>>> DAY, WE ARE COMING ON THE
AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS ABOUT A
DEADLY SHOOTING.
THIS IN MIDTOWN ATLANTA, WHERE THE MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR THE
THE MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR THE
SUSPECT.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD,
FOUR OTHERS ARE INJURED
ACCORDING TO POLICE.
IT ALL BEGAN AROUND 12:30
EASTERN TIME, AT THE START OF
THE BUSY LUNCHTIME RUSH.
IT UNFOLDED AT A HOSPITAL
COMPLEX CALLED NORTHSIDE
MEDICAL MIDTOWN.
THERE IS A POLICE PRESENCE
RIGHT NOW, ALSO S.W.A.T.
TEAMS WITH MEDICS.
ALSO AN ARMORED CAR.
AUTHORITIES HAVE SHUT DOWN THE
AREA, THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE
NEARBY TO LOCK WHERE THEY ARE
AND SHELTER IN PLACE.
THERE ARE SOME EVACUATIONS,
HOWEVER, WE HAVE SEEN.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
INDIVIDUAL POLICE BELIEVE MAY
BE THE SUSPECT.
THIS PERSON IS ON THE LOOSE AND
CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA
HAVE CLOSED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION.
THERE HAS BEEN NO EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE, NO GUNFIRE FROM THE
INITIAL SHOTS FIRED BY THIS
INDIVIDUAL.
WAS GO TO CATIE BECK RIGHT NOW,
THE CORRESPONDENCE NEAR THE
SCENE.
WHAT CAN YOU SEE?
>> Reporter: LESTER, THIS IS
AN AREA FIELD WITH CORPORATE
BUSINESSES.
ALL RIGHT NOW, AT A STANDSTILL.
A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE,
S.W.A.T.
TEAMS ON THE GROUND,
HELICOPTERS IN THE SKY, AS THEY
SEARCH FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER CAN
THAT IS RESPONSIBLE.
IT IS A BIT STRANGE TO SEE HEAR
AND SEE ABSOLUTELY NO ONE ON
THE STREETS AND NO TRAFFIC, BUT
AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, AN
ENORMOUS POLICE RESPONSE.
WITH THAT DOWN THERE IS THE
AREA WHERE THAT MEDICAL
BUILDING THAT YOU REFERENCED IS
LOCATED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EMERGENCY
PERSONNEL HAVE SURROUNDED IT,
AND THE BLOCKS ALL AROUND IT.
THIS IS TYPICALLY A VERY BUSY
AREA, LOTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC.
IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
OF ATLANTA, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE
ENTIRE CITY HAS BASICALLY BEEN
PLACED ON HOLD AS THEY SEARCH
FOR A SUSPECT.
WE KNOW THIS CALL CAME IN AT
ABOUT 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
SINCE THAT TIME, BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO
GET INSIDE BUILDINGS AND
SHELTER IN PLACE.
AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE STREETS
IN ATLANTA, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE
AT THE WINDOW, CHECKING THEIR
PHONES, TRYING TO MAKE PHONE
CALLS.
ANYONE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE
CITY AT THIS POINT IS GOING TO
HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME DOING
THAT BECAUSE THESE STREETS ARE
COMPLETELY BLOCKED WITH
S.W.A.T.
VEHICLES AND POLICE PRESENCE.
SO, AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE FIVE VICTIMS, FOUR OF THEM
HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE
HOSPITAL WE SAW VIDEO OF PEO. E
AGAIN, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER THAT
POLICE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
AT THIS TIME.
>> CATIE, AS YOU WERE TALKING,
WE SAW SOME VIDEO OF PEOPLE
WEARING MEDICAL SCRUBS BEING
LED AWAY.
IS THIS LIKE, I GUESS, SO MANY
URBAN MEDICAL CENTERS THAT WE
ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT IT IS
ACTUALLY A COLLECTION, OR A
SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED
BUILDINGS?
>> Reporter: YEAH, THIS IS PART
OF A LARGER HOSPITAL CHAIN IN
THE ATLANTA AREA.
THIS IS SORT OF A SATELLITE
BUILDING TO THE LEDGER HOSPITAL
NETWORK.
WE ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT
TYPE OF DOCTORS OFFICE
ENVIRONMENT THIS WAS.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THIS
HAPPENED INSIDE OF THIS
BUILDING.
AND AT THIS TIME, POLICE HAVE
STARTED DOING A GRID SEARCH FROM THE AIR AND THE GROUND,
FROM THE AIR AND THE GROUND, TRYING TO LOCATE THIS PERSONDE,
SENDING OUT AMBER ALERTS ON
AND TRYING TO GET AS MANY
PEOPLE OUT OF THE STREETS AS
POSSIBLE.
AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET,
YOU CAN HEAR POLICE SAYING, GET
BACK INSIDE, GET AWAY.
SENDING OUT AMBER ALERTS ON
PEOPLE'S BONES, LETTING THEM
KNOW ABOUT THE SHELTER IN
PLACE.
HIGH INTENSITY HERE ON THE
GROUND.
>> ALL RIGHT, CATIE, I WILL ASK
YOU TO STANDBY.
I WANT TO PLAY SOME OF THE
WITNESS INTERVIEWS WE HAVE
HEARD.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA ABOUT WHAT
THEY SAW AND HEARD.
LET'S LISTEN.
>> I WALKED OUT OF THE
BUILDING, ALL I SEEN WAS POLICE
CARS, SWAT, EVERYBODY PULLING
UP.
AND HE WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE
TIME HE SAID, MAKE SURE YOU
STAY CLOSE TO THE WALLS AND
STAND BACK.
WE HEARD THERE IS AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER.
>> ONE OF THE ACCOUNTS OF
SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
DESCRIBING WHAT THEY SAW AND
HEARD.
LET'S GET TO NBC NEWS LAW
ENFORCEMENT ANALYST, JIM
CAVANAUGH.
JIM, I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT WE
WERE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLN E PLACE,
THIS SORT OF THING THEN WE WERE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
TOLD TO STAY IN PLACE, TO
LOCKDOWN IN PLACE.
AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT BECOME
A HINDRANCE TO OFFICERS, WHO
ARE DOING A VERY DANGEROUS,
PRESUMABLY ROOM BY ROOM SEARCH
FOR THE SUSPECT?
>> WELL, IT IS THE BEST THING
YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT, IN A
SITUATION LIKE THIS.
LOCKDOWN AND BARRICADE, BECAUSE
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
RAMPAGING, ACTIVE KILLER IS.
SO, YOU LOCK YOUR OWN SPACE,
YOU BARRICADE THE DOORS, AND
YOU CAN MONITOR YOUR SMART
PHONE OR YOUR TELEVISION FOR
NEWS, OR WAIT FOR POLICE
COMMAND.
THAT IS THE SAFEST THING IF
YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING COME
INSIDE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO ESCAPE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE KILLER IS AT THAT POINT.
SO, THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO.
SWAT IS CLEARLY INSIDE,
SEARCHING FOR A CONTACT TO THE
KILLER.
YOU WANT TO MOVE AS FAST AS YOU
CAN.
AND THEN THEY ARE TRAINED TO
STEP OVER WOUNDED PEOPLE AND
KEEP MOVING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
CONTACT THE KILLER, BECAUSE THE
JOB IS TO LOCATE HIM, ISOLATE
HIM, AND THEN YOU CAN EVACUATE
BEHIND HIM, AND THEN YOU CAN
ELIMINATE THE THREAT TO
SURRENDER, OR EVEN IF YOU HAVE
TO SHOOT HIM.
SO, IT IS LOCATE, ISOLATE,
EVACUATE, ELIMINATE THE THREAT.
THAT IS WHAT THE COMMANDERS ARE
DOING.
>> AND POLICE MADE THESE PHOTOS
YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW
AVAILABLE.
THEY BELIEVE THIS IS THE
INDIVIDUAL WHO FIRED THE WEAPON.
WILL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS BE A
PRIMARY WAY OF AT LEAST GETTING
SOME IDEA OF WHAT PART OF THE
HOSPITAL THIS PERSON IS IN?
>> Reporter: YES, OF COURSE.
AND WE HAVE WITNESSES, TOO.
AND THE FIRST PATROL OFFICERS,
THEY HAVE STREAMED IN VERY
QUICKLY.
WE ALL KNOW THE ACTIVE SHOOTER
DRILLS.
WE JUST SAW THE BODY CAMERAS
FROM THE NASHVILLE PD WHEN THEY
STREAMED INTO THAT SCHOOL.
SO, THEY STREAM IN THEIR FAST,
AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN
PEOPLE, LOOKING FOR GUNFIRE,
TRYING TO ISOLATE AND LOCATE
THIS GUY.
AND WHEN S.W.A.T.
ARRIVES, THEY WILL TAKE OVER
FOR PATROL OFFICERS, AND THEY
WILL PRESS TO CONTACT AS QUICK
AS THEY CAN.
OF COURSE, MORE S.W.A.T.
IS GOING TO ARRIVE FROM THE
STATE POLICE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES LIKE FBI AND ATF, SO
THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF
S.W.A.T.
TEAMS THERE THAT CAN DEAL WITH
THAT LARGE FACILITY.
THERE HAS BEEN NO SHOOTING FOR
A WHILE, SO THERE IS A LOT OF
POSSIBILITIES THERE THAT COULD