As of 11:39 Pacific, the only consistent information is that there was one shooter who was taken down by a police officer. There are either 3 or 4 people shot, though no reports of fatalities.
There is conflicting information as to whether or not there may be an additional shooter(s) inside the temple. My guess is there are not. More likely, given that it’s a 17,000 sq ft bldg and there are at least dozens of terrified temple members hiding in closets, bathrooms, basement and wherever, it’s going to take law enforcement an enormous amount of time to sweep, clear and secure the bldg.
I could be wrong, but based on not seeing any snipers stationed on the roof or perimeter of the bldg, and given that the area surrounding the building hasn’t been evacuated, my guess is the on-scene law enforcement doesn’t believe there’s any further danger, there are no hostages, and there are no additional shooters.
We don’t know if the motivation of the shooter was personal, political, religious, or just a random psycho guy. My guess is the latter, but we’ll know soon enough.
The only problem with the lone shooter theory is that more and more fire trucks are coming in and the terrorist joint task force has been called in along with FBI and ATF.
7 dead on scene including shooter - more at hospital.