify for our viewers you are at a wooded area about a mile away from the temple itself. these pictures are live at a parking lot. we don't have control over the live pictures but we are giving you the information and the pictures as they come. >> absolutely. i want to just say -- i'm going to bring deb in. i want to read this because every sentiment we have been getting obviously people are horrified by this. the latest coming in from the indian ambassador to the united states. it says the sikhs are among the best indian americans, patriotic law abiding, indoes tree --

industrious, againerous and giving. i grieve with them today. i want to read this again. the president released a statement moments ago saying america is enriched by sikhs. the press conference about to start in just moments here on cnn. and we are going to carry it for you live. the police chief gave us a couple of updates telling us for the first time what went on with the shooting. as they prepare i want to say this. we should not speculate. no one should be jumping the gun about why this happened. we should be focusing on the

victims of this and what happened inside and what police are finding out in their investigation instead of jumping to conclusions about terrorism and about someone having an issue with the temple and the people there. that may be the case but at this point not the time. it is not the time at least. there will be a time to talk about gun violence and gun laws and all of those things. hold your horses, people. let's let this play out. we should not assume anything. we have done that before and that has gotten us into trouble. this is a sad, horrific event that all of us need to wrap our heads around especially the people who are directly involved in this situation and that is our focus now. we will talk about other things and about the nuances of sikhism and nuances of how people of different religions had been targeted and discriminated. in the meantime live to the press conference.

>> each of the members will identify themselves and spell their names for you. i want to give you a phone number before we start so everyone has it. it's 888-298-1964. chief edwards will speak to this phone number in detail. it is 888-298-1964. i'm the police chief from greenfield which is a neighboring community. i have been helping chief edwards with some of the public information. i will introduce chief edwards. chief edwards will make a statement. some other individuals may wish to take a statement. we will take a few questions. please understand we do not have a lot of answers right now. we will give you the information we can give you. anything regarding the criminal investigation moving from this point forward we will not be able to give you information

about that. so at this time i will have each of the individuals identify themselves and spell their names for you. >> city of oak creek fire chief. >> inspector richard schmidt. sheriff's office. >> i'm with the milwaukee county d.a. >> special agent. >> good afternoon, i'm the

special agent in charge of the fbi. >> chief john edwards from the oak creek police department. first of all, i want to send out our condolences to the sikh community for this tragic event that happened today and talk to you a little bit about what happened and give you what i can. what we had happen is our officers responded to a 911 call. the officers stopped this from being worse than it could have been. our officers responded to the scene and did find a victim and we are dealing with that individual. a 20 year veteran was ambushed, shot multiple times.

we expect him to recover. and another officer who was on scene was engaged by the suspect. our officer did engage that individual and that individual is deceased from the actions that our officer took. it stopped a tragic event that could have been a lot worse. there was a service going on with many people at that location. what we have done now is it has taken most of the day to clear that area that the church itself and the surrounding area because of conflicting reports that we got about how many people were involved. what we are going to be doing, we have numerous individuals that we have that are deceased at this point. i don't have total numbers right now. we are working on that. we are going in there shortly. the fbi will be handling the criminal investigation on this incident. we looked at it, the scope of it and what the implications might be. we are treating it as a domestic

terrorist incident and there by the fbi has the resources. the atf is involved in this along with the milwaukee police department assisting us. the number that you were given out earlier is for family. family or friends who want information we ask that only family or friends call that number and then we can forward it through the liaison we have with the sikh community as far as the status of those individuals. we do not want the media or anyone else calling that number. that is just for family and friends trying to find out the status of those individuals. at this point we are pretty much doing an investigation that is going to be starting shortly. we will be doing another press conference probably 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning to give more information. right now we are just in the very beginning stages of this investigation and wrapping up

the inner perimeter and the initial call that we took and just clearing that. so the investigation starts now. at this point i'm not going to give out demographics of who the individuals might be as far as ages and genders. i'm not releasing it until people are notified. as far as the officer he has family that needs to be notified. >> how many injured? >> as far as we know there are multiple injured. i believe there were two additional. >> what is the total? >> total from what we have i believe we have seven deceased and three injured including our officer. >> what do you know about the suspect? >> right now i don't have information on the suspect. that is being checked into and is part of the criminal investigation so i won't be giving anything on that right now. >> what about the weapon?

>> domestic terrorism is terrorism within the con founds of the united states. it is within the united states. >> have you recovered a weapon? >> as far as a weapon there are weapons on scene. the evidence team hasn't gone in. there are weapons involved. >> more than one? >> i don't know that. >> as far as the timeline the initial call came in somewhere right around 10:30. our officers were on the radio getting the information that they were treating someone. we had another officer call out that he had an active shooter. that is when other officers responded and other agencies were called in. it happened within a very short period of time like most of the instances when they happen that is how they happen. >> any acts of heroism from people inside?

>> that i don't have. i'm sure there were. i don't know the results of the interviews. >> how many people are still in the temple? >> there is nobody left in that temple. the building has been cleared and everybody is removed from that. >> when will the temple be available for prayer snz. >> i don't have that information. that is a crime scene. i don't have that information. >> what else can you say about the suspect being engaged? >> when he engaged our officer and he ended up shooting him another officer on scene engaged the officer by shooting at him. our officer returned fire killing the suspect. >> what was the suspect wearing? >> i have no idea. >> any indication more than one shooter? >> we had multiple reports of different things. i can't give you the total information on that. we believe there was one but i can't be sure on that. it is still an active scene right now.

>> can you confirm there were children in the building? >> it was a church service. i'm sure there were people from all age groups. >> why did it take a while for your officers to move in. it sounded like it was a while before you could clear the s.w.a.t. team to move in there? >> because we had an individual that we knew was down but reports there may be others or we don't know if there are others. we have to clear it and do it the way that is safe. we don't want other officers down. we have to make sure we clear it and make sure we take care of the area. there is no suspect in custody right now. i do not have information. >> how many were in the building at the time of the shooting? >> i don't have the information. i don't have demographics or numbers for you. >> >> anybody at the suspect's home? >> i'm not going to get into the

criminal investigation. >> thank you all for your time today as chief edwards said there will be another briefing tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. at this time mayor would like to say a few words. >> city of oak creek is outraged by the senseless act of violence that happened today. we are grateful for the heroic actions of one of our officers, two of our officers who made a very dangerous situation a little bit better and probably saved lives. we are thankful for that and hope they have a speedy recovery. the city will cooperate in any way as the investigation continues. we will have more to say on this tomorrow morning. >> as i said tomorrow morning 10:00 a.m. at the oak creek police department. no other information will be released from any official

source until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. there is a number of things they have to get done before releasing additional information. we have to get crime scene technicians inside. it is a very large scene. it will take a long time to process. please bear with us as we gather the best information to release to you. we don't want to give bad information and have to change that, either. please see us tomorrow morning. >> what will happen here over the next few hours? what you will be doing before we let you go? >> well, i can tell you right now the tactical officers on the scene are standing down. they're hydrating. they have been out here in very warm temperatures and under a lot of stress. what will happen is we will keep the scene secure. oak creek officers will have a perimeter keeping the scene secure.

crime scene technicians will come in and identify the individuals involved. they will turn those individuals over to the medical examiner. and evidence will be collected and processed. this will take many, many hours. these individuals will be here like ely all night long. the federal bureau of investigation will be taking over and overseeing the criminal investigation. they will be assisted by the oak creek police department. understand that the process of interviewing all of the individuals that were here, interviewing the family members -- and getting all of the stories and collecting and gathering the information is a lengthy process. so this situation will be on going. >> there will be an extensive investigation moving forward. at this point as i said earlier it's believed that the reports

of multiple shooters were likely reports of the same shooter from different perspectives which is very common in an active shooter incident. almost every active shooter incident including the one in colorado there were immediate reports of multiple shooters. for many individuals on the scene that are all viewing what is happening from different angles and all calling the police and calling 911 it comes in as a multiple shooter situation. but the best information that the investigators and the tactical teams have right now is that there was only one gunman. however, the oak creek police department and tactical teams from milwaukee are still methoddicly searching the area. >> is there more than the seven dead? is that what i understood? >> no. we don't have any information for you at this time.

i know you have a lot of questions. the best time to ask those is tomorrow morning. 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. thank you. >> tell us your name once again. >> wentlandt. >> not a whole lot of additional information given there although he did describe the scene of the two officers that originally were on site, one treating the victim outside and being ambished by tambis ambushed by the shooter. >> seven people are dead. this is the latest from the press conference. three injured including the officer. we have heard from the hospital that that officer was taken to the hospital and is being treated now. multiple gunshot wounds to the face, abdomen and extremities.

they have no information, they say, on the suspect. no information yet. they said the officers and the evidence team have not gone in yet. and they are going to get more information from the scene as soon as they get the evidence people in there to work that scene. they believe at this point it is one shooter. but still it is an active scene and they are not sure. there could be another but they believe it is only one. they had no other person in custody. everyone they say is out of the temple. they say they believe they will recover guns on the scene but they have not gone in to recover them yet according to them. deb farric has information on that. >> don and rob, what we do know is that first of all there were two handguns that were found on the scene, both of them semi automatics. this is according to somebody

with information of what is going on on the ground. it is not clear who purchased them, how they were purchased, whether legal or illegal. one thing that is a little bit unusual is that the gunman is presumed dead. so therefore the suggestion is that they know who it is. they know who this man is. the fbi is taking the lead on this investigation. it is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. they usually what they will do is once they obtain a search warrant they will go to the suspect's home and look through computers and papers and find evidence that they can find in order to identify what his motivation was and whether he did have accomplices. when you see the vehicles in the parking lot at the staging area, the ambulances, the fire engi engines, they are going to have to bring in a medical examiner. this whole temple is now a crime scene. they have to piece together how

the gunman entered, where he went first, how he moved in that building and then also how he got out. this is really important because initially we thought the police officer who was shot critically was the officer who had returned fire. they clarified that saying that an officer was ambushed and then a second officer opened fire on that gunman. so clearly this police department, the oak creek police department which is not a large police department certainly but compared to milwaukee for example, they also have suffered a certain trauma because one of their own was effectively gunned down. so the investigation, criminal investigation is going to be handed over to the fbi. they have the resources to look into this and see whether there was any other nexus. they look to see whether anybody else may have been involved. >> we want to get to the hospital. let's listen in.

at approximately 11:18 we received a call from emergency responders aft the scene. we localalized the appropriate physicians and nurses to care for the patients. consistent with the many drills for these situations as a level one trauma center. these drills are done in the collaboration with our emergency response. >> so we are working on trying

to get that sound better for you because we need to get that information. we will go back into that. we have been talking with deb and rob about what police officers just said and so when we say we shouldn't jump the gun or assume anything. now that police asked a question about as terrorism. the officer said any information like this they investigate as an act of domestic terrorism. now it is appropriate to talk about this. they are saying they have the fbi assisting in this investigation. police, of course, sheriff's department, the atf, the district attorney's office and any type of incident like this they investigate as an act of domestic terrorism. again, saying, cautioning us they don't know anything about the shooter. they are not releasing any information about the shooter.

they are holding off on the reports of guns. you have found information. i think it is important that we begin to talk about it now that it has come out of the mouth of an official person here. >> one thing, don, and that is when we think about domestic terrorism the last or one of the last that everybody remembers certainly was the bombing of the muro building done by timothy mcveigh, the fact that a gunman walked into a sikh temple would be considered an act of domestic terrorism. the fbi does have the resources to investigate this type of crime. they want to make sure that this is not one individual who was acting on behalf of more individuals. and that is really what they are searching for. this has been playing out over the last 6 1/2 hours. when you think about it normally we would be getting at least some idea of who the gunman is

especially since presumely he was shot dead. they are not even releasing that much information. they are going to want to go and check into his background. they did recover two semi automatic handguns that were found at the scene. >> that is according to your sources? >> that is according to our sources. according to a source who has a knowledge and familiar with the investigation taking place there that they did find the semi automatic hand guns. the gunman presumably shot dead his guns would have been found next to him. they have the gunshots and bullet wounds used as evidence. when we started reporting this the hospitals were bracing themselves for 20 to 30 casualties. we have an unbearable number, seven shot and killed, three critically wounded. many people were on their way to

that temple to pray. the community was in celebration mode. it could have been much, much worse. the temple would have been much more packed, much more filled with folks. again, the seven that were shot and killed, the community a small tight knit community. they know who the victims are and they know that this has changed things radically because they were targeted at a place that for them was considered a safe place, a place of family, a place of devotion, of worship. really a place where you are most vulnerable. right now all of it is under investigation. you have fbi. you have the milwaukee police department. you have the atf that is also going to be looking into this. so a lot of different players. a lot of different factors. the district attorney also who would likely take it to the next step in terms of seeing whether there is anybody else. >> and just a little more details about what was coming

out. i think that was well put there. deb is getting information on the guns from a cnn source. police would not talk about that. i think it is important now because we have initially -- everyone says this is terrorism. until the cops say it and the investigators say it we can't call it that because we don't know the investigation. now that the police chief has said they are investigating this anytime they have a situation like this as an act of domestic terrorism it is fine for us to say it now. with a word of caution, we don't know anything about the shooter. >> they did not give us much information about the shooter. earlier descriptions were that it was a male that was bald and cleanly shaven. let's bring in eric, co-editor of our belief blog. you made a point via e-mail earlier that if in fact that is

the description of the shooter he is definitely not part of that congregation. why? >> absolutely. one of the key tenants for male sikhs is to let their hair grow long and wrap it in a turbine and let the beard go long. that is not a fashion statement. it is a deeply held devotion, a sign of submission to god. it is one of the key things that identifies men here in particular in the united states as sikhs. we see typically from an indian background and wearing the turbine and beard. one of the reasons why they are often misinterpreted as being followers of islam. when we heard scanner reports and from our affiliates one thing to me there is a good chance this is not a fellee who went to this guawara and not a member of their community and not a person in good standing

with that particular faith. as we are waiting and watching for these developments to come clear this is one of the things i think a lot of people in the sikh community will be looking at is why they were targeted and why the police are calling this is domestic terrorism incident. i have covered a lot of church shootings in the past. often times we see a person coming in with a gripe against a pastor or spouse or targeting a specific individual or a specific faith. it is not often we see a shooter target an entire congregation. that is probably why i think we are seeing them treating this as a terrorism incident. we'll keep watching and waiting as we see what is happening. you can see this is footage from the belief blog of what a temple service looks like. you see the music and the prayers and the devotion. and then after the service where they are focusing on the

scripture under the canopy you will see them go and practice this act of a communal meal which we heard the women were preparing in this incident going and working in the kitchen. you can see the colorful saris that the women are wearing. you will see the head covering. sitting on the floor. feet off. no shoes on and of course bowing in prayer and meditation as they go through hymns and scripture as part of their worship services. >> the pictures we are showing it is a beautiful spectacle there of ceremony and worship, of a time of peace, obviously, and celebration. i would think this morning, eric. when you talk about the faith of these people and the basis of some religions will eye for an eye and others will turn the other cheek and forgive.

what do you know about how they think going forward in a situation like this? >> incredibly peaceful folks. the tenants of the faith are meditation on god, hard work and community service. the isis not a faith where we see a retaliation. i think we will see a peaceful response from the sikh community. something we have been seeing a little bit in statements from sikh groups around the country. incredibly peaceful folks. we talk about the fabric of american life with half a million or more sikhs here in the united states one thing we notice is they are often on the forefront of religious liberty debates because of the long hair and beard. we saw in the united states military one of the first members of the armed services in the army who was allowed to join and continue to wear his turbine in the practice of his service.

it is something that gets to the heart of the devotion. >> good insight there. stay with us as the situation develops. we were trying to hear from that presser that the microphones were not working. >> the doctor giving the briefing is going to join us in just a moment to clarify what is going ont at the hospital. the victims he received and what conditions they are in and getting more information from police officers. deb working in new york to get information from her sources, as well. i think this press conference that just wrapped up gave us some very interesting perspective about what happened at that temple and how law enforcement are investigating this particular incident. we have heard from the police chief. they are saying this is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. you will hear from the doctor at the hospital on the other side of the break. [ male announcer ] every day, the world gets more complex.

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live on cnn. we want to go to the chief officer. how many people do you have in the hospital? >> we have received and are treating three adult males. >> can you give us conditions. >> all in critical condition. we don't know the specific ages, sort of older than 40. i can give you the injuries. one victim suffered injuries to the abdomen and chest and one to the extremities and face. two of the three individuals have under gone surgery. the third is currently undergoing a complex procedure.

>> do we know which one is the police officer? >> i do but we are not releasing that specific information yet. you said abdomen and face. >> the other to the neck. >> you are level one trauma center so you are prepared to this and i'm sure that helped in this particular situation. are you expecting -- what is the expectation from all of these victims? are they all expected to be okay? >> we are very hopeful but they have suffered significant injuries. we are doing the best we can. receiving three gunshot victims in a day is not unusual so we were well prepared to care for

these patients. >> and again you said you could not confirm which of the victims was an officer but you are treating the police officer. >> we are. >> you won't confirm which injuries he has. >> we would like to hold that information. >> you described the injuries. when you said to the abdomen you said multiple gunshot wounds to the face. is it multiple to the abdomen and multiple to the extremities? >> the abdomen appears to be a single bullet wound. the extremities and face are multiple. >> and at this point not expecting to get anymore victims into the hospital. >> we have been notified that there are some wounded but being cared for elsewhere. >> do you expect to update soon after this? >> we plan on releasing an

update again at 8:30? >> when are you expecting to updatemedia? >> 8:30 this evening. >> thank you very much. you are hearing it is very serious. they are in critical condition we are being told. one single bullet to the abdomen. one of them multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and multiple gunshot wounds to the face and extremities, as well. one of those was a police officer. very sad event unfolding in wisconsin just two weeks after we had a major shooting in aurora, colorado. we are back in a moment. live coverage here on cnn.

this is cnn breaking news. >> it is breaking news. there has been a shooting at a temple in wisconsin. seven people are dead including the gunman. three people in the hospital in critical condition, one of those people a police officer who was according to police on the scene who just updated us, ambushed by

the shooter but the police officer did take the gunman down. we are getting statements from representatives at different communities as well as the president of the united states. it says in part at this difficult time the people at oak creek must know the american people have them in our hearts and prayers. my administration will provide whatever support is necessary to the officials who are responding to this tragic shooting and moving forward with an investigation. >> also as you would imagine a statement from mitt romney on the shooting, as well, at the sikh temple. this was a senseless act of violence and a tragedy that should never befall any house of worship. we join americans everywhere in mourning those who lost their

lives and in prayer for healing and the difficult days ahead. >> i think it is with these very powerful sentiments that are coming in, peace, kindness about what has happened there and to the sikh community especially those directly involved. the indian ambassador to the united states says the sikhs are among the best indian americans, patriotic, law abiding, indu industrious, generous and giving. i grieve with them today. >> according to a spokesman the sikh's coalition's thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the shooting, the sikh community

of milwaukee, and the larger community of wisconsin which we know will stand with their sikh neighbors with their support and prayers during this very trying time. >> susan, what are you hearing? >> so far we understand that police have recovered two handguns, both of them semi automatics from the scene. both of these hand guns believed to have been used by the shooting. this is from a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation. it is so early in the investigation we don't yet have information on how many bullets may have been fired and the models of the semi automatic hand guns. all of that is what federal law enforcement agents working hand in hand with local officers will be working to get the critical information. >> absolutely. at the press conference, susan, police would not talk about the

recovery of guns. they are saying the evidence team had not gone in and did not want to give away much information and what we are hearing is this. also, susan, ted watching a scene unfold not far from the temple, as well, where he is seeing law enforcement. he is watching this play out, as well. the officers say this is still an active crime scene. also important, you are based in new york and we talk about this a lot. police now saying anytime they have a situation like this especially in a house of worship they are investigating now as a domestic act of terrorism. >> that's seen this happen from time to time in the united states. that is why all resources will be brought to bear to try to get down to the bottom of this to find out who was involved. you heard the police chief say

that at this time they believe there is only one shooter. the fact of the matter is they are just beginning their investigation. so they have to look at all possible angles here to see what else may be at play, motive for this. you heard him saying that they believe it at this time to be an act of domestic terrorism. that's why they have to treat this very carefully and look to all possible angles to see if the shooter was working by himself, where the weapon or weapons in this case came from. they have a lot of work ahead of them. >> very well put. thank you. we have to be, of course, very careful about how this is reported because, again, unless and until law enforcement says anything or we find out information from sources, it is merely speculation. susan, very well put. police were being cautious about it. investigators, as well. of course, it's the right thing

to do to be cautious in the reporting of this until you get official confirmation. now we are hearing it being investigated as domestic terrorism. >> strong words there. deb is with us from new york. what does the patriot act say specifically about how this is defined? >> reporter: in this situation, they're making calls as they look and analyze the evidence and get details of who the shooter is and why he may have done this. domestic terrorism is designed as any act designed to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to influence a policy or a government. those are some of the definitions of the patriot act and domestic terrorism as defined there under. these are activities thatten compass activists. different groups targeting interests that apply to the united states. we look at it as domestic terrorism, clearly they are looking at who the shooter was, where he comes from, what ties

he may have had. right now they are calling it domestic terrorism as opposed to something like international terrorism. there is a definition, but again, it's designed to intimidate or coerce a civilian population. this targeted to the sikh community. >> i want to jump in here because when you said they are calling it domestic terrorism, they don't no. they are investigating it as an act of domestic terrorism. it could clearly be that. >> reporter: correct. >> i hate to belabor the point, but we want to be clear about it. >> reporter: the second they bring in the fbi then the dynamic changes. it could be that they are doing it because the fbi has resources that the oak creek police department does not have. that they are able to investigate it within a larger context. there are certain definitions. when they say they are investigating it as an act of domestic terrorism, it's because it may raise to the threshold of designed to intimidate or coerce

a population or activities that go against a particular group. that's why they are looking at it. the real test will be to see whether it's going to be handled, for example, by a district attorney, a local investigator or a u.s. attorney. we have calls to see where the threshold lies. >> very good clarification. thank you, deb. as we said, once deb and rob it may very well be it. when someone goes onto a house of worship if they are not wear ing the head -- the turban and the head dress, that's the word i was looking for. it would be an indication this person is not of this faith. so again, we want to be cautious again. i hate to keep belaboring the point. chances are that this is indeed true, then that may be what

happens here. >> we still have -- >> that's how it's being investigated. it is investigated as an act of domestic terrorism. that's not the final conclusion. >> initial reports said that the gunman had no hair facial or on his head, which has don pointed out would indicate he is not a member of that congregation, but at the press conference just a few minutes ago from the police department, they did not confirm the description that we were describing earlier. we can't necessarily set that in stone either. that is yet to be determined. >> as we are talking about this, i think it's important to think about the people who are involved in this. can you imagine having to go, going to a place of peace, that you go to, many people go to their places of worship some every day, most people at least once a week, and a peaceful place where your guard is down. you're not necessarily concerned

about violence to happen in that place. just as people don't think a violent incident would play out in a movie theater that happened two weeks ago in aurora, colorado. all of a sudden this morning, the people here were confronted by someone either who is bent on revenge of some type, but wants to make a point or a deranged person, then this happens. i want to focus on the people who were involved in this, directly related. the victims, of course. we know that there are six victims, one shooter who is dead, according to police. first they said it was assumed. now they are confirming this shooter is dead. focus on those people. can you imagine what they are dealing with right now? our thoughts and prayers go out to the people still in the hospital, the officer fighting for his life. all three people fighting for their lives with multiple gun shot wounds. as we go back and forth is it

terrorism, gun violence, let's focus on that and keep those people in our thoughts. >> that conversation can be had when the details of this come forward. we are giving them to you as we get them. we are frustrated as far as how readily they become available. there are still tactical teams on the ground still doing their jobs. >> we've been updated a number of times. getting more details coming in as we speak. we'll take a break. [ annie ] this is the story of a girl named annie

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police in oak creek talked to reporters a few minutes ago. they didn't add much more information except to say that they were treating the shooting as a, "domestic terrorist type incident." they are also confident the gunman was operating alone. police don't plan to release more official information until tomorrow morning. here is what oak creek police had to say a few minutes ago. >> what we had happen today was an individual. our officers responded to a 911 call. because of the heroic actions of our officers they stopped it being worse than it could have been. our officers responded to the scene, did find a victim and were dealing with that individual when our officer, a 20-year veteran was ambushed, shot multiple times. he is currently in the hospital undergoing surgery. we expect him to recover. another officer who was on scene was