dumpster. tonight, we hear have a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body cam video of the deadly shooting of jalen walker. more than 60 wounds on his body. frustrations return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to president biden while on trial in russia. her letter to the president saying, quote, i ll terrified i might be here forever. good evening, everyone. and thank you so much for joining us on this fourth of july holiday. i m linsey da
floats. then it just opened up, that familiar, you know, semi gunfire. just a rain of shots. nbc s rehema ellis has been monitoring this. rehema, what do we know right now? reporter: not much more than what you talked about, steve, because this is unfolding as we speak. you pointed out the police are looking for a suspect. this event happened, this mass shooting happened just a short while after the fireworks, the fourth of july festivities, were getting under way. as you reported, there are reports of several people who were shot. we do not at this point have an exact number of how many people were shot or if any people were killed in this incident. as one person was saying there that we just heard from, people were enjoying a fourth of july festivity, a parade, in highland park. this is a community about 25 miles north of chicago. when they heard these sounds ring out. the guy was saying there, you heard a pop, pop, pop, and he said it was like a rain of shots that just
stephanie ruhle, the chicago suburb of highland park is the latest community struggling to come to grips with the horror of a deadly mass shooting. tonight the town held a vigil for the seven people killed when a gunman opened fire on a fourth of july parade. the attack also left dozens of people injured. just a few hours ago, vice president kamala harris visited the scene to pay tribute to the victims. police say the suspected gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop shortly after the parade got underway is today morning. [noise] [noise] [noise] authorities have charged 21 year old male robert with seven counts of murder, and say could eventually face more charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens more charges, centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims. so far, police have not identified a motive. but they s
president kamala harris visited the scene to pay tribute to the victims. police say the suspected gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop shortly after the parade got underway is today morning. [noise] [noise] [noise] authorities have charged 21 year old male robert crimo with seven counts of murder, and say could eventually face more charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens more charges, centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims. so far, police have not identified a motive. but they say crimo allegedly planned the attack for weeks. he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape. officials say he legally purchased multiple weapons, including at least two rifles before the shooting. they also revealed that police had to prior contacts with a suspect in 2019 a family member reported he threatened to kill ev