9:00 Presser:
Sheriff:
Thoughts and prayers with citizens and family
still actively working crime scenes
not found or identified anymore scenes or victims
(((he looks exhausted)))
attn general spoken. death notifications are now being made.
appreciates public's response with information
all tips have been checked out that we have
appreciate everyone involved. thoughts and prayers to everyone
AG office have interviewed 30 persons and continue to check out tips and
AG:
met with families in church about 100 people
work at crime scene will continue thru night.
don't anticipate it will be finished until mid morning tomorrow
received briefing from each scene
encourage people to call sheriff's office for tips. Even if they aren't sure if it matters what they heard, they'd like to hear it.
30 people interviewed. More will be interviewed. Ongoing process. Continue until it's solved.
threat isn't to community.
there was a family that was targeted. talked with the family and asked them to be cautious. sheriff will work with them in regards to protection.
Person of interenst - wouldn't use that term.
not anticipate getting back to us until noon tomorrow.
Whether it's a live presser or an issued statement, will depend upon what occurs tomorrow.
Sherriff:
Take any precautionary measures that you feel you need to take. Units are coming in for additional staffing. Rhoden family is primary concern.
Keeping Rhoden family informed.
continuing to take statments from family members
AG:
impressed with sheriff and his dept.
true professionals and doing fantastic jobs
We have a lot of people dedicated to finding the murderer or murderers who did this terrible thing.
Governor was concerned. AG gave him a briefing.
Shocked that there were [7] people killed.
No indication that any of the individuals killed themselves. We have murderer or murderers who have done this.
Sheriff:
Overwhelming amt of tips.
Officers will get breaks when they need it and will utilize other agencies that will step in and help out.
can't say about motive at this time.
FBI has reached out and are available if needed. They are on standby, but not directly involved at this time.
Never known a shooting with 8 victims. Never imagined such devasataion and lost so many people to a murder like this.
Investigative teams being very methodical and evrything has been folowed, collectively working together and has been a huge success so far. Very impressed with all the agents so far. They are taking the time they need to do it right.
AG:
investigations like this can take a while.
We are methodical about it.
We are going to be here (BCI) and continue to work with the sheriff's office until we know who did it.
Hope that doesn't sound too disjointed - I was trying to type it all out.