>> The new information being released right now about the shooting on base at air station
Pensacola let’s listen and let
me say for those of you locally
if you have no business over on
this part of Warrington please
do not come over here
everything is
closed down.
>> We will continue to have our
own police officers with the
sheriff’s officers. Keeping
people from over here at this
particular time so if you don’t
have business over here.
Please do not come over to the
side of town.
But again thank you very much
for the opportunity to be here
and
just express how are our
condolences and
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our for those here at at the
Naval Air station.
>> Good morning, everyone I’m
standing County sheriff, David
Morgan.
At approximately
6 51 this The call went out to
the US candy County Sheriff’s
office central dispatch
there was an active shooter on
the Naval Air station Pensacola
we had 2 immediately respond
know many to come behind of
course.
While we would love to do a
full disclosure with you this
morning about everything that
we are aware of quite obviously
we cannot do that there are
things that we are now in the
investigative process that are
required to be held back by not
just this game to County
Sheriff’s office. But our lead
federal agencies which of
course of the FBI and the ATF.
And the Associated federal
partners that we have and the
US attorney’s office is also
present is the mayor said I
want to assure our community
that the.
The threat has
been negated. Our community a
secure at this time. We have no
reason to believe
or are we looking for any
additional shooters within us
candy County, not just within
the parameters of in a S
Pensacola I would tell this
strikes home particularly hard
for me as a retired military
member. Walking through
the crime scene was like being
on the set of
a movie and as the mayor
eloquently put you just don’t
expect this to happen at home.
This doesn’t happen us candy
County it doesn’t happen in
Pensacola it doesn’t happen too
our friends and neighbors who
are members of the United
States Navy.
And so for now we’re here to pick up the pieces we have 2 officers at the US candy County
Sheriff’s office, an initial
response that negated the
threat there now a in a local
hospital. We expect him to
fully recover. It was a member
of the US candy County
Sheriff’s office that did
negate the threat I will share
that with you it was one of our
officers that did that is the
captain said we have a today or
excuse me as of right now we do
have 4 deceased. And
approximately 8 total that
includes the ones that have
deceased by the way that are
that
are injured. The crime scene
processing continues under the
auspices of the FBI and the
ATF. We’re lending all local
assistance that we have to this
effort. Everything from command
buses to you know crime scene a
Tex if they are so needed.
We asked for the prayers of the
community and we asked for the
assistance of the press please
be patient.
These things are ever
evolving you may hear a
misstatement from one of us at
this juncture.
Why because we’ve got a lot of
moving parts in this machine
and we’re all trying to get
in sync and so if something
comes back later that we have
to correct I would ask that you
not be overly critical.
The reason I say that as this
is we have grieving families at
this moment
that the Navy now with their
grief counselors and with our
city us candy County Sheriff’s
office. We’re going out to
handle the human side of a
police action. We need your
assistance with that we need
your partnership at this point
and we have enough critics in
our community. We ask that you
assist us.
So if we reach out to use a
member of the press and asked
for that assistance. I ask that
you come forward with it.
At that time at this juncture I
will stop and I believe captain
can sell wants to open up for
questions. I will answer any
questions that we can.
And before open for questions I
just want to say publicly how
grateful we are for the
assistance from.
>> The sheriff’s Department as
the sheriff said.
It was a quote from his couple
of his deputies that
neutralized the the active
shooter.
That could be a lot worse if we
didn’t have the response that
we did for my local partners.
So Sir thank you.
Thank you for your support also this is a this is a community effort. And so the questions it
was the shooter, the military
person.
I’m going to talk about the the
the identity of the shooter at
this time served.
>> Can we talk about where on
base it happened. Yes it
happened in the O one of our
classroom buildings.
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But I don’t say this time because it’s good there’s a lot of worried folks out there
don’t know what it was and
where there people working on I
don’t necessarily work folks.
But this time so that’ll come
in time, how’s the process of
notifying them.
Again I would we’re working
through it we’re working
through that I’d appreciate
question work. The work is what
is best we can to make sure
that the right people know what
the right time. We don’t do it
through the media. We know
where the officers
time that we should you know we
do that they that’s what you
want to come.
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Yeah, the 2 deputies initially the the suspect was shot in the arm.
>> And one was shot in the
knee, someone is shot in the
arm is being treated at a local
hospital and one was shot in
the knee is currently
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in surgery. Both expected to
survive.
>> What was the response
time from when the shots first
rang out 2.
You know when when the deputies
in games isn’t that the
>> But I can tell you we have a
precinct we got the cause as
sheriff Morgan mentioned
about 9 minutes before 7
o’clock and we had officers
here within just a couple of
minutes. They quickly went to
the location as the captain
said the building in which the
active
shooter was and getting it
covered a couple different
floors, this is a rather large
building. The deputies and
those assisting agencies from
the pen school Police
Department FHP fdle and all
that you see around here.
Worked in conjunction to
neutralize the threat and
that’s why they would or a loss
of life. What is your name.
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She checked the site and then on this on the cheap deputy from sheriff’s office along
with the engagement that whole
time.
>> Again our have the exact
numbers back that did cover 2
from that one building a
sheriff mentioned when you get
into the scene
like that. It is a bit like a
movie because you have spent
shell casings
all over. But the first thing
you want to do is is to make
sure that the threat is no
longer a threat the neutralize
that threat
and then secondarily what you
want to to present a to the to
the injured. And that’s why
what we have this we have 8
individuals that were
transported to a local
hospital, one of those later
succumbed to the injuries and
then we have 3 other stay
remain at the building and that
is part of the active crime
>> This is being regarded as an
act
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act ♪ >> of terrorism.
>> I don’t want to speculate on that at this time a priest the question but it’s it’s nothing
we want to speculate right now
it’s that we’re taking care of
what we take care of.
Speak for law enforcement to
this times the campus, it’s
inappropriate to discuss that
issue. And again that would be
more probably coming from our
federal agencies we are
prepared to give you an update
on the on the conduct of the
investigation and those sorts
of questions they will release
that information.
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>> The sheriff can we get a little clarification on the numbers here you said there
were a
total of 8 people affected by
this yes that is correct.
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How many the Tums.
Our deceased we have we have 4
deceased she included the
shooter. Yes that’s
There are 4 people right now
said deceased, one is
the shooter. And there are 8
people currently at ABSA
spittle one of them have had
deceased.
>> And there are 3, 3, met the
crime scene.
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So yeah, it was a total of
11 people 4 of which have have
deceased one of those 4 is the
is the active shooter. And 2
deputies are included in
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the world, the script.
>> Now how
about a at a S best ball of the
security exercises throughout
the year.
I understand they beat the
train. These exact types of
situations and you bet, I’m we
we work with our local law
enforcement partners do that we
train on this raid early active
shooter, something that’s a
very in front of our minds.
>> For secure department when
they train so yes, it’s we do
train.
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>> We really we haven’t we haven’t him away with any aspect to call of course
where we do joint and also part
of that in ways that we are a
response unit to assist in a
house and of course that’s what
was put in place this morning.
These are
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us crude of course is there’s there are the first responders there.
>> And then the come back to
some.
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some. ♪ >> Can you tell us what
kind of weapon. The shooter
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>> was using. I can. This was
us about the students in a
classroom, I believe
I could it would go this this
is the training that it’s
almost over to Lisa classroom
buildings.
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>> So be hard for something to stop it and not be enough to provide but I I don’t want to
see which building a was and to
this institution of of the
release information. Yeah, if I
could always been with the
reason why folks were reluctant
to give some specifics
notifications have not been
completed. So if I or the
captain speak any more specific
and you’re a mother father that
has a son or a daughter this in
the Navy. And there are signs in the Navy base and there are signs this particular training
area families know that so now
you’re going to create again
panic. Within these families
and that notification needs to
be measured. It needs to come
from us to the appropriate
steps should say at that
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time so we’re not trying to be
a vase.
>> Do you foresee this changing security protocol going forward.
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>> And I I will say security is an ever changing ♪
>> your revolving. We look at
lessons learned.
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But I will say that. ♪
>> And I am not able to say that much about the shooter but did he have business being on
the base was he supposed to do
>> Again we’re not going to
answer to those
specific questions. A press
conference of the plan later on
this afternoon
and I will also tell you is is
part of our protocols stepping
outside the Navy, a side
of it. We have a governor and
elected officials that we need
also briefed
to sure that they’re aware of
what occurred in any aspect to
call us or theirs again there’s
a lot of moving parts in
this machine that you will get
the information is just you
won’t get all that information
right now.
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And I
And I sure have heard from the multiple issues of calls to
oppose the
>> state and local to offer
their support in any way they
can it’s been very comforting
him they have all levels of
government reaching out to us
offer those comfort
and support.
>> What kind of support to be
given to the victims and
their families.
>> What we procedures in place
we have.
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The things that we do to ensure that it is and you know I don’t get too far
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into that. What we have
procedures in place we’re we
are in the military we go
through this unfortunately more
often than we’d like.
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For combat casualties
or maybe.
>> This work has assistance
officers
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officers ♪ >> will be.
The American public that the question jet. >> I do wish to say that the
governor’s office and the White
House have contacted us the
city Pensacola another contact
is came B County as well
and said any assets that they
have would be available to us
at this particular time I think
that we are all we told them
we’re all assessing were
supporting. And we will we will
inform them as soon as we know
what those requests
would be. But they haven’t been
in touch with us, I know
I talked with commissioner
Bender he said they’ve also
been in touch with us candy
County as well.
>> 2 calls from senator Scott’s
office this morning so you know
trust me that you know the
relationship runs deep here and
I would this is one of those
tiny thing we need to get.
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Again the base is secure the number of people have been injured transported have been
reported to the community now
not name specific late.
But I would assure everyone
that if you have a family
member that is directly
involved with this
that is local you’re going to
be notified very quickly
and again I want that’s why we
want to lay most of those fears
those again who have
suffered you know the deceased
if you will and the victims
that will take a little bit
longer. But
at that you have to sell us
speaks civilians in contrast to
that question.
>> As I mentioned the to the
base is shut down from 4 until
further notice. Start.
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The personnel that are on
base now we’re working
but getting them off base uh in
an orderly manner.
They are going to stay in
place remain in place until we
can get the most base in an
orderly and safe manner
and we will be notifying those
people building by building
using the proper chain of
command to ensure that we have
an orderly.
Evacuation of the base of those
personnel that that we need to
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get out you come home.
>> Share for 2 deputies to her.
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Were not prepared to release that information at this time shots were exchanged.
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♪ ♪ >> How long will the museum on
base be close. Until further
notice, you know like that.
Johnson.
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Johnson. ♪ ♪
>> They didn’t convict in Russia relations to their questions asked about the
deputy has been shot, is as
horrendous as this event has
been as much as our thoughts
and prayers goes out to those
victims. I think that it’s also
important to note.
The heroism that took place
this morning and that was
from the the Navy police the
duty police the skin County
sheriff’s deputies again.
2 of which got shot doing doing
This response.
But also our partners with the
Florida Highway Patrol and
school Police Department state
and
federal partners. So again on
the loose, noose the side of
the fact that they got here
in short order to neutralize
the threat and again as I
mentioned before. I’m so so
that there’s no for the loss of
life solutions keep that back
of her mind as well as the
thoughts to give to those that
are injured and certainly to
the family of those who lost
their lives this morning.
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We
We I very much.
>> You’ve been just as listening now to a new information that we have
learned about what happened on
it naval Air
station Pensacola 3 hours ago
when a gunman opened fire
inside a building a training
classroom. Our crime and safety
expert Ken Jefferson is joining
us here first can
you know one of the things I
think stroke, but struck bothck
of us is
now we have a better idea of
exactly how this happened it
was an out in the parking lot.
This was
in a a confined area inside a
building and it appears from
what we’re hearing inside a
classroom. What does that tell
you about the response
and the difficulty in in trying
to neutralize as they refer to
the person who
was shooting.
>> Economy little you’ve given
to last a threat knowing that
this is where the gun was they
had credible information as to.
His actual whereabouts
I’m impressed with the fact
that the fact that the
deputies from the Stanley
County Sheriff’s office got
quickly even though security
personnel from the base was
already there and basically the
sheriff’s office went in and
took control. And it was the
turn into a gunfight.
But the challenge was when they
got there you’ve got 2 store
building. You don’t know
exactly where the government is
you know he’s there you don’t
know exactly where so
again
the essence of law enforcement
as you go through the problem
so that you to last a situation
they went to the problem they
got into a gunfight to the
offices were wounded. But they
will survive and most of all,
but the best thing about the
whole thing is they took
>> I was no I’m no longer than
a threat to others and it’s
interesting because we heard
everybody say this could have
been a lot worse had it not
been for the training that they
received you know there could
have been more victims very
quickly a question was asked
was is terror related and they
basically said look we don’t
want to speculate.
It could be awhile could it not
can before we really know much
about the gunman because as
we’ve seen in these kind of
crime scenes now it takes a
while to step through this
process and actually get to the
person who committed
this crime.
>> This methodical process that
they’re going to take their
time to do in rushing thing
they want to prematurely say
something that maybe not be.
Supported by
actual facts. Be a trap to try
to avoid speculation. So that’s
why the commanding officer as
well as to share want to stay
away from that
some because when they don’t
you don’t
strike fear and to the other
person is on that base as well
as any other bases that may be
going on as we are in the 9.11
multiple things going on at the
same time. So if
this was something similar to
that.
They want to stay away from
getting that check the
information they’re looking
they’re watching
your vigilant o all these other
bases now because it
has to demand your attention to
something happens is the second
base in a few days, so you have
to wonder. Kids is just
round them or is it happening
all over somewhere
they’re caught and some of that
so they don’t want to put out
furniture information and
strike fear. And
over concern to a lot of the
citizens that the military is
always on alert. So they
stay ready. They stand ready,
but we as citizens we’ve got to
just
be alert. And you card and some
of our surroundings and
everything and thank you for
your perspective to win and
perhaps the reason that.
>> Very little information was
released about the shooter
involved here is because
of the fact that there was a
shooting at another base, you
know in Pearl Harbor 2 days
ago. I know that we have heard
back from some of the local
bases here in our area
obviously and they tell us that
they are you know reviewing
their protocol when it comes to
responding to things like this
in fact we heard the base
commander in
Pensacola say where we will of
course you know Monday morning
quarterback we will go back and
we will look at the protocols
and make sure that everything
was followed no reason to
believe that that was not the
case based on what we are now.
I can thank you again for being
here, I know you’ll be here
this afternoon. And we do hope
as we heard the sheriff say we
hope to attempt to learn more
information but 4 people are
dead, including the gunman,
another 4 are in the hospital
right now after a shooting that
happened about 3 hours ago on