good saturday morning. it is april 29th. good to have you along. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin with ukraine and a deadly russian missile strike on an apartment complex. the attack killed almost two dozen people, including six children. and it s believed to be the deadliest strike on civilians since january. it happened 4:00 a.m. local time when most people were asleep. ukraine s air force says russia fired a barrage of long range cruise missiles from the aircraft in the caspian sea area. president volodymyr zelenskyy says his forces shot down 21 of the 23 missiles fired. cnn s nic robertson has been on the scene since shortly after the strike, joining us now from uman, ukraine. hi, nic. what s the latest there? it is bad news from here. the death toll is now 25. you can see the recovery efforts still going on. but this is really just pulling out the debris, getting that off the site here. and we ve been talking with firef
hello, everyone. thanks for joining us this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. a desperate man hunt is under way in texas, a gunman killing five people including an 8-year-old and police are racing to a house in cleveland, texas, overnight. on reports of an active shooter. at least three others were wounded in a brutal attack. and now the search is on for the suspect who took off before police arrived on the scene. cnn s ryan young is following this breaking story for us. so tell us what we know thus far, that is taking place in a house, does this mean that everyone knew each other, meaning the suspect and the victims? well, it appears they were neighbors. and in fact, they were talking to him across the street, he had a gun, and apparently, he s been firing in that yard, according to the sheriff, many times, and they asked him to stop shooting because it was disturbing the baby inside the home. and at some point apparently he became angry and then actually went inside the
sleep. that man turned around, went inside the home. they have ring camera video of him entering and exiting the home. he started shooting people in this home. the ages are from 8 to 40. you have five victims. two of the women were actually on top of the children trying to protect them, covered in blood. listen to the sheriff about this active manhunt. two of the juveniles were found underneath two of the deceased women in the bedroom. in my opinion, they were trying to take care of them babies and keep them alive. we know him by name, date of birth and we ve got his mexican consulate card. plus, there was a ring doorbell on the victims house that we actually captured him coming up to the front door with the weapon. fred, as you know, normally if we had a manhunt like this, the sheriff s department would share the picture of the suspect. they feel he s in a wooded area and contained, so they ll be able to find him. they have his name. they ve talked to his wife. all thes
our thanks to wxyz for that. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with this breaking news on the manhunt undway under way cleveland texas for the suspect accused of the shootings of five including an 8-year-old. ryan young isle toing all of this for us. what more are we learning about the suspect? troubling details on this. we ve been following this for hours. we ve been given a name. francisco orpeza is the name police are looking for at this point. they are still actively looking for him. this all started with a 911 call over a noise disturbance. apparently he was on his porch file firing a well. neighbors asked him to stop shootings. he went to the home and started shooting people execution style. listen to the sheriff early on in this investigation. when they got here, they found four people deceased inside of the residence. there was an 8-year-old that had been shot. everybody that was shot was shot fr
there s been a horrific execution-style shooting down in texas. authorities are now searching and there s a manhunt for someone who is armed and dangerous. i know you ve been monitoring this. dhs is monitoring this. what can you tell us about the alleged suspect, francisco yore or oh pay za. i can assure you that law enforcement will deliver accountability. the case is an active one under investigation and i can t comment further. there is a question about his citizenship. he supposedly had they refer to it as a consulate card from mexico meaning he was here legally, but perhaps he d overstayed? chuck, i won t comment on it because it is an active case. the tragedy that occurred, you described it correctly just absolutely horrific. our hearts go to the victims, the victims families, those children, and we ll deliver accountability. do we know if federal authorities are involved besides fbi and local authorities and is your team involved? border patrol at all? we are monito