Clackamas County lieutenant reflects on deadly mall shooting

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This is -- Fox News alert a gunman opens fire him on a bargain shooting and killing two people the gunman police say is dead -- on the phone is James wrote -- -- -- -- county sheriff's department can you tell me sir what happened what you know.

About 330 today we got serious and now on calls describe him an active shooter -- -- at a -- Well police responded immediately.

And began searching the mall for the shooter and evacuating people make -- -- here and then we.

It's determined that that was secured -- the shooter he's.

Dead from an apparent -- with a gunshot wound.

And we are still all -- carefully methodically.

Going through the mall searching every room and every square foot and -- people on the Ball State.

Have you identified the shooter determine whether this is a random act of violence actually pure evil.

Or whether or not somebody was specifically targeted.

We have not that they.

Investigation under way as a state.

And did he then the government say anything today -- -- -- report that it's seventy thank.

We have there are close to do it felt when people of all time we have hundreds of witnesses.

Statements to go through.

I don't know if we have some specific information like that but we're in the process getting all those witness to get -- -- to find out.

Anything than usual how is he dressed.

We can't doctor I was stressed yet because restore harbor investigation wanna make sure that -- -- Caucuses and locate the -- but he got here perhaps where he lives.

It's seek out all it ever -- as we don't wanna -- anybody -- our investigation into we are certain we have completely gather all the other actions possible I'll bet that.

Is being reported -- -- you can confirm this or not that he was wearing camouflage and wearing a white plastic mask can you confirm that.

I can't the -- bill that was one of the many trips we -- got.

Several conflicting accounts from multiple witnesses that they otherwise as well well -- can't confirm that at this.

Now to -- the Hornaday the cruel -- -- crew apartments to victims can tell us anything about those two victims.

-- I can't at this I'm still.

In the process.

In the proper identifications and notification about that the banks so we're still early in the process and there's a lot of work -- Where they shot inside the mall or outside the -- Sure -- took place inside the ball.

And did the two people that who were killed did they appear to be together or was this sort of random.

I don't know that and we're not clears the nature of the motive.

I have targets were -- a more specific.

And as noted the the gunman has now dead as you said from a self inflicted wounds.

And day you are at least you in the it department tried her whether -- any accomplices at this hour is that correct.

-- we don't we don't believe -- Accomplish this but.

We're gonna be careful and do your investigation to be sure that before release -- that if.

Mr.

-- thank you very much -- Thank you.

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