murder. as he heads to court officials released more details about him and missed warnings prior. among those new details to learn authorities say the suspect fired more than 70 high velocity rounds from a weapon similar to ar-15. legally purchased. four background whchecks that needed to be cleared. there were run-ins with police but would not come up in the background checks and something people question this morning. one encounters after a family member called police saying that he had said he wanted to kill everyone. last night vice president kamala harris making an unexpected visit to highland park. got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what and in particular assault weapons. we have to take it seriously. you have been forced to take it seriously. authorities identified six of the seven sikts in the shooting. two a couple, parents whose 2-year-old toddler found alive after the shooting stopped. i want to get to josh campbell where that bail h
from a rooftop with a military-style weapon that he purchased legally. there are a lot of questions remaining about how the suspect slid past safeguards in illinois. red flag laws, despite his threatening violence in the past. in the meantime, six of the seven people killed in the attack have now been identified. that includes a couple whose toddler was found alive and alone after the shooting. let s begin our coverage with cnn s josh campbell outside of the courthouse in illinois with today s top story. reporter: boris, we learned a lot about this investigation over the course of the last 24 hours, specifically, two police encounters in 2019. authorities tell us that they were called in april of 2019 to the alleged shooter s home. the family member indicated that he had allegedly attempted suicide. police ultimately determining that there wasn t a policing issue. the suspect was apparently under the care of a mental health professional, and fast forward to september of the
no. there were some event celebration occurring in the madison area. [ inaudible question ]. he planned this for several weeks for the highland park shooting. any last questions? folks, this is probably going to conclude our formal press briefings on this matter. if there is breaking news or anything major that does develop, we will call a press conference. otherwise, i would not anticipate major press briefings like this. investigators have months to go continuing their investigation into this. we ll be collaborating very closely with the state s attorney s office. they ll be collaborating with their federal partners. we ll be collaborating with our federal partners. any specific questions, please reach out directly. [ inaudible question ] he s being classified now. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. you are watching the prosecutor walking away after delivering breaking developments on that fourth of july parade massacre in highland park
he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera, he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. reporter: the county sheriffs office also revealed that there were red flags about the shooter well before monday s mass killing. in april of 2019, police were called about a suicide attempt of his. five months later, a relative contacted police after the suspect threatened to quote kill everyone in the family. but still, he was able to obtain the illinois equivalent of a gun license in 2020. today the prosecutor tried to explain it. there was never a firearm restraining order. that s what i had used the term red flag. that type of order mr. crimo has never been involved in that type of order. that s an order where family members and other individuals can go to a court and ask that somebody have firearms taken and not be allowed to piurchase firearms. that did not happen in mr. crimo s case. cnn security correspondent, josh gamb
owners. our own peter doocy calling up the white house how they have been a is responding tonight at fox news also asking the white house but a leaked voice mail allegedly of president biden and left for his son hunter concerning his business dealings. wait till you see the response. we begin with the mass shooting at an independence day parade outside chicago. correspondent matt finn tracking the very latest developers for us tonight. good evening. hi, shannon. tuesday evening, the states attorney and lake county illinois announced the alleged fourth of july parade shooter will be charged with seven counts of first-degree murder and says dozens of more charges are on the way, including possible attempted murder and weapons charges. what should have been a celebration of freedom has ended in despair for our community. all of the people who died steps from here lost their freedom. all of it. the death toll from the fourth of july parade shooting increasing to seven peopl