crude explosive devices made with fireworks in it. we're going to bring you the press conference live when it happens. meantime the columbia mall is a crime scene as police try to figure out why it happened. derrick ward is live with the update. good morning derrick. >> reporter: good morning. we're a waiting word from authorities now in the county about exactly what happened and perhaps we'll even learn the name of the shooter. they have learned his name, but it hasn't been released publicly. we know the names of the victims. first of all, let's take a look at the scene. it's a crime scene. there's a command center vehicle, rather large vehicle. if you look in the parking lot, you see a number of cars. those cars belong to people who were evacuated yesterday. perhaps some were wounded and perhaps even the shooter's car. we know they know his identity. they would have located the vehicle and removed it by now. that's a concern by a lot of

folks we hope to solve as we learn more about the incident. i want you to look at the scene from yesterday about 11:15. a gunman armed with a shut gone went into the mall and started shooting. when it was over, brianna benlolo and tyler johnson of ellicott city were dead. five others were wounded. they're all out of the hospital, including one shot in the foot. this is a woman who was at the food court on the lower level at the time that happened. perhaps today we'll learn more about why this happened and perhaps help the folk at the mall begin to return to normal. of course it will be closed today. we don't have word as to whether or not it will be open tomorrow. hopefully in half an hour, we'll have more answers to the questions that remain after the tragedy here at the mall in columbia. that's where we're live, news 4. >> thanks derrick. we'll check back with you shortly. we know more about the two shot and killed.

police identified them as 21-year-old brianne and a half benlolo of college park and 25-year-old tyler johnson from ellicott city. darcy spencer now gives us a closer look at the lives lost. >> very nice like i said. very nice family. sad to hear that. i had no idea until now. >> reporter: greg dodd tracked reports of the murder suicide not knowing it was his own neighbor who was one of the victims. >> floored. had no idea. i didn't know he worked at the mall. so our thoughts and prayers are with the family. very vice, very quiet, good family. >> reporter: family members of tyler johnson told news 4 it was too soon to speak about his death. he was killed at zumiez skate shop where he work along with the store manager, brianna benlolo who had a young child. police have not said what the

motive may have been or whether the victims may have known the shooter. local church youth groups held a vigil at the mall where the gunman took the lives and created so much chaos. a morning at the mall turned to tragedy for so many shaking their sense of safety. >> i come here every weekend to have brunch. we walk to get exercise. you don't see that happening here in columbia. >> darcy spencer, news 4 today. >> rick brooks the ceo of zumiez released a statement saying, quote, we're deeply saddened by the violence that has occurred within our store in the mall. he says the team is a tight knit community. our hearts go out to the families. counselling will be available to employees in the area. take a look at the map of the

mall. the gunman opened fire out side the zumiez skater store on the second level near the sears store. we hear it was challenging for first responders to get through the mall to the scene of the shooting. >> police spent all night in the small securing the scene. officers searched the mall store by store. it's standard procedure. at one point someone reported a beeping sound inside macy's. police first feared it could be an explosive but have since rule had the out. it's not clear when those evacuated can get back in to get their belongings. you'll see a the news conference live from news 4 today. if you have our nbc washington app, you know we brought you the breaking developments yesterday as they happened. if you don't have it, already, now is your chance to download it. get it on your smart phone. we'll send push alerts as the details emerge.

we want to check in with our news 4 team meteorologist amelia segal in for chuck bell. >> it's going to continue to give today. we're looking at another arctic blast to arrive later this week. beautiful sunshine out there now. however it is deceiving. a look at temperatures, many spots in the 20s. some locations still in the teens. 25 degrees is the temperature right now in washington. here's how temperatures will warm for the rest of the day. by 3:00, at 31 degrees. we hit the high of 32, 33 around 5:00 p.m. in the evening and overnight hours, temperatures remain steady for the most part. not going to see them get too cold tonight. low of only 29. for tomorrow, high temperature of 37 degrees. there's the chance of a quick rain or snow shower tomorrow. then an arctic blast arrives. i'll have more on this frigid air mass coming up in a little bit richard. >> thanks a lot amelia.

a church is holding a vigil for two girls, teresa french and emma lowe who were hit by a car walking. both were taken to a hospital close by. french died. lowe is in critical condition. the vigil will take place at 6:00 tonight. police are investigating that accident. fire officials are looking into what sparked a fire at a town hall. we've got video from chopper 4. you can see flames pouring off the roof. firefighters were able to contain the fire to the three homes in the complex. two people, including a firefighter, were treated for smoke inhalation. they're expected to be fine. a new store says it was hacked. the connection michaels says it has to the major security breach at target. we're keeping a look at the live picture from the columbia mall.

we are live at the columbia mall right now. we're expecting police to hold a news conference with new information on the shooting yesterday that left three people dead there inside the mall including the gunman. that news conference should start in about 20 minutes. we'll bring it to you live. in other news, a rockville man is facing second degree murder charges. he was arrested for the shooting death of 20-year-old purr vis. he was found near the corner of yuma a week ago. officials rushed him to the hospital where he later died. the west virginia plant responsible for the water crisis has a deadline of mid march to remove above ground tanks. the state governor order freedom

industries to get rid of 17 tanks and 1 million gallons of chemicals. the spill earlier this month cut off water to 300,000 people in the state. a popular retail chain could be dealing with a data breach similar to the one that stole information from target shoppers. the arts and crafts store michaels is investigating a possible data hack that could hack into customer's payment information. a fraudulent activity occurred at some stores. michaels teamed up with law enforcement and data security experts. no one has confirmed a problem. if confirmed michaels will join target and niemann marcus in the recent scandal. a defrocked pastor will take part in the speech. he was defrocked for performing a ceremony at his gay son's

wedding. the church said he could come back if he would vow never to do another same sex marriage ceremony. we are waiting for a news conference to start here. a lot of questions we're hoping to get answered. we're going to carry it live on news 4 today. >> we're going through the dispatch calls made minutes after the shots were fired at the mall. you'll hear the information police were able to gather almost immediately after the shooting happened. cold today, warmer tomorrow and then frigid tuesday. i'll be timing out the next arctic blast coming up.

live to howard county you can see they're setting up the podium where in about 15 minute or so we're going to get the latest about the columbia mall shooting. we expect police to release new information around 9:30. this comes after two people were killed inside of the mall. officers say the killer then shot and killed himself. watch for that news conference right here. we're going to carry it live as soon as it starts. meanwhile we do know when the first call for help came in, it took officers two minutes to get to the mall. >> we have gone through several dispatch calls to get a better idea of what the response looked like. david culver is here to share those calls. >> hey richard and angie. a mall full of shopper, you imagine dozens of calls poured

in to howard police and fire. we listened to dozens of those dispatches. this morning we have the clips of the urgency of yesterday's shooting. >> i have 40 calls on hold at the mall. we do have report of an active shooter in the mall. i do have reports of at least three down. >> six and a half minutes later, we heard police put out a call describing the gunman. >> now that call was describing a gunman inside the mall a male between 18 and 25. take a listen. you can hear it now. >> all unit at the mall. we have an update. number one male between 18 and 25. white tee shirt, white tank, khaki pants, last seen with a shotgun. >> we have shown you how

officers responded to the mall, the swat team in the so called hot zone. that's the second level of the mall above the food court. we have monitored that seen throughout the night. officers used search dogs to go in the mall just in case. they tell us it's standard procedure. >> thanks david. we are getting a look at what happened moments after the shooting. this is a video taken outside the mall from a cellphone. it appears to be a swat team walking cautiously towards the mall. police searched every store and bathroom inside the mall. this morning the people who were hurt during the shooting are recovering at home. howard county general hospital announced five had been treated and released. one of them was actually hit by a bullet.

one surffered a twisted ankle ad two others had seizures. >> stay with us for the latest developments. we're monstering the >> very cool. it feels like we've been living in an icebox any way. might as well.

>> we were wondering yesterday because we were getting relief with temperatures if that ice would hold up. obviously had no problem. >> no way the ice is going anywhere. high yesterday 35 degrees. we were around that for a couple of hours. anything that's frozen it's going to stay frozen quite some time. temperatures continue to remain below average. the good news this morning, beautiful sunshine across the area as we work into the afternoon hours. clouds will be increasing. current temperatures now generally teens and 20s. 25 manassas and warrenton and washington. the winds will be breezy at times throughout the day today. right now most areas are reporting calm winds. at times it will be breezy. we'll factor in a wind chill temperature. right now here's a look at the wind chill across the area. leaseburg 12 degrees, baltimore as well. minneapolis 15, culpeper feeling 25. on the satellite radar, notice snow leaving ohio making its way to west virginia as the system

moves towards the east. it's going to break up. by the afternoon hours here, we might get a few flurries from it. that would be all. other wise, like i said, plenty of clouds around today. high temperatures today in the low 30s. overnight tonight, look at near steady temperatures. not going to fall too much. won't be a frigid start tomorrow morning as you head to work. this is where we start future weather at 5:00. cloudy skies tomorrow. can't rule out isolated showers. future weather putting out rain morning and midday early afternoon hours. snow could mix in as well, only a 30% chance you see rain or snow at all tomorrow. otherwise, the high temperature of 35 degrees. the winds pick up tomorrow afternoon. it becomes breezy to windy. look at what happens to the temperatures. that rain chance is actually with a cold front that's moving through the area. so 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, that's when we're around our a

evening commute. now we're not talking rain or snow, but we are talking falling temperatures and falling quickly. by 5:00 p.m., the temperature in washington of 24 degrees. teens far out to the west. we continue to see the temperatures drop overnight. so tuesday morning, waking up to single digits in the suburbs. inside of the belt way, temperature on tuesday morning of only 12 degrees. it will continue to be breezy tuesday morning. when you factor in the winds, wind chill below 0. there could be delays and cancellations because of the cold tuesday morning. high tuesday only 17. maybe more delays and cancellations early wednesday. good news looks like friday and saturday in the low 40s. >> things looking up. >> yeah. we had to get through the cold first. >> thanks amelia. grammys are tonight. >> we're looking ahead to major award. the artists that wrapped up the

most nominations and the ones that we think got snubbed. >> oh well. and we're also watching this live picture from the columbia mall. three shot to death yesterday including the gunman. police are discuss the investigation, what they learned after scouring the scene overnight. that's expected in ten minutes. you'll hear it all here live. i'm mark murray. >> i'm do men co. the big event in politics tuesday night. president back oba giving the state of the union address. annual right of passage in politics. president barack obama is trying to regain footing after a tough 2013. >> no question about it. approval rating in the 40s. low point in his presidency. historians only give six to eight months to get anything done. didn't get much from the last state of the union address. >> it's never easy for a second term president especially one facing a divided congress.

one of the issues he's touching on is boosting the minimum wage, talking of income inequality, inme menation of health care law and ine

welcome back. we are just a few hours from the 56th annual grammy award.

it's promising to be a night of glitz, glam and music. >> we look behind the scenes to see who the big winners might be. >> jay-z comes in with the most nomination, nine. he's missing from the big three category, record, album and song of the year. best new artist battle is minus a big name. >> didn't include lorde who i'm being honest is my big break out pick. >> british song writers james blake and. also macklemore and ryan lewis. >> we've managed to connect with a broad base of fans by though the only delivers songs that stick in your head but by making songs mien something. >> and the some "same love" nominated for song of the year up against royal by perry and

"locked out of heaven." >> i might go with bruno mars "locked out of heaven." >> that rates along with "royals" competing with radio act hiv and two songs featuring ferrell, robin things blur blinds and the punk groove get lucky. >> that song is from the album of the year random access memories. it includes the heist, unrest from sarah and red from taylor swift. >> the first surprise is the absence of justin timberlake and bruno mars. >> rock-n-roll royalty could be among the winners. the rolling stones go up against paul mccartney for best rock song. rafael seth, nbc news.

our coverage of the shooting at the columbia mall continues next. people trapped inside told us where they hid until police arrived. we're waiting

any minute now, howard county police will be going in front of the cameras here at a

podium to release new information on the deadly shooting inside the columbia mall yesterday. officers are expected to begin this news conference at 9:30. any second now. as soon as it begins we'll carry that conference live. good morning everyone. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. right now this is what we know about the victims. they worked at the skater store called zumiez. one of the victims is this guy, 25-year-old tyler johnson who recently moved to mount airy from ellicott city. the other is 21-year-old brianna benlolo from college park. she worked as the store manager. her grandfather tells the associated press she had a 2-year-old son and that was her first job since giving birth. this is said about the man said opened fire in the mall. investigators have identified him. they believe he took his own life. there are plenty of questions about what he planned to do that we hope are answered at the news

conference in a matter of minutes. next to his body, police found a bag with two crudely built explosive devices they think were made with fireworks. both were disabled. it had police scrambling looking over the mall with canine units. the. >> gunman started shooting a little more after the mall opened for the day. officers were on the scene in less than two minutes. sadly the damage was already done. the gunman fired as many as ten shots. the shooter's motive is still unknown. perhaps we'll get insight shortly. police have not confirmed whether the shooting was random or related to a domestic situation. the shooting happened a little after the mall opened. several were inside and heard the shots. >> one man described exactly what he saw. >> one man over a person. they were trying to shelter or

revive the person. looks right across, in front of the mcdonald's, somebody was laying. >> others say they heard the gunshots. they say it was complete chaos as shoppers ran to safety. some hid in stores, storage areas and dressing rooms until it was safe to come out. we talked to a mall employee who works at a child's salon, lauren steepleton. she explains her story. >> it was chaos, completely crazy. everybody started running, screaming. i almost passed out because i couldn't breathe from running and screaming. i didn't know what to do. >> steamton said she found a place to hide in a back stairwell that had several kids aged between two months old to five years. she says they had people block the stairwell door and another

door. after an hour or so they were given the green light they could leave. >> as word spread, people began to pray for victims and their families. a small candlelight vigil last night held outside the small despite the cold temperatures. they remembered the victims, brianna benlolo and tyler johnson. receive alerts on the your smart phone. we'll send push alerts as soon as the news conference starts. mic sure you have the news 4 app. go to nbc washington and search on the app store and google play if you have an android phone. looks like the arctic capital hill is sticking around. we want to check in with amelia filling in for chuck. good many. >> hi angie. a cold day of 32 degrees. colder air arriving later monday into early tuesday. another arctic blast. dangerously cold temperatures slated tuesday and wednesday mornings. right now our temperature the is

25 degrees. good news, the winds are calm. how it feels outside, well same as the air temperature. it's feeling 25 degrees. it will be breezy throughout the day at times. you definitely need to bundle up as you head out on this sunday. clouds increasing throughout the day. getting into the afternoon hours, mostly cloudy. 32 degrees for a high temperature. adams morgan today 32, 31 upper marlboro. high tomorrow of 37 degrees with a chance of a rain or snow shower. then cold air moves in monday morning. a high tuesday of 17 degrees. let's walk you through future temperatures monday. that rain or snow shower comes with a cold front. that clears the area monday a afternoon. here we are at 2:00. look at temperatures as the

front makes its way through the area. by 5:00, the evening commute, it will be dry at that point. temperatures will be in the low 20s. temperatures continue to fall overnight on into the teens. there will be at least a wind chill advisory tuesday and wednesday morning. we could see school delays and cancellations because of that. the good news is that it looks like temperatures will finally start to return to more normal levels next friday and saturday. angie? >> all right amelia. thank you so much. new this morning we found out the victim in the deadly shooting in arundel. county police tell us anna isabel was found dead shot near the corner of bay drive. police officers say the incident does not appear to be a random shooting. officials saying the taliban bombing killed two people and injured two dozen more on a bus

this morning. two of the dead were military. the other two were civilians. according to police, the bomber waited on foot for the bus to arrive before setting off the explosives. >> let's go live to the news conference getting underway with the latest information on the deadly shooting yesterday. let's listen in. >> we'll take as many questions as we can and share with you what we know and try to give additional updates throughout the day. at hdcp news on twitter we'll post updates throughout the day. >> thank y'all for coming out this morning. couple of announcement, i want to thank chief mcman and our team here, law enforcement family for wonderful work, heroism, bravery. we have identified the shooter. the chief will be giving that information and the specifics of the investigation that went

throughout the night last night and is ongoing this morning. i want to again thank our men and women in law enforcement. we train for these things. we provide them resources to do their jobs, but train as good different than responding to an active shooter incident. what i saw yesterday really made me incredibly proud of men and women that risk their lives to keep the rest of us safe. within two minutes they were here at the mall rushing into the scene. obviously a terrible tragic, sad, scary day for our community and our hearts and prayers and thoughts go out to the victims and their families. to their loved ones. als saw a yesterday that made me proud to be county executive here in howard county. i saw story after story of people grabbing children and loved ones and taking them to back rooms of stores and locking

the doors and huddling together. people just showing compassion and support for their fellow citizen, complete strangers. out of these moments of tragedy, you know, we look for a silver lining. the one thing i ask is that everybody take a moment today whether that is while you're worshipping or a private moment with your family or by yourself and let's rededicate ourselves to doing what we can to make this world a little bit of a better place. there's a lot of things in this world we can't control. we can have a discussion after we know more about the shooter and the motive. there will be plenty of time for a broader public discussion after we know more. the one we can do is love our loved ones and rededicate ourselves to making the world a better place.

we're better than this. we have a strong, rezil ent wonderful community in howard county. we're going to to continue to show that everyday. i want to thank the columbia mall and management and their partnership working with us. they're working hard to be open earlier than tuesday. there will be updates about the mall schedule and the schedule regarding -- the chief will give information about that. led a wonderful, dedicated, brave group of men and women over the last 24 hours or so. thank you. >> thank you mr. executive. thank you all for your patience. we know you have a tremendous

number of questions in this case. in many ways they're the same questions we have. i'm going to do my best to answer as many as i can. from the beginning -- before i get into that, let me thank our community. you know the mall is a very important part of this community. it's more than just an economic entity. it really is the main street for columbia and one of the things howard county is known for. we know the impact when the mall shuts down. the impact not economically but psychologically. we appreciate the support from the community as we deal with us. we thank you all being patient with us as we try to get your questions answered so we can provide answers to our community. again, thank you. and obviously the men and women of the police department as county executive pointed out. it's not just the howard county

police department. we've had a tremendous amount of assistance and continue to have that from a variety of agencies, local, state, federal. as the executive pointed out, this is what we train for. that training has paid off in many ways in this incident. what can i update you on since last time we spoke? we have been very, very busy overnight accomplishing a number of things. let me run those by you. first of all, i'm going to identify our shooter as darion marcus aguilar. he's 19 years old. he lives at 4704 hollywood road in college park. it took us a while to identify him. as you know we were concerned

about when initial officers came upon him seeing ammunition on him. we were concerned he had booby trapped himself. those concerns were born out. i'll talk about that in a minute. it took us a while to identify him. we were able to use technology and robots from other agencies, get his identification. then we had to verify that. obviously we wanted to make notification to his family. so darion marcus. we do not have any type relationship verified at this point between him and either of the victims. we can't establish there is or is not one. that's an open question. we know that's an important piece of information our community is interested if. we just don't know that. we are working to find that out

now. we know one of our victims also lived in college park. we don't know if there's connection there or if that's koins dental. we're working hard to establish whether there's a relationship or not. that will certainly help us to identify the next big question which is why this happened. we don't have the answers to those questions at this point. please bear in mind we're at 22 hours since this happened. we've gotten a lot accomplished. we have a lot of questions we're working on. we served a search warrant at that address late last night early this morning. we recovered evidence including ammunition. we seized computers, documents, things that we will be going through over the next hours and days.

the weapon used in the shooting was a mossburg 12 gauge shotgun. it appears it was purchased at montgomery county in december. we're running down details on that purchase. we announced last night we found a backpack with homemade devices consisting of flash powder and household items. they were not very sophisticated. with the help of our colleagues with the fbi, state fire marshal, we were able to render those devices safe which allowed us to then proceed with the rest

of the investigation. as you know because of those found devices that we were able to render safe, we did have concerns about did he leave anything else in the small? standard protocol and make sure everything is safe. we tried in two ways. number one through the great coordination by a number of agencies throughout the region. we had almost 20 explosive detection canine teams in the mall. they divide them up into areas. that's a very tedious and time consuming process. they were able to go through all the common areas of the mall, all the stores. we did not find any indication of anymore explosive devices. while that was taking place working with the mall officials we were reviewing video tape,

surveillance tape from the mall. we were able to find our shooter. he was dropped off at the mall by cab at 10:15 on the upper level by the carousel, if you're familiar with the mall. he had limited movement within that time. he was dropped off around 10:15. the reports of the shooting come in around 11:15. we know he went downstairs. then we saw him come back upstairs. that's when the shooting began. he had a limited -- we're confident he had a limited amount of movement in the mall from the time he got there at 10:15 to the time the shooting took place at 11:15. there was between six to eight shots fired. we're still working to determine

exactly where all those shots went. obviously we have two victims deceased. the shooter is deceased. we also have the mall patron who was down stairs in the eatery under where this store is, where the shooting took place, that had a shotgun wound to the foot. we're still trying to determine how that happened. in terms of the crime scene, after we were able to render the building safe and secure and had our concerns alleviated about more explosive devices, we were able to get our crime scene technicians in working with the office of the metal examiner and were able to finish our crime scene investigation. we wrapped that up about 2:00 this morning. we were able to turn the interior of the mall back over to the columbia mall officials so they can start the process of what it takes to reopen the

mall. our work with the mall will continue. our work will continue. obviously we want to find out why this occurred. we want to find out if there's relationship between the shooter and our victims. the mall as executive mentioned is closed today. the mall will open no later than tuesday. they are working very, very diligently to get that mall open earlier than that. ourselves and the mall will provide more detail as those decisions are made. couple of important things making place today that public will be interested in. put yourself in the picture of being at the columbia mall saturday morning when a shooting takes place. a lot of people left, dropped what they had, sheltered in place. for people that left personal items in the common areas of the mall, not the stores, but the

common areas of the mall. they will have the opportunity to pick that property up between 12:00 and 5:00 today at 30 corporate center, pnc building over there. the columbia mall has a hotline for people interested. 4107303302. this is for customers of the mall who left belongings in the common area of the mall. for tenants of the mall, the business owners mall, expect to receive communication from mall management later this morning about when you will be able to get in your stores to begin addressing the needs that you have in your stores. we are also working at both of those opportunities when people come back in. we're working to have grief

counselors on site. we know this is a traumatic event in people's lives. for those that witnessed some of this or didn't witness it but were still involved at the mall when this happened, it can be pretty traumatic. we are working to have some initial grief counselling services available as people come in to pick up their property and again later in the day as we start letting tenants in. when the mall does reopen, we'll insure we have a strong police presence here so people feel comfortable and safe shopping here. we understand as i said before, the columbia mall is a very unique place in the county. it's not just an economic sin instituti

institution. it's a place of community. we understand that. we are work closely with the mall officials to allow them to reopen as quickly as we can. that's the new information i have to share. i'll take a few questions. >> chief, what more can you tell us about the shooter? >> we're still tracking all that down. he's a 19-year-old young man lived in college park. to this point we don't see a significant record to cause us concern to lead us to wonder why this happened i don't know if he's a student. >> did his parents say he showed violence? >> i don't know that. [ inaudible question ] explosive devices we found in the backpack. we had the concern when we originally found the shooter. he still had ammunition on his person. we were concerned he might have

had a booby trap on hi he did not on him. rerecovered the backpack. we took our time to make sure it was searched and safe. >> how were you able to identify the gunman in the video? >> it's not clear at this point. we're still reviewing that to determine that. he did have a backpack. i mention had the. there's many different types of shotguns. >> do we know who purchased the gun? >> he did. that's my understanding. >> was there any note left behind? >> not that i'm aware of, no, ma'am. >> was that identification on the body? >> there was. we needed to identify and did that through other means. >> could the shooter live near the female victim in college park? >> i'm not sure. they're both in college park.

>> chief, did he live alone? >> he lived with at least his mother. >> was there altercation before the shooting? >> that's the -- we're still trying to determine that. again, we're only 22 hours into this. we have a lot of work to do, a lot of interviews to do. you know, two families are grieving the loss of their loved ones in this. we're being respectful of that. we need to interview family members and establish if there's a connection and what triggered this. >> what was he wearing? did employees recognize him at the zumiez store? what was he wearing? >> i don't know what he was wearing. >> just regular clothing? >> didn't seem to be anything that would cause concern. >> did the employees recognize him? >> i'm not aware of that.

[ inaudible question ] >> i don't have a good feel for that. it's a fairly small store and contained -- there are a number of witnesses we're talking to. that's all the information i have for that. >> do you know if he has a criminal record? >> i don't know that, no. [ inaudible question ] will there be additional security measures taken? >> we'll be here as we have been until this incident is resolved and we can reopen the mall. once the mall reopens, we'll insure we're supporting small security in efforts to make sure this is a safe place. i can't answer questions about enhanced security measures by the mall itself. [ inaudible question ] i don't know those answers. detectives are working to interview. i appreciate those. i appreciate your time and patience. as sherry said, stay tuned to our twitter and facebook

account. we'll update as quick as we can as we get information. thank you. >> is there another press conference? >> we have been listening live to howard county police chief william mcman has he provides information on the columbia shooter. he identified the gunman darion marcus aguilar as the shooter. >> when asked if there's relation to the victims, the only thing he could say is one of the victims, brianna is from college park as well as the shooter. he is from college park. we want to show you a picture. one of the revealing things -- actually we're going back live to the news conference. >> keep tabs on our at this timer -- our twitter feed. we'll keep you posted.

>> we've been getting a lot of information from them. they disclosed also the type of escape with, a 12 gauge shotgun, a moss berg purchased in december in montgomery county. no information if that was legally purchased yet. that's part of the investigation going on. >> here's a picture of what the shot gun looks like. the police chief believes six to eight shots were fired during this time. they say darion walked into the mall, dropped off by a cap, an hour before the first shots were fired. it ended with two victims. 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson who were killed. the shooter then turned the gun on himself. the question before, is there a relationship between the two? the only thing he could indicate is two of the people are from the same city. >> also the backpack the gunman

had, homemade devices. seemed like he may have put this together in his own home. they did discover that and had to check the entire mall to make sure nothing else was left behind. >> they were quick to identify the victims. he said one of the main reasons it took so long to give i.d. to the shooters, with so much am know and device in the backpack, they had to bring in a robot to do that to be able to identify him. once everything was safe and sound, they were able to release that information. >> let's repeat the information for anyone at the mall. we're hearing that anyone who left items in the common areas of the columbia mall as they rushed to get out they can pick them up at the pnc. 4107303302 is the hotline set up. we'll post that on our website.

nbcwashington.com. the mall opening tuesday. maybe earlier but at least by tuesday. >> they're going to work hard to get it open earlier. they said once it opens, once doors are open, you can look forward to an increased police presence. they want to make sure everybody that shops and works there feels safe after that. we heard from the howard county executive ken holeman who reminded officers train for things like this. it's a different scene once they have to respond. what he saw yesterday, in his words was incredible bravery. he says this is a time of reflection, a time for us to rededicate ourselves to finding a way to make the world a better place. >> also people going into depressing rooms, stairwell, hiding, running for their lives. we're approaching 10:00 now. we have derrick ward at the columbia mall. we're going to check in with him as information comes in. stay with us. more of news 4 today right after this. can you see us? are you there?

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