RIGHT
RIGHT NOW-- AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN
CENTRAL
AUSTIN...
CENTRAL AUSTIN...
AUSTIN...
AUSTIN... THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT
SIX HOURS NOW-- AT THE "CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP"
JUST OFF OF MOPAC
AND 35TH STREET.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
TONIGHT... LUIS DE LEON HAS BEEN SPEAKING
WITH WITNESSES AND
NEIGHBORS--
BUT LET'S FIRST CHECK IN WITH
KVUE SENIOR REPORTER TONY
PLOHETSKI -- WITH WHAT HE'S
LEARNED FROM POLICE TONIGHT.
BRYAN AND QUITA -- FOR HOURS NOW
WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO AN APD HOSTAGE
NEGOTIATOR TRYING TO
REACHING THE HOSTAGE TAKER TO
RESPOND TO CALLS OR TEXT
MESSAGES.
HERE'S
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW: -- BASED ON WHAT WE CAN HEAR JUST STANDING HERE
-- THERE APPEARS TO BE ONE
HOSTAGE -- A PEDIATRICIAN
-- AND THE HOSTAGE TAKER APPEARS
TO BE A DOCTOR
HIMSELF.
-- INITIAL REPORTS SAID AS MANY
AS 5 PEOPLE WERE
BEING HELD, BUT AUTHORITIES HAVE
NOT CONFIRMED
THAT.
-- THE HOSTAGE TAKER ALSO
APPARENTLY HAS BEEN
HAVING TROUBLES IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF
YEARS, WITH THE HOSTAGE
NEGOTIATOR ACKNOWLEDGIN
G THAT BUT ALSO SAYING THAT HE
KNOWS THAT HE VALUES
HUMAN LIFE AND THE LIFE OF THE
DOCTOR WITH HIM INSIDE THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. THAT HE KNOWS THAT HE VALUES
HUMAN LIFE AND THE LIFE OF THE
DOCTOR
DOCTOR WITH HIM INSIDE THE BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS STILL A
LARGE POLICE PRESENCE IN THIS AREA.
THIS AREA.
TONY
TONY WRAPS NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH KVUE'S LUIS DE LEON-- WHO
TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO WATCHED
PEOPLE FLEE
THE DOCTORS OFFICE.
YEAH
YEAH TONY
YEAH TONY AS FAR AS THE SCENE GOES THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET YOU CAN SEE
THE LINES OF
YELLOW POLICE TAPE HERE AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF OVER
SEVERAL
SEVERAL BLOCKS DOWN THIS WAY. AND IT'S HERE AT THIS YELLOW TAP WHERE WE'VE SEEN
PEOPLE HUGGING WITH OTHERS THAT
THEY MAY KNOW.
I'VE ALSO SEEN AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE
BEING ESCORTED AWAY
WITH
WITH POLICE WRAPPED IN BLANKETS. AND THIS IS ALL HAPPENING REALLY WITHIN THIS CENTRAL
AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD - ROW AFTER
ROW OF FAMILY
HOMES IN THIS AREA.
AND FAMILIES ARE THE ONES WHO
HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
OPERATION TAKE PLACE FROM WHERE
WE'RE STANDING -
SOME JUST VERY CONFUSED AT THE
SITUATION.
THIS IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF THE
CHILDREN'S
MEDICAL GROUP BUILDING.
RIGHT
RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS SMILES OF AUSTIN AND TONIGHT I SPOKE TO A WOMAN ON THE PHONE
NAMED ALLIE - SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE HER LAST
NAME.
SHE SAYS SHE'S A LAB TECHNICIAN
AT SMILES OF
AUSTIN - SHE WAS IN THE BUILDING
GETTING READY
TO WRAP UP THE DAY WITH A FEW CO
WORKERS - WHEN THIS
STARTED.
ALLIE SAYS-- THEY WERE ABLE TO
LET THE EMPLOYEES
FROM NEXT DOOR STAY INSIDE THE
SMILES OF
AUSTIN BUILDING.
AUSTIN BUILDING. SO ONE OF OUR HYGENISTS CAME
INTO THE LAB AND SAID THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH A GUN NEXT DOOR SO
WE
WE HAD
WE HAD OUR WINDOWS OPEN. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE INTO THEIR LAB OR WHATEVER. OK, SO WE SHUT
THE WINDOWS AND MADE SURE THE
DOOR WAS LOCKED BACK THERE AND
THEN COMING, LIKE, COMING OUT OF
THERE.
THERE. I
THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT I WAS LOOKING OUT THE DOOR JUST TRYING
TO SEE IF I COULD SEE ANYTHING.
AND A WHOLE GROUP OF THE PEOPLE
FROM NEXT DOOR HAD
GOTTEN FREE. I GUESS THEY
ESCAPED OUT THE BACK DOOR IS
WHAT THEY SAID. AND I JUST
OPENED THE DOOR AND I WAS LIKE,
COME IN
HERE, COME IN HERE, COME IN
HERE.
SO THEY CAME IN AND THEY WERE
PANICKED, OBVIOUSLY CRYING
LIKE SO UPSET. AND SO THE THREE
FRONT DESK GIRLS HAD A GUN, LIKE
WAVED IN THEIR FACE AND THEY
WERE TOLD TO LOCK THE DOORS
ALLIE
ALLIE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT THEY HAD POLICE ON THE PHONE WHO INSTRUCTED THEM TO GET
DOWN ON THE
GROUND AND WAIT FOR THEM TO
ARRIVE.
WHEN POLICE GOT THERE- THEY
SAFELY ESCAPED THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
THEY
THEY SAFELY ESCAPED THE BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ACTIVE
SHOOTER LIKE STUFF WITH OSHA BEFORE. AND YOU NEVER THINK IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU OR NEAR
YOU OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN A
PEDIATRIC OFFICE. SO IT'S LIKE
IT'S
IT'S THE
IT'S THE REAL THING THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND ACCORDING TO LAST CHECK FROM
POLICE
POLICE -
POLICE - THIS IS STILL GOING ON. WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THIS - TO BRING YOU THE LATEST UPDATES. BRYAN,
QUITA?
QUITA?
LUIS,
LUIS, THANKS... OUR CREWS WILL STAY OUT AT THIS
SCENE AND KEEP AN
EYE
EYE ON
EYE ON THINGS AS THEY DEVELOP. WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING YOU ANY MORE UPDATES HERE
ON THE NEWS AT -10-...
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CATCH UP ON
ANY OVERNIGHT
DEVELOPMENTS ON KVUE NEWS
DAYBREAK TOMORROW-- OR
BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE, KVUE
-DOT- COM.