The death toll could rise, officials said.
Once they are, the preliminary count of 23 dead hostages seemed certain to rise, officials acknowledged.
As more deaths are investigated, the number attributed to the heat wave could rise, officials said.
The department recently simplified the required paperwork, and the number of stops has since been on the rise, officials say.
As many as 400 people may have been inside at the time of the attack, and the death toll was likely to rise, officials said.
As tuition and other costs rise, officials have become increasingly concerned that moderate-income high school students are being deterred from attending costly institutions because they fear taking on tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
In months past, as the number of shootings continued to rise, officials took other tacks, calling for a tightening of gun laws and sending hundreds of officers working administrative jobs back on to the streets.
However, the site is being treated as a crime scene and the death toll could rise, officials warn.
Although that figure was expected to rise, officials said.
The first is rapidly rising official reserves.
