centennial boulevard, colorado springs.he police and fire department responding to the call right now. and police are warning -- let me repeat -- the area is not secure. they're telling media, in fact, to stay away. again, reports of an active shooter in colorado springs. so with what we know, which, again, is not very much, art roderick is on the phone with me, cnn law enforcement analyst and former u.s. marshal. so art, we don't know much, but when you hear active shooter situation here, and we know fire, you know, ems, police are responding, what are the first few steps in terms of securing this area and keeping people safe? >> well, brooke, this is an absolute nightmare scenario for law enforcement. i mean, this is black friday. this is happening in downtown colorado springs. i'm sure there's a bunch of people out there shopping, trying to get in on the christmas deals, which makes it all the more difficult for law enforcement to secure that area. so i think the first thing they're going to have to do, obviously, is mak

>> this is a shopping complex in centennial boulevard. they closed off garden of gods -- >> what is that? >> it's at fillmore. so, you know, like any other day and everyone else is off from thanksgiving area, this is a busy area and now shut off. >> what is garden of gods? what is that? >> garden of the gods is a gorgeous park of red rocks. gorgeous. and people go out there for hikes and to take pictures if they're visiting colorado springs. really beautiful. and it is a big tourist spot in the colorado springs area. >> okay. that's interesting. let's go back to jim cavanaugh. kyle, thank you very much. let's go back to jim cavanaugh and heard from local government that tweeted active shooter situation is still very much in progress. i have to ask you, from a law enforcement standpoint, the advent of live television news and live pictures, how does that affect a police response? >> we're always conscious in the police of whether or not the adversary, the bad guy, can see your movements on tv. usually that's in a fixed spot. of course, wit

when i came on scene, centennial boulevard was closed from the garden of the gods site. i had to drive around to get where i am right now. i cannot confirm or deny. i have not seen anything other than police officers holding machine guns at this corner and planning out their next move. >> all right, cod -- kody, i may have to ask your help to navigate something that couple in. we have amateur video from people, and you can see people -- look at that in the background, people running to safety if you look closeliful this is our first look at this together. you see the person's name to the left upper side of the screen who would have taken this. everybody's got their own device now and so we see things sometimes from the perspective of eye witnesses. it looks to me, there were quite a few people, maybe in this area. i don't know if they were in those restaurants, the shops you mentioned. today is not technically a holiday so schools are not session but a lot of people out shopping. >> reporter: absolutely. it's black friday. it's your typical black friday type of shopping

she's inside a super cuts on centennial boulevard that has been shut down.be your situation. >> i don't know if it's something wrong with the phones, but i keep having a guy and a girl talk to me. so if i get confused -- >> it's just me now. my name is melissa. >> um, okay. pretty much, we were sitting down on the chairs and then we saw -- we saw two cop cars driving by really fast. so of course, we were like, whoa, what the heck is going on? so we got up and we looked outside and it was almost immediately we heard gun shots. >> how many, do you think? >> oh, easily over 20. >> really? >> easy. there was a lot. and so my brother-in-law is a police officer. so i immediately called him. and, you know, he was off, and he's just like, calm down, it's okay. and i was on the phone with him, still looking outside, and i saw an officer fall to the ground right after i heard a gunshot. i guess later it was confirmed that he was shot in the hand. so that's good, if it's true. and then we just watched and saw yelling and more cop cars pulling up and more gun shots. and

the planned parenthood on centennial boulevard in colorado springs.t spoke to a witness who told us that a police officer in the process of telling them to shelter in place said that someone was shooting outside from out of one of the windows at that planned parenthood past that chase bank you're looking at the map right now. that comes from a witness who heard it directly from a police officer. again, police still encountering gunfire there. at least six people transported to hospitals right now. joining me on the phone is ron hosko, assistant director of the fbi's criminal investigations division. and, ron, the two key pieces of information right now police telling us they're still encountering gunfire. and before we heard that they told us they could not tell us where the shooter was. >> well, john, you're defining the difficulty of some of these situations that police arrive on every day. where the initial information is confusing, it's conflicting. here is this somebody angry with planned parenthood that's come into that establishment? is it rela

shooting.the number of civilian casualties remains unclear.police say the area near the city's centennial boulevard is not secure, and that people should avoid the area.those already in that area are being asked to stay put in nearby stores. the incident is near an office of planned parenthood, but it's unknown whether what happened has anything to do with the organization. 3 brain tumors are some of the hardest types of cancer to treat.but coming up after the break in tonight's healthwatch... we'll look at a new treatment that attacks the cancer *directly* 3 "you're watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14... with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 a new clinical trial is giving hope to people with a highly aggressive type of brain cancer.patients in the experiment are getting a chemotherapy drug delivered directly into their tumors. 3 chris and laura amundsen (a- mund-sin) sped up their wedding after chris received devastating news.the 37 year old has an often fatal brain cancer called glioblastoma. (glee-oh-blast-oh-muh)sot: (

morning, we received a call for shot fired at the planned parenthood, in the 4800 become of centennial boulevard. >> heavily armed tactical police rushed the scene, a shopping center where they confronted the shooter and the standoff began. with with police and the suspect firing at each other. >> i've been shot, wear pinned down, we're getting active gun fire. >> five other officers wounded by the gunman and taken to area hospitals. >> we have seen a lot of bravery this morning. aamazing how first responders came together today and worked well and efficiently today, but on the whole it's still a tragedy. >> the suspect was armed with an ak-47. i it took hours, possibly days to process the whole crime scene. >>> new at 11:00. as the sixers drop their 17th straight game to start the season, there is more trouble off the court for rookie jal okaf or. he had a gun pointed at him. this video shows okafor pointing a gun at a man. this gun incident just coming to light, but it happened earlier this fall, right? >> john gonzalez had a gun pulled on him during an altercation at an old city nightclub. wi

. >> teams rushed to the shopping center on centennial boulevard, and at least three officers were injured in the shoot-out. police say an unknown number of bystanders have been hurt. officers went door to door placing nearby businesses on lockdown telling employees and customers to stay put while the situation unfolded. the colorado springs police department said on twitter there are an unknown number of casualties. the situation is changing moment by moment. >> there are a lot of possibilities with this scenario. as i said, it is very active and we are working our way through it. >> police say the gunman appeared to have appear gun and it's unclear if he is acting alone. >> we will have the latest on our washington app, and at 11:00. >>> also a developing story in chicago. police have released more dash cam footage from a deadly police shooting but critics say the video is still not enough. the latest video shows the officer following the 17-year-old through a parking lot. minutes later van dyke shot the teenager 16 times. today hundreds of protesters march down michigan avenue blocking

. >> cspd has an active shooter. 3480 centennial boulevard. >> reporter: police get the first 911 calls at 11:38 a.m. >> holy cow. oh, my god. >> reporter: an active shooter inside the planned parenthood building armed with a rifle. outside ozy licano just dropped off friends when the gunman aimed at him. >> he looked directly at my face and he was aiming for my head. i could see it in his eyes. >> reporter: he was cut by flying glass but the bullets missed. >> we're taking fire. got two hit. >> reporter: police officers coming to help were shot. one, 44-year-old garrett swasey, a married father of two, did not survive. this morning a procession escorting the fallen officer from the scene. >> the suspect has fired upon our officers inside the building. >> reporter: around 115 officers joined by federal agents from the atf and fbi swarm in. the scene erupting into a gun battle. nearby shoppers and businesses under lockdown. >> for all i knew, someone was coming our way. so that was really scary while i was fumbling. that was the most terrifying moment of my life. >> reporter: starting at

we understand centennial boulevard which is where the planned parenthood office was, portions of it remain closed. what more do you know about how this is impacting colorado spring, the town, how people are able to get around and about and how they can resume to some normal normalcy? >> frederica, this is a densely populated area, it's in northwest colorado springs. it's about two blocks behind me. in this area there's shopping centers, homes, open spaces, this is densely populated so we have a king's supers, we have numerous other stores attached to the king's supers and this shut down. this goes north and south, fill mortar goes east and west. there's a lot of traffic. now we have fill mortar east and west continuing to be a major thoroughfare but behind me probably about 20 blocks that is still shut down. remember, this is still an active crime scene behind me. >> i spoke with one woman yesterday who was an eyewitness who crouched in her vehicle when the shooting was taking place and she said that grocery store that she was in the parking lot of is one she would frequent all the time bu

received a call for service of shots fired in the area of the planted parenthood 3400 block of centennial boulevardwe had officers respond to the scene. when officers arrived, they did encounter active gunfire. >> reporter: teams of police rushed to the shopping center, police confronted the shooter, at least three officers were injured in the shootout. police say an unknown number of bystanders have also been hurt. officers went door to door placing nearby businesses on lockdown, telling employees and customers to stay put while the situation unfolded. the colorado springs police department said on twitter there are an unknown number of causalities. the situation is changing moment by moment. >> possibility of hostages? >> there is that possibility. there are a lot of possibilities in this scenario. as i said, it is very active and we are working our way through it. >> reporter: police say the gunman appeared to have a long gun, it's not clear if he was acting alone or what his motive was. chris pollone, nbc news, new york. >>> back here at home, philly firefighters installed dozens of smoke alarm

. >> they live down here in this neighborhood on centennial boulevard.hey've been coming out, again, asking us to see what we know. you can tell. this is much more relaxed than it's been. we've seen people walking down the street and driving down the street. that's the first time that's happened in four hours. obviously, things are getting a little more relaxed. you can see, officers are still out here with their weapons at the ready. but not quite as poised as they have been all day. a little bit more relaxed atmosphere. if you can even call it that. well, looks like he's going to take his position back up just as a precaution. that other officer now walking down the street towards us. so, again, this is just changing down here all the time. i mean, this is where all the homeowners are. and you have to think they're just staging here. just in case a worst-case scenario. god forbid, whatever that might be happened that they would be ready in this neighborhood section of colorado springs. again, this situation down here where i am is changing. and we've s

they blocked this off probably about a quarter mile stretch of centennial boulevard.that off to all civilian traffic. >> let me ask you one thing. you confirmed now that two officers are injured. when you say the danger is back there behind that area, what's back there? is that the planned parenthood buildi ing building? >> no. it's a little bit farther north of my location. it's almost its own separate parking lot. your normal kind of shopping center. the planned parenthood is north of there. >> so, the danger is in a separate area than what we've been reporting a planned parenthood clinic? >> it's all in the same location. it seems as if it's moved from the north part of that parking lot rk lot, the north part of the parking center. >> i want to you this here, we talked to a woman earlier who was holed up in a beauty supply store. it's 2:45 eastern right now. that's 12:45 there in colorado springs mountain time. as you think about this, we're told this began around 11:45 when our first eyewitness reported a couple of dozen shots fired. she's heard before the police