WE
WE BEGIN
WE BEGIN THIS HOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS . A SAN DIEGO POLICE SWAT STANDOFF IN
CLAREMONT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO THE FORE. I'M
HEATHER MYERS. I'M CARLO
CHIQUITO. IT ALL STARTED ABOUT
2:00 THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE
FORTY THREE BLOCK OF CLAREMONT
MAYTS THE BOULEVARD IN RESPONSE
TO A REPORT OF A MAN WITH A GUN
IN THE AREA. AND WE JUST
LEARNED THAT A GUNSHOT VICTIM
LATER SHOWED UP IN FRONT OF A
NEARBY POST OFFICE. ALL OF THIS
TAKING PLACE NEAR A CHURCH AND
A PRESCHOOL WITH CHILDREN
PRESDIENT NEWS8 TO LISA
SOMMER'S LIVE ON THE SCENE WITH
THIS BREAKING NEWS ALERT. LISA,
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, YOU
CAN SEE IT'S STILL A VERY
ACTIVE SCENE OUT HERE. THERE IS
A HUGE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE
TO THIS SHOOTING THAT WOUNDED
AT LEAST ONE PERSON. TAKE A
LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE
DOZENS OF PATROL CARS ALL
PARKED UP AND DOWN CLAREMONT
MESA BOULEVARD AS WELL AS IN
THE PARKING LOT OF NORTH
MINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
THERE'S PRESCHOOL AT THAT
CHURCH AS WELL AND THAT'S WHY
WE THINK THERE'S A MASSIVE
POLICE RESPONSE HERE. WE SAW
THE CHILDREN BEING ESCORTED OUT
EARLIER BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE
THE GUNMAN IS AT THIS POINT. WE
HAVE CONFIRMED AT LEAST ONE
GUNSHOT VICTIM SHOWED UP IN
FRONT OF THE FIRE STATION HERE
ON CLAREMONT DRIVE RIGHT AROUND
2:00 P.M. AND WAS TAKEN TO
SCRIPPS MEMORIAL BY THE SAN
DIEGO POLICE SWAT TEAM WAS
CALLED OUT TO THE SHOOTING THAT
REPORTEDLY HAPPENED AT THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE FORTY
THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
BLOCK OF CLAREMONT MESA
BOULEVARD OFF COLE STREET WE'RE
TOLD WWITH A MAN WITH A GUN IS
POSSIBLY STILL IN THE AREA. WE
SAW POLICE NEGOTIATORS WALK BY
.THERE WAS A HELICOPTER
OVERHEAD LOOKING AS WELL BUT
THE HELICOPTER LEFT A FEW
MINUTES AGO. POLICE HAVE
BLOCKED OFF STREETS NEAR
CLAREMONT DRIVE AND COLE STREET
SO YOU'LL HAVE TO AVOID THE
AREA. THERE IS STILL A VERY
LARGE POLICE PRESENCE HERE AND
WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ACTIVE
SEARCH AFTER AT LEAST ONE
PERSON WAS SHOT THIS AFTERNOON
.WE DO HAVE CHOPPER EIGHT
OVERHEAD. WE SAW SOME SWAT
OFFICERS ON THE ROOF HERE
OF THE CHURCH. IT APPEARS
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR
SOMEONE SO WE CAN'T SEE THAT
WELL FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT BUT
POSSIBLY THE CHOPPER HAS A
BETTER VANTAGE POINT, A BIRD'S
EYE VIEW OF THE SCENE. THERE IS
AN AMBULANCE IN THE AREA. WE
HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH ACTION. WE
HAVEN'T HEARD ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
BEING MADE USUALLY DURING A
SWAT STANDOFF. THE CONTROL
VEHICLE OR CRISIS NEGOTIATOR
CALLS OUT TO THE SUSPECT HOLED
UP INSIDE WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD THAT YET.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS
WHERE THE GUNSHOT VICTIM SHOWED
UP. IT'S RIGHT NEAR A POST
OFFICE. SO EARLY REPORTS SAID
THAT THE GUNSHOT VICTIM SHOWED
UP IN FRONT OF A POST OFFICE.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A
FIRE STATION AND THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH THE POLICE
LIEUTENANT. IT'S PUBLIC
INFORMATION ABOUT 150 PKGAT
THIS AFTERNOON WE RECEIVED
MULTIPLE REGARDING A SHOOTING
IN THE AREA OF THE 43 HUNDRED
BLOCK OF BOULEVARD. WE HAD
MULTIPLE OFFICERS RESPOND TO
THIS LOCATION. WE ENDED UP
KILLING ONE INDIVIDUAL WITH
APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUNDS. I
DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU LOCATED
THAT. THAT PERSON WAS CONTACTED
ON THE FIVE THOUSAND BLOCK
BOULEVARD ONSIES RENDER AID. WE
CALLED PARAMEDICS THAT
PHILLIPINES LOCAL HOSPITAL AND
MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNDERGOING
SURGERY RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT
HAVE ANY FURTHER COMPEITION AS
OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THIS IS
THAT THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS
WITH THIS VICTIM AND THAT THE
MALES PERHAPS HAD A FIREARM
OCIOUS THEN BEGAN SEARCHING THE
AREA AND WE DID LOCATE ONE MALE
WITH A FIREARM. HE HAS SINCE
BEEN DETAINED AND WE ARE
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION TO
DETERMINE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN
THIS INCIDENT. WHAT THE
OFFICERS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
IS THAT WE KNEW OF A PRESCHOOL
IN THE AREA THAT NORTH
ADMINSTER PRESCHOOL LOCATED UP
FORTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
CLAREMONT MAYTS BOULEVARD. WE
KNEW THAT THERE WAS A KID ON
THAT PROPERTY AT SCHOOL. SO
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN TO THE
KIDS, BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE
ANOTHER SUSPECT IN THE AREA, WE
BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
WHICH WAS OUR SWAT TEAM TO THE
AREA BECAUSE SUCH A IT'S SUCH
AN EXPANSIVE AREA. WE HAD
REALLY NO LOCATION THAT
PINPOINT THE LOCATION THAT WE
WERE LOOKING. THEREFORE SWAT
PERSONNEL CAME IN TO ASSIST
AGAIN TO TRY TO LOOK IN THE
AREA FOR A SECOND POSSIBLE
SUSPECT. I CAN TELL YOU THE
KIDS ARE ALL SAFE. WE MADE SURE
THAT THE KIDS HAVE ALL BEEN
TAKEN TO THE CLAREMONT LUTHERAN
CHURCH LOOKING IT UP FORTY TO
SEVENTY ONE CLAREMONT MESA
BOULEVARD. SO IF THERE'S ANY
PARENT OUT THERE THAT HAS A
PRESCHOOLER AT THAT PRESCHOOL,
PLEASE AND UNDERSTAND YOUR
CHILD IS SAFE. THERE WAS NO ONE
WAS INJURED. THEY'VE BEEN
BROUGHT TO THAT CHURCH AND YOU
CAN REUNITE WITH YOUR CHILD AT
THAT CHURCH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
DETECTIVES ON SCENE. WE'RE
TRYING TO DETERMINE IF IN FACT
THERE WAS A SECOND SUSPECT
CONFLICTING INFORMATION AND SO
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO
DEVELOP THE INFORMATION. IF
THERE IS A SECOND SUSPECT, WHO
IS THAT PERSON AND WHAT IS
THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND THAT IS
ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT. I'M
FREE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WHERE DID THE SHOOTING ACTUALLY
HAPPEN WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO
DETERMINE THAT RIGHT NOW WE
KNOW THAT THE VICTIM THE VICTIM
WITNESSES ARE TELLING US THAT
THE VICTIM WALKED FOR A LITTLE
BIT AND COLLAPSED THE WALKING
CASTMATE SO WE DON'T EXACTLY
KNOW OUR DETECTIVES ARE GOING
TO DETERMINE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I
ASKED YOU TO PULL BACK HERE,
SERGEANT CAME UP TO ME ON SCENE
AS I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE A PRESS
BRIEFING SAY HEY LIEUTENANT,
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
THIS HOUSE AND THAT'S WHY I HAS
TO PULL BACK. I DO NOT KNOW HOW
THIS HOUSE IS A MALL. YEAH. AND
I DON'T HAVE HIS AGE. I DON'T
HAVE HIS RACE. I DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER INFORMATION OTHER THAN
HE'S BEEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL HE'S
IN SURGERY RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE
NOTHING FURTHER SOME OF THESE.
YES. YOU KNOW SO WE'RE TALKING
TO WITNESSES RIGHT NOW. WE'RE
TRYING TO LOCATE WITNESSES THAT
SAW WHAT HAPPENED. OBVIOUSLY WE
CAN'T SPEAK TO OUR VICTIM, YOU
KNOW, WOULD PROBABLY BE THE
BEST SOURCE OF INFORMATION. SO
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE PIECES
OF THE PUZZLE AS BEST AS WE CAN
WITH THE WITNESSES THAT WE CAN
.YOU KNOW, ONE I HAVE FOR
ANYONE THAT'S WHAT YOU WITNESS
THIS INCIDENT. PLEASE CONTACT
THE POLICE. MA'AM, WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO THIS AND WE JUST HEARD
FROM THE SAN DIEGO POLICE
LIEUTENANT WHO SAID ONE PERSON
HAS BEEN DETAINED AND A
POSSIBLE SUSPECT IS STILL ON
THE LOOSE AND THAT'S WHY THERE
IS A POLICE PRESENCE HERE IN
THE AREA. ANOTHER POINT THE
LIEUTENANT MENTIONED WAS ALL
THE CHILDREN AT THE PRISK HERE
AT NORTH MINSTER PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH WEERE EVACUATED AND THEY
WERE TAKEN TO CLAREMONT
LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THEY'RE ALL
SAFE. CLAREMONT LUTHERAN CHURCH
IS JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
HERE. SO IF PARENTS WATCHING
ARE WONDERING IF THEIR CHILDREN
ARE SAFE, THEY ARE AND YOU
COULD GET THEM AT CLAREMONT
LUTHERAN CHURCH AGAIN, THIS
SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 2:00
PM HERE ON CLAREMONT MAYTS THE
BOULEVARD WE KNOW ONE PERSON
WAS SHOT SHOWED UP IN FRONT
OF THE FIRE STATION HERE AND HE
WAS TAKEN TO SCRIPPS MEMORIAL.
AT THIS POINT WE KNOW ONE
PERSON HAS BEEN DETAINED. THE
WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW POSSIBLY
TWO GUNMEN. ONE OF THEM HAS
BEEN DETAINED. ANOTHER POSSIBLE
SUSPECT IS STILL ON THE LOOSE
AND THAT'S WHAT SAN DIEGO
POLICE ARE