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it was gonna be a full show even without breaking news and now of course we have
the story of this shooting at a
US Navy Yard in Washington DC the story
literally as we are are going on air Louis the press conference involving
the DC mayor police chief and fire chief is still going on
the information is not all there yet as is often the case and in fact they may
not even have all the suspects
so we will tell you what we know so far in tell you what if it is kind of
speculation that
that we're getting from authorities a gunman was armed with a
what is being described as as a double-barreled shotgun although
others have described that as a rifle and maybe a handgun
and he opened fire today inside a building at the washington navy yard
and at least four people have been killed I
at least six have been wounded although it is not completely clear this time
how high that number's going to go and
they are also looking for two additional suspects
and I don't know if people can hear that but we have seem to have quite a first
responder
quite a stir first responder situation going on a outside our own studio
I there has been this initials this primary suspect who has been
neutralized I assume that that means killed but there are potentially two
more suspects Louis a white
man in a military uniform
and a black male around fifty years old
maybe in a military-style uniform didn't the
so far the statements have been that it is not clear there is not specific
information that these individuals are members of the military
but that they were last seen wearing uniforms that were
similar to or actual military uniform so that that's what we have so far
the the initial suspect blackmail
approximately 5'10 to 6 feet tall 170 pounds wearing a black shirt and a black
hat I we don't have that much more information at this point Louis we know
that the
I but media coverage if this has been all over the place we're going to not
get into speculation
about any aspect of this we have no idea on motives we have no idea how the
individual got inside
or what pretense was used to get inside what is normally a very secure facility
but we do know that it was a horrifying scene and
king continues to be as we have the potential
up to two more shooters very scary stuff
yeah its yet another another sad incident you know white
its funny after all these the tragedies we see
my my first instinct is just ignore
all media for like a good week or two before I start actually here looking
into the details if
what's happening in this in this incident yeah and it's tough because
were show that tapes in the you know we record our show early in the afternoon
and if we don't mention this ad by the time this story goes to
air tonight for example on free speech TV or something like that
this story is noted noticeably absent and we get email saying how are we going
what is a major news story
at the same time we don't have that much information so I think the best thing to
do is to say
were aware the story here's the information we have
lookup the descriptions look up the information that is that is being
released by authorities
and we'll have more information and obviously analysis as as we get it I I
guess that's kind of the happy medium
right that's that's really all we can do responsibly anyway
what we need to remember is when these shootings happen
be aware that you instantly
no matter what the firearms involved are no matter how they were obtained no
matter whether it was a place where firearms were or were not allowed
do not allow yourselves to fall into the circular go nowhere debates
with the gun rights and doosy est-ce who immediately start
making these blanket claims that every single gun owner is responsible and
respectful
up until the moment at which they use their gun improperly that we absolutely
cannot restrict the ownership of guns blah blah blah
not only those conversations broadly speaking Louis rarely
to useful but in the wake up these types of incidents
you're not going to get anywhere they are worthless conversations to have with
with the average
I no holds barred gun enthusiast
bright I mean guns are so prevalent a and use
so much a part of our culture I don't know if it even make sense to talk about
guns as
as part of the problem in any of these situations really
a in what sense in that just there's
there seems there's always going to be guns readily available and that you have
to attack this problem on on a social level instead of a
a tangible want oh no question no question we've talked about that before
but that being said so I see what you're saying
we still need to figure out the gun side love it
but there are at countless other discussions that may be more productive
to have with the types of individuals I'm describing I agree with you 100
percent