THAT
THAT KING
THAT KING SOOPERS RIGHT THERE, A VERY BUSY ONE IN THE HEART OF BOULDER TABLEMATES A DRIVE
AND BROADWAY AT
THE INTERSECTION THERE JUST
NORTH OF FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL.
AND TODAY ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT
WHAT WAS TO BE A NORMAL MONDAY
AFTERNOON HAS TURNED INTO AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION WITH
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF POLICE
VEHICLES AND POLICE PERSONNEL
NOW ON THE SCENE AND READY FOR
THE WORST IF YOU WILL.
WE HAVE SEEN MOST OF THE
OFFICERS FULLY GEARED READY TO
GO DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY
EXPECT TO FIND OR WHAT THEY
WILL FIND INSIDE.
WE WANT TO GET BACK OVER TO
MARK SALLINGER WHO AGAIN IS NOW
AT THE STORE.
MARK, GET SOME CTWCAMP IT'S
STILL A VERY SAD AND SCARY
SITUATION AS IT'S GOING ON
RIGHT NOW AND AN EMPHASIS ON
SAD WE SAW PEOPLE JUST A COUPLE
OF FEET AWAY FROM US WHO WERE
PRESUMABLY INSIDE THE STORE
WALKING OUT SPEAKING WITH
POLICE OFFICERS AS THEY WERE
WALKING OUT THAT POLICE GAVE
THEM BLANKETS AND MANY OF THEM
WERE IN TEARS AND YOU JUST HAVE
TO PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR
POSITION AND THINK ABOUT WHAT
THEY'VE PRESUMABLY JUST BEEN
THROUGH AND IT'S IN POSSIBLY
DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THOUGHTS THEY'RE EVEN
EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW.
SO OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THEM AND FOR EVERYBODY WHO
WAS INSIDE OF THE STORE AT THAT
TIME.
AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK OUT HERE
INTO THE TO THE AMOUNT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE OUT HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THESE PEOPLE ARE
JUST COMING HERE WATCHING BUT
WE HAVE COUNTLESS SWAT VEHICLES
THAT ARE AROUND HERE.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS EASILY
OF POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE
TRUCKS, PARAMEDICS, SWAT TEAMS.
THEY'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY
EVERYWHERE.
AND AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
THERE DOWN THE STREET THERE'S
JUST FLASHING LIGHTS AND AND
POLICE OFFICERS WE DON'T WANT
TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY THE TACTICS
THAT POLICE ARE USING RIGHT NOW
AND WHERE THEY ARE SURROUNDING
THE BUILDING BECAUSE OF COURSE
IF THIS STILL IS AN ONGOING
ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, WE
DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANY
INFORMATION THAT WOULD
POTENTIALLY HARM INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO BE
VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT AND WE
WON'T SHOW ANY OF THOSE TACTICS
THAT THEY'RE USING.
BUT AS MY PHOTOGRAPHER TAYLOR
PANS AROUND HERE AT THE SCENE
THAT YOU CAN TELL IS ONE THAT
IS VERY SCARY AND UNFORTUNATELY
WE'VE SEEN SCENES LIKE THIS FAR
TOO OFTEN IN THIS COUNTRY
OF MASS SHOOTINGS AND WITH
LIVES THAT ARE LOST AND
UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM
BOULDER POLICE BUT THE AMOUNT
OF POLICE OFFICERS, THE AMOUNT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES
THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW TELLS
THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
SERIOUS SITUATION AND THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE MOVING
IN THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW ARE
MOVING VERY, VERY QUICKLY WHICH
PRESUMABLY WOULD YOU KNOW, WITH
THAT SENSE OF URGENCY WOULD AT
LEAST LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS STILL SOME SENSE
OF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY TOM
AND JIM, YOU HAVE TO WONDER
POLICE NEEDING TO ACCESS THAT
STORE'S SECURITY SYSTEM AND TO
USE IT AS A TACTIC AS WELL BUT
TRYING TO CLEAR A BUILDING THAT
LARGE AND THE FEAR OF COURSE
STILL BEING THAT THIS MIGHT
ALSO HAVE A HOSTAGE SITUATION
ATTACHED TO AS WELL ALL THAT IS
UP IN THE AIR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
INSIDE THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
BUT I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, MARK, THAT THAT THAT
SENSE BEING RIGHT THERE WITH
THOSE PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING THEY CERTAINLY NEVER
WANTED TO OR PLAN TO TODAY,
THAT'S FOR SURE.
YEAH.
AND YOU HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN
THAT POSITION AND YOU CAN'T
EVEN IMAGINE THE THOUGHTS THAT
ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR MIND
AND YOU OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH
THEM AGAIN AND IT'S JUST AS IF
THERE'S ONE WORD THAT COMES TO
MIND RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SCARY.
I MEAN YOU GO TO A GROCERY
STORE I WAS AT A GROCERY STORE
THIS MORNING AND YOU KNOW, YOU
GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER
BUSINESS THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF BUT YOU DON'T THINK
THAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THIS AFTERNOON IN BOULDER
THIS IS PRESUMABLY WHAT'S BEEN
HAPPENING AND THAT'S EXTREMELY
SCARY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST
WALKING OUT YOU KNOW, JUST
TALKING TO POLICE OFFICERS
RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE WEERE PRESUMABLY INSIDE
THE INSIDE THE SUPERMARKET WHEN
IT HAPPENED.
KNOW THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT
POINT TO NOTE.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MARK AT AN
AREA WHERE AS YOU POINTED OUT,
WE ARE NOT ABLE AND WE'RE NOT
GOING TO SHARE ANYTHING THAT
WOULD CROSS INTO SHARING POLICE
TACTICS BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY
CERTAINLY DON'T KNOW
THE CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY HAS
BEEN ARRESTED OR THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH
SOMEONE AND AS YOU POINTED OUT
THE SIZE OF THE STORE AND YOU
THINK OF THE NUMBER EXITS AND
PLACES TO HIDE AND AND JUST
TRACKING EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE
OR PERSON IN THE GROCERY STORE
AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE
ACCOUNTED.
YEAH.
ACCOUNTED. YEAH. AND AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT WE DON'T YET KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN MORE
INFORMATION WHERE WE'RE AT
THE AREA RIGHT NOW WEERE POLICE
OFFICERS HAVE SAID THAT THEY
WILL BRIEF THE MEDIA WITH
THE INFORMATION THAT THEY WANT
TO GIVE OUT RIGHT NOW SHORTLY.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
SO WE'RE WAITING HERE IN HOPES
THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE
INFORMATION OVER THE NEXT
HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES FOR
POLICE OFFICERS TO GATHER THAT
INFORMATION AND TELL
THE PUBLIC.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES THAT ARE HERE RIGHT
NOW.
I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF A
BROOMFIELD POLICE CAR AS WE
SPEAK.
WE SAW THE JEFFCO SHERIFF'S
SWAT TEAM WAS HERE.
DENVER POLICE HAS A LOT
OF OFFICERS HERE.
DENVER SWAT TEAM ALSO HAS
OFFICERS HERE AND IN THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER WHO I JUST
SPOKE WITH IS SAID THAT SHE WAS
FROM THE BROOMFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS AIDING
THE BOULDER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING
PIECES RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING
ON WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY
CONTRIBUTING TO THE FACT THAT
WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT RIGHT
NOW.
BUT THIS ALSO DIDN'T HAPPEN
THAT LONG AGO TOM AND KIM, IT'S
AMAZING TO SEE THAT SIZE OF A
RESPONSE IN SUCH A SHORT ORDER
NOT JUST AS YOU SAY, BOULDER
POLICE BUT EVERY NEIGHBORING
AGENCY HAS ARRIVED.
THE CALL CLEARLY WENT OUT THAT
THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION.
YEAH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT
AGENCIES RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN
SEE POLICE DEPARTMENTS USE
ALMOST LIKE ARV'S AS MOBILE
COMMAND POST AND THERE ARE
SEVERAL ON THIS STREET DOWN
BROADWAY WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE MAIN STREETS IN
BOULDER AND NOW IT'S COMPLETELY
CLOSED OFF.
COLORADO STATE PATROL IS HERE.
THERE ARE TONS OF UNMARKED
POLICE CARS THAT YOU WOULDN'T
EVEN THINK ARE POLICE CARS WITH
THEIR LIGHTS ON.
AND I WANT TO STEP OUT AGAIN
OF THE CAMERA AND SHOW YOU
WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE SWAT
VEHICLES HERE FROM
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IS MOVING IN THAT IS
HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
STORE RIGHT THERE.
THEY'RE THERE SWAT VEHICLES
ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE.
WE DON'T YET KNOW HOW MANY
DIFFERENT AGENCIES ARE HERE,
HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS, HOW
MANY FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE
ARE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IS HERE
RIGHT NOW TAKING CARE OF
WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
CARE OF INSIDE THE STORE.
IT'S A COLD AND GRAY DAY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF JUST FLAT
LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
I DON'T AS WE KEEP ALLUDING TO
DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING THERE.
BUT DAYLIGHT IS STILL AVAILABLE
FOR AT LEAST TWO AND A HALF
MORE HOURS OR SO.
USUALLY THE SUN NOW SETTING
AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK.
BUT AS DARK AS IT IS TODAY, IT
MAY BE A FACTOR THAT AS FAR AS
HOW LONG THIS DOES PLAY OUT.
YEAH, IT'S THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF LIGHT RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS A
VERY GLOOMY DAY.
IT'S IT WAS SNOWING THIS
MORNING.
I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO
SEE IF I CAN LISTEN TO AN
ANNOUNCMENT THAT'S GROWING OVER
THE LOUDSPEAKERS RIGHT NOW FROM
THE SWAT TEAM AND I WANT TO SEE
IF WE CAN LISTEN TO THAT.
WE COULDN'T GAUGE WHAT IT WAS
SAYING BECAUSE THE SPEAKER IS
POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
STORE BUT IT WAS POTENTIALLY
GIVING COMMANDS OF SOME SORT
SAID TO SURRENDER AND YOU CAN
SEE SWAT OFFICERS MOVING HERE
RUNNING AS THEY'RE RUNNING.
THIS IS WHAT I WAS ALLUDING TO
EARLIER WITH HOW TENSE AND
ACTIVE THIS SITUATION IS IN
THAT IT IS STILL VERY, VERY
ACTIVE WITH POLICE OFFICERS
WITH LONG GUNS.
WE'RE GOING TO GRAB OUR STUFF
HERE, MY PHOTOGRAPHER TAYLOR
AND I AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A
LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
TOM CAN THE SHOT WHICH WILL
MOVE A LITTLE BIT IF YOU