and alex vazquez, our nbc 4 photographer told us that at least six people were piled in to a pickup truck. in fact, this is a shot of that pickup truck right after the shooting started. these six victims were simply put in the back and shuttled to safety because the first responders hadn't yet made it to the scene. that's how quickly this all unfolded this morning. just after 11:04, the first reports of shots fired coming in. let's listen in. if you see this, ryan, call me, let me know that you and your brother are okay, so i can get word back to the family. everybody's worried about you guys out there. >> so difficult. awaiting word from loved ones. some families were luckier than others in being able to receive text messages from those trapped inside. people were able to get outside and make it to safety. but still a number of people trying to reunite with their relatives. >> you know, with all that has happened in the world, a lot of people jumped to the conclusion or want to know immediately if this was, in fact, a terrorist act committed by one of the overseas groups. as we heard fro

i want to go now to alex vazquez, a cameraman for knbc who has been on the scene all day and who has captured some of the most harrowing footage we have seen. alex, thank you very much for being with us. >> reporter: good evening, rachel. >> what's your location now and what's your understanding of how this story is continuing to evolve right now in terms of this being a live scene, alex? >> reporter: rachel, i'm on the south end of the actual crime scene, on the south end of the building. the way this played out, i happened to be out -- i cover the inland empire, for riverside county and san bernardino county. i was about two miles away when i heard the initial call on the police scanner. the calls started coming of an active shooter inside a building, people have been shot. i immediately drove my news van to the scene. and as i got here and got my camera is when i started hearing gunshots. i heard a couple shots go off and i started running towards the building. by the time t go there, there was already people running from the building who had been shot. they were basically collapsi

and alex vazquez, our nbc 4 photographer told us that at least six people were piled in to a pickup truck. in fact, this is a shot of that pickup truck right after the shooting started. these six victims were simply put in the back and shuttled to safety because the first responders hadn't yet made it to the scene. that's how quickly this all unfolded this morning. reports of shots fired coming in. let's listen in. >> he's in there, his brother. if you see this, ryan, call me, let me know that you and your brother are okay, so i can get word back to the family. everybody's worried about you guys out there. >> so difficult. awaiting word from loved ones. some families were luckier than others in being able to receive text messages from those trapped inside. people were able to get outside and make it to safety. but still a number of people trying to reunite with their relatives. >> you know, with all that has happened in the world, a lot of people jumped to the conclusion or want to know immediately if this was, in fact, a terrorist act committed by one of the overseas groups. as we heard

alex vazquez is the camera operator for knbc, he's been on the scene all day, he joins us now by phoneex, where are you now? what is the situation there now? >> well, right now i'm at the command post where they're basically holding news conferences, about every hour and a half. and we're awaiting some new information to be given to us at about 10:00 our time here. they're going to hopefully reveal a little bit more about the suspects involved in this horrific situation. >> and, alex, you were there for some of the evacuation of this center, capturing some of the very early video of what happened there. how confusing a scene was it to arrive at? >> well, it was absolutely chaotic, best word to give you. when i got here, i grabbed my camera and just heard gunshots. i heard three gunshots, then i was about a block and a half away from the actual buildings. and i saw people by the time i ran up there, i saw a lot of people running from the building, screaming, yelling. for help. and i -- you know as a journalist, it's tough because you try to separate yourself from the story. and you try

rapid fire shots, my photographer alex vazquez says rapid fire shots, they're talking about rapid fire shots, which goes along with what happened here with witnesses that we talked to who say that they saw three armed men with armor, with masks, with long guns, possibly assault rifles, we did know they were long rifles of some sort and there was a flurry of shot being fired that were heard from witnesses that we talked to who thought there was a gun range back here in their river bed. but it want. it was that tragedy happening inside that building that you could probably not see from where our vantage point is right now because it is so far away. we are being kept far away from there. the reason being, it's an enormous crime scene. once again, let's get back to the beginning just within the past ten minutes. >> tony, we're just looking, a pickup truck justice drove right through the middle of this, turned the corner and kept going. it was the most incredulous thing i think i've ever seen, turned between the suspect vehicle and the two black and whites on the corner there. >> reporter:

and alex vazquez, our nbc 4 photographer told us that at least six people were piled in to a pickup truck. in fact, this is a shot of that pickup truck right after the shooting started. these six victims were simply put in the back and shuttled to safety because the first responders hadn't yet made it to the scene. that's how quickly this all unfolded this morning. just after 11:04, the first reports of shots fired coming in. let's listen in. >> he's in there, his brother. if you see this, ryan, call me, let me know that you and your brother are okay, so i can get word back to the family. everybody's worried about you guys out there. >> so difficult. awaiting word from loved ones. some families were luckier than others in being able to receive text messages from those trapped inside. people were able to get outside and make it to safety. but still a number of people trying to reunite with their relatives. >> you know, with all that has happened in the world, a lot of people jumped to the conclusion or want to know immediately if this was, in fact, a terrorist act committed by one of the o

. >> that being rolled by our photographer on the scene alex vazquez. obviously still trying to process that -- what happened, as she's being ushered out of that building. >> we're getting more information about the situation in pasadena. nbc 4 reporter gaudy schwartz says a perimeter is being set up near waterman small. we know it's fair oakes, and this could be related to the -- an active shooter situation taking place here in. >> we're also getting word that u.s. marshals are being dispatched. the waterman discount mall is north waterman avenue, east olive street is to the north and 9th street to the south. it's near roberts 4r789 tear as well as sierra high school. >> a lot of schools in that area. >> so, again, that there, a second scene from our nbc 4's gaudy schwartz. >>> that's a center that helps those with develop at disabilities. there are 21 of these regional centers throughout california, helping about 240,000 people across the state. we are told this particular regional center hess 30,000 xwlints and more than 600 employees at the center.