ONLY
ONLY PERSON THEY HAVE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
INTO CUSTODY. >> AND A COUPLE OF SECONDS, I
WILL INTRODUCE POLICE CHIEF
JEFF BAKER.
JEFF BAKER. IS GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE
+@
IS GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE +@CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DEVELOPED
EARLIER TODAY.
EARLIER TODAY. A TRAGIC SITUATION.
JUST WANT TO SET THE TABLE
SOMEWHAT BEFORE HE GETS MOVING.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
THAT WE ARE NOT CERTAIN OF.
AND I YOU WANT THE INFORMATION
FAST.
FAST.
FAST. WE
FAST. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE
INFORMATION IS CORRECT.
WE APPRECIATE THE PATIENT'S.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT THE
PATIENT'S.
PATIENT'S. WE ALSO WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING, THIS WILL
NOT BE ONE AND DONE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF WHAT WE
IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF WHAT WE@ EXPECT TO BE SEVERAL MEDIA
BRIEFINGS, THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, CHIEF
BAKER.
BAKER.
BAKER. >>
BAKER. >> I'M HERE TO REPORT, WE HAVE
THE MOST TRAGIC SITUATION THAT
CAN OCCUR AT UNC CHARLOTTE.
OUR DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL
THAT A SUSPECT WAS ARMED WITH A
PISTOL AND HEADSHOT SEVERAL
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. WE RESPONDED AND WERE ABLE TO
GET INTO THE BUILDING QUICK +@
ENOUGH TO WHERE WE ACTUALLY
TOOK CUSTODY OF THE SUSPECT.
>>
>> WE
>> WE ARE
>> WE ARE ALL DEVASTATED. >> WE SECURE THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
ABLE TO --.
WE ARE ABLE TO PUT SECURITY
SYSTEMS IN PLACE, TO NOTIFY THE
UNIVERSITY THAT WE DID HAVE AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS AT
THIS TIME.
THIS TIME. >> URGING THE COMMUNITY TO SELL
+@
>> URGING THE COMMUNITY TO SELL SHELTER IN PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
>>
>> EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE NATION, TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
HAD THIS KIND OF INCIDENT OCCUR.
>> I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE
AMMUNITION.
AMMUNITION. I CAN TELL YOU OFFICERS ARE
HIGHLY TRAINED.
HIGHLY TRAINED. WE TRAINED FOR THIS TYPE OF
INCIDENT AND ARE ABLE TO GET TO
THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING. OUR OFFICERS, IMMEDIATELY, ONE
OFFICER WENT TO THE SUSPECT TO
TAKE HIM DOWN.
HE SAID NOTHING.
IT IS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING, ALL OF THE
WONDERFUL BACKUP, MENTIONED FIRE
. MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
THERE ISN'T ONE THAT DIDN'T
RESPOND. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
INTO CUSTODY. THAT WILL BE --.
>> WE HAD THREE THAT ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION AND ONE THAT
IS NOT.
IS NOT.
IS NOT. >> WAS THIS PERSON A FAMILIAR
FACE?
FACE?
FACE? >>
FACE? >> NOT THAT WE KNOW OF.
THAT IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> HE IS NOT ON OUR RADAR.
>> STACK WE HAD TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT IS OKAY.
>> I PROBABLY, QUESTIONS
SPECIFIC TO THE SUSPECT AT THIS
TIME, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE
ARE READY TO DISCLOSE.
WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WE ARE WAITING, AS SOON AS WE
GET