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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Last night at about ten thirty KADC one, which is
on Smith's Mill Road in far western Lincoln County in
New Albany, there was a shooting. The suspect is finally
in custody right around ten am this morning, they were
able to take him into custody and so charged at
this point, well, I don't know if he's been charged yet,
(00:21):
but right now it's being reported that one a total
of six were shot. One is dead and then there
were five others who are wounded right now. And yeah,
I guess he worked at KDC one and he had
been there and this was being called a targeted attack,
(00:41):
and it was being called a targeted attack from New
Albany Police Chief Greg Jones, and he is joining us
right now. Police Chief Greg Jones of New Albany, Welcome
for the first time to the Mark Blazer Show. Chief,
thanks for.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Joining us, no problem, Thanks Mark, thanks.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
For jumping on with us. And yeah, obviously an incredibly
tragic situation that happened. And can you tell us at
this point, I mean, we know it is the victim
count at this point, Is everything the same as far
as that goes, or is there any new information?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Uh? Yeah, at this point, I can only show that
their victim count is still the same. Five are hosplized,
and one was deceased on the scene.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Okay. And then do you have names of those people
as of yet?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You know, because of some some rules, were not able
to release those names at this point. You know, the
families have a right to try to keep their disclosed
for some time, So I don't have those available at
this time.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
For to share, Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And I can tell you. I can tell you that
the all the victims were male.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
So all six people were male, including the one that
has deceased yet Okay. And then at this point is
there I mean I saw earlier from your press release,
your press conference, I should say that you know they
he been at work for some time, he was an
employee there. You called this a targeted attack. Was there,
(02:06):
you know, a motive for this? Do we know was
there arguments where anything? Has anything come into focus with
regard to that?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah? I think that originally we know there was approximatee
hundred and fifty people working in the building, and speaking
with witnesses and other staff, there didn't appear to be
an obvious motive. There was no confrontation or no, he
wasn't in trouble at work. However, as we continued to
the investigation, you know, we continue to try to develop
the motives and hopefully can share that at some point
(02:33):
in time.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, the there was it was it a handgun that
was used? It was that recovered?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Correct, It was a handgun and it was recovered at
the scene.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yes, okay, and what kind of what caliber? Do you
know any of that kind of stuff as of yet.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, we do. Right now, we are tracing the origins
of the gun, So at this point we're we're not
able to share that.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And then the as far as the shooter goes, did
he act alone? Was there anybody? Is there any reason
to believe there's anybody else with him?
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, we we do believe he acted alone. You know.
You know, when you have a situation like that going
on with that many people in such a large building,
you know, we get conflicting stories of of what is occurring.
But it didn't take us long to actually determine that
he was acting alone and and we were able to
rule out any type of accomplish.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
We're talking to New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones joining
us now. Of course, shooting happened last night where one
is deceased and five others have been shot as far
as this the suspect Bruce Reginald Foster, the third who
was taken into custody I believe about ten am is
what I was reading at the Peer apartment complex on
the North Side that was earlier today. Do you what
(03:45):
did you hear about when they took him into did
he was here? Was there anything that happened when they
tried it? Was it peaceful when they took him into custody,
anything like that?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So there there he did, didn't comply with orders, and
there was not less than lethal force used. There's no
injuries involved, and he was taken into custs together than that,
without without any type of issue, and without any law
enforcement offer of being heard. So we had actually since
the shooting had happened, it we had developed a person
(04:17):
of interest as we spoke with the staff and reviewed cameras,
and then throughout the night we had executed a couple
of search warrants at locations we thought we might be
able to find him. And so a little bit of
a process, process of elimination and the use of technology,
were actually able to locate him in the in the
morning hours.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Hey, it was being reported to earlier Chief that there
were people that were in that building that were unaware
that a shooting even happened, even though it did occur
inside the building.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Correct, Yes, correct, And you know, the it's a light
manufacturing building, so it's not your typical like an office
building with a bunch of offices. So it's open and
there's a lot of machinery running. And so even when
the building was shut down because of this incident, it's
still a very uh there's still a lot of noise
in the building, So it's perfectly understandable as being in
(05:06):
there that they sparks the building would even know anything
going on. We were able to luckily evacuate everybody very quickly,
and so the of the one hundred and fifty approximately
people in the building, we were able to evacuate them
safely to a facility across the street.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
So this is a KDC one is a twenty four
hour facility there. In other words, there are you know,
different shifts that work around.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The clock there, correct, correct.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, And then I also read this too, Chief that
this guy has basically no significant criminal history as well.
Are you. Is that what you believe as well to
be true?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, he in checking his criminal history, doesn't have any
criminal history. I think that from what it appeared that
there may have been times read keep in contact with
law enforcement, but nothing resulting in a criminal history.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
All right, So New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones, I
want to thank you so much for jumping on with
us today. I know you're probably running on pure adrenaline.
I have it on good authority that you haven't even slept, sir,
So I really appreciate you taking time to jump on
with us today.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
No problem, Mark, no problem. I appreciate it. And you
guys stay safe.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Thank you so much. Appreciate you. All right, thank you.
All right, there he is New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones.
Who yeah, he isn't even he hasn't even slept yet,
so yeah, pretty great.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Which we had more time with him. I'm really curious
as to how the officers are doing. I mean, this
is not something that's normal for New Albany. You know,
you're ready to switch shifts at the end of the
night and then mooove you've got something like this on
your radar, and I know Franklin County. Shaff's deputies were
up there. Lincoln County I'm assuming had deputies up there.
I just I hope everybody you know, they're doing okay
and this isn't too much of a trauma. They're professionals,
(06:48):
but man, sometimes you got to step outside of your
normal right and do something that's really out of the ordinary,
and you worry more about the officers sometimes you do
the general public.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Here's the thing too, to remember with this these guys,
the officers respond, he's gone, and certainly there's one dead,
and then other people who are now being whisked away
from the scene. But they weren't there in a fight,
a gunfight so on. It's kind of to what you
were talking about. But you're right, they're not used to
responding to something like this that doesn't happen in New Albany,
(07:18):
as they say, you know, so huge thanks to New
Albany Police Chief Creig Jones for jumping on with us
just now.
Last night at about ten thirty KADC one, which is
on Smith's Mill Road in far western Lincoln County in
New Albany, there was a shooting. The suspect is finally
in custody right around ten am this morning, they were
able to take him into custody and so charged at
this point, well, I don't know if he's been charged yet,
(00:21):
but right now it's being reported that one a total
of six were shot. One is dead and then there
were five others who are wounded right now. And yeah,
I guess he worked at KDC one and he had
been there and this was being called a targeted attack,
(00:41):
and it was being called a targeted attack from New
Albany Police Chief Greg Jones, and he is joining us
right now. Police Chief Greg Jones of New Albany, Welcome
for the first time to the Mark Blazer Show. Chief,
thanks for.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Joining us, no problem, Thanks Mark, thanks.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
For jumping on with us. And yeah, obviously an incredibly
tragic situation that happened. And can you tell us at
this point, I mean, we know it is the victim
count at this point, Is everything the same as far
as that goes, or is there any new information?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Uh? Yeah, at this point, I can only show that
their victim count is still the same. Five are hosplized,
and one was deceased on the scene.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Okay. And then do you have names of those people
as of yet?
Speaker 2 (01:26):
You know, because of some some rules, were not able
to release those names at this point. You know, the
families have a right to try to keep their disclosed
for some time, So I don't have those available at
this time.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
For to share, Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
And I can tell you. I can tell you that
the all the victims were male.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
So all six people were male, including the one that
has deceased yet Okay. And then at this point is
there I mean I saw earlier from your press release,
your press conference, I should say that you know they
he been at work for some time, he was an
employee there. You called this a targeted attack. Was there,
(02:06):
you know, a motive for this? Do we know was
there arguments where anything? Has anything come into focus with
regard to that?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah? I think that originally we know there was approximatee
hundred and fifty people working in the building, and speaking
with witnesses and other staff, there didn't appear to be
an obvious motive. There was no confrontation or no, he
wasn't in trouble at work. However, as we continued to
the investigation, you know, we continue to try to develop
the motives and hopefully can share that at some point
(02:33):
in time.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, the there was it was it a handgun that
was used? It was that recovered?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Correct, It was a handgun and it was recovered at
the scene.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yes, okay, and what kind of what caliber? Do you
know any of that kind of stuff as of yet.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, we do. Right now, we are tracing the origins
of the gun, So at this point we're we're not
able to share that.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And then the as far as the shooter goes, did
he act alone? Was there anybody? Is there any reason
to believe there's anybody else with him?
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, we we do believe he acted alone. You know.
You know, when you have a situation like that going
on with that many people in such a large building,
you know, we get conflicting stories of of what is occurring.
But it didn't take us long to actually determine that
he was acting alone and and we were able to
rule out any type of accomplish.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
We're talking to New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones joining
us now. Of course, shooting happened last night where one
is deceased and five others have been shot as far
as this the suspect Bruce Reginald Foster, the third who
was taken into custody I believe about ten am is
what I was reading at the Peer apartment complex on
the North Side that was earlier today. Do you what
(03:45):
did you hear about when they took him into did
he was here? Was there anything that happened when they
tried it? Was it peaceful when they took him into custody,
anything like that?
Speaker 2 (03:54):
So there there he did, didn't comply with orders, and
there was not less than lethal force used. There's no
injuries involved, and he was taken into custs together than that,
without without any type of issue, and without any law
enforcement offer of being heard. So we had actually since
the shooting had happened, it we had developed a person
(04:17):
of interest as we spoke with the staff and reviewed cameras,
and then throughout the night we had executed a couple
of search warrants at locations we thought we might be
able to find him. And so a little bit of
a process, process of elimination and the use of technology,
were actually able to locate him in the in the
morning hours.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Hey, it was being reported to earlier Chief that there
were people that were in that building that were unaware
that a shooting even happened, even though it did occur
inside the building.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Correct, Yes, correct, And you know, the it's a light
manufacturing building, so it's not your typical like an office
building with a bunch of offices. So it's open and
there's a lot of machinery running. And so even when
the building was shut down because of this incident, it's
still a very uh there's still a lot of noise
in the building, So it's perfectly understandable as being in
(05:06):
there that they sparks the building would even know anything
going on. We were able to luckily evacuate everybody very quickly,
and so the of the one hundred and fifty approximately
people in the building, we were able to evacuate them
safely to a facility across the street.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
So this is a KDC one is a twenty four
hour facility there. In other words, there are you know,
different shifts that work around.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
The clock there, correct, correct.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Yeah, And then I also read this too, Chief that
this guy has basically no significant criminal history as well.
Are you. Is that what you believe as well to
be true?
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, he in checking his criminal history, doesn't have any
criminal history. I think that from what it appeared that
there may have been times read keep in contact with
law enforcement, but nothing resulting in a criminal history.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
All right, So New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones, I
want to thank you so much for jumping on with
us today. I know you're probably running on pure adrenaline.
I have it on good authority that you haven't even slept, sir,
So I really appreciate you taking time to jump on
with us today.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
No problem, Mark, no problem. I appreciate it. And you
guys stay safe.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Thank you so much. Appreciate you. All right, thank you.
All right, there he is New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones.
Who yeah, he isn't even he hasn't even slept yet,
so yeah, pretty great.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Which we had more time with him. I'm really curious
as to how the officers are doing. I mean, this
is not something that's normal for New Albany. You know,
you're ready to switch shifts at the end of the
night and then mooove you've got something like this on
your radar, and I know Franklin County. Shaff's deputies were
up there. Lincoln County I'm assuming had deputies up there.
I just I hope everybody you know, they're doing okay
and this isn't too much of a trauma. They're professionals,
(06:48):
but man, sometimes you got to step outside of your
normal right and do something that's really out of the ordinary,
and you worry more about the officers sometimes you do
the general public.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Here's the thing too, to remember with this these guys,
the officers respond, he's gone, and certainly there's one dead,
and then other people who are now being whisked away
from the scene. But they weren't there in a fight,
a gunfight so on. It's kind of to what you
were talking about. But you're right, they're not used to
responding to something like this that doesn't happen in New Albany,
(07:18):
as they say, you know, so huge thanks to New
Albany Police Chief Creig Jones for jumping on with us
just now.
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