>>> WE’VE GOT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NEW JERSEY, ACROSS THE HUDSON
RIVER FROM NEW YORK CITY, A
DRAMATIC SCENE HAS BEEN
UNFOLDING.
UNFOLDING. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST
ONE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN
KILLED IN JERSEY CITY AFTER
RAPID FIRE GUNSHOTS RANG OUT IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT.
BROAD DAYLIGHT. AGAIN, AT LEAST ONE OFFICER
DOWN, FOUR OTHERS INJURED.
JOINING ME, RAHEEM A ELLIS.
THIS REMAINS AN ACTIVE
SITUATION?
SITUATION? >> Reporter: IT IS INDEED,
CHRIS, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION HERE IN NEW JERSEY.
THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE RESPONSE
BY AUTHORITIES FROM LOCAL, CITY,
COUNTY, FEDERAL AND THE FBI IS
EVEN ON THE SCENE.
I DON’T KNOW IF BEHIND ME YOU
CAN SEE THAT SEVERAL SWAT
VEHICLES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN.
A SHORT WHILE AGO SAW A S.W.A.T.
VEHICLE WITH A BATTERY ATTACHED.
THERE ARE HELICOPTERS OVERHEAD,
SEEN AT LEAST TWO DRONES IN THE
AIR AS AUTHORITIES TRY TO BRING
THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL
WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR
MOST OF THE AFTERNOON FROM 12:30
ON.
ON. AS YOU POINT OUT, SEVERAL PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN INJURED.
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY SAID
SEVERAL OFFICERS WERE INJURED IN
THE STANDOFF WITH POLICE.
THAT’S BEEN GOING ON AWHILE NOW.
I MENTIONED SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN
THE AREA WERE ALSO ON LOCKDOWN.
NEIGHBORS WERE TERRIFIED BY WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE SPOKE TO A MAN IN THE
BUILDING HERE, A SALVATION ARMY
BUILDING.
BUILDING. HE SAYS IT IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM
WHERE THE SHOOTING IS GOING ON.
HE SAID HE WAS TERRIFIED.
JUST LISTEN.
JUST LISTEN. YOU EVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE
THAT?
THAT? SEEN OR HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT
BEFORE?
BEFORE? >> 62 YEARS OLD, NEVER
EXPERIENCED THAT MUCH GUN POWER.
NEVER EXPERIENCED NOTHING LIKE
THAT BEFORE.
THAT BEFORE. I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF GUN
POWDER THERE.
POWDER THERE. >> Reporter: IT IS THE KIND OF
SITUATION THAT PEOPLE SAY ONE
MAN SAID IT MAKES HIM THINK IT
MIGHT BE TIME FOR HIM TO LEAVE
THE SITUATION, MOVE TO ANOTHER
COMMUNITY ALL TOGETHER.
PEOPLE ARE TERRIFIED HERE OVER
WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON, AND CHRIS,
IT IS STILL ONGOING.
NO WORD OF EXACTLY HOW CLOSE
POLICE THINK THEY ARE TO
RESOLVING THE SITUATION.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM LOCAL
AUTHORITIES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF
TIME.
TIME. THEY SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE
IN THE VICINITY TO TELL US