The one fortunate thing in this very tragic situation is that when it was happening, there were two officers from our SWAT unit just a block away, so they got here quite fast and were able to evacuate people from the scene, |
The rapist has plagued this city for exactly a year, |
The structure is very shaky right now, it's very unstable, ... We're waiting for the Army Corps of Engineers to do an assessment and advise us whether we can go underneath it, or we have to shore it up, or tear it down, before the rescue continues. |
There are no cover-ups here, |
There are prescribed ways of doing this. I know this is very frustrating and isn't satisfactory, but that's the way it is, |
There is a fingerprint and DNA match and an eyewitness has identified this individual, |
We have done a tremendous amount of training, visual training, team training. We have a real good deployment, |
We stopped the rescue operation around 11 o'clock (Thursday) night, ... As the tide came in, the structure began to move, and other parts began to collapse again. We made the decision to pull our divers out. |
When we get a chance, the divers will go in, |
Yes, ... If you behave well, we won't tear gas you. |
You can bet there will be a whole host of charges. |