WOLF BLITZER: I’m sorry, we are breaking into our program with a developing story out of Florida. It seems there is a situation at a party, a corporate event, a possible terrorist attack on a corporate party in Tampa, Florida. Do we have . . . yes, we have video there from the local affiliate, a shot from the news helicopter; you can see the emergency vehicles and the people running out of the building. I’m going to turn it over to the reporter on the scene, Teresa Nazario, from the local station WFLA. Go ahead, Teresa.
TERESA NAZARIO: Wolf, as you can see behind me, there is chaos on the ground here tonight at the Grand Regency Hotel in Tampa Bay. People have been shot, the police are still attempting to put up a cordon around the hotel, and a SWAT team is about to storm the building. The situation is still very much in flux. There’s a lot we don’t know right now.
BLITZER: Teresa, can you tell me who was involved in this?
NAZARIO: Right now, we are told that this was a corporate event for Conquest Biotech, to announce a new product launch. Then, according to at least one witness, someone began attacking guests with either a knife or a sword, followed by gunfire.
BLITZER: Was this a terrorist attack?
NAZARIO: Impossible to say right now. At this point, the ballroom in the hotel is still unsecured. So we have not got a statement from the police yet; they are still trying to get the situation contained. We have seen several people being treated by paramedics, and they are being rushed to the local emergency room.
BLITZER: Teresa, can you tell me how many people have been wounded or killed?
NAZARIO: At this point, we don’t know, Wolf. We just don’t know.