this is cnn breaking news. . i m victor blackwell, thank you for staying with us. we are of course covering the breaking news, this man hunt happening right now for the man who opened fire at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois. he s described as armed and dangerous. at least six people are dead. more than two dozen have been taken to hospitals. now, a briefing a short time ago, police described this suspect. the suspect is currently described as a male, white, approximately 18 to 20 years old with longer black hair, a small build and wearing a white or blue t-shirt. a firearm has been recovered from the scene. it does appear he was shooting from a roof. the roof that he was shooting from, i don t have that information right now. we now know that the fbi is assisting in this investigation. and authorities are asking of course anyone with video to contact highland park police. we ve known the video in situations like this has been crucial. cnn s adrienne broad
the victims on scene tell cnn about the horrifying moments that followed. there were several people who were obviously deceased. there was a gentleman who i believe, i ve heard since has succumbed. he had a gunshot to his abdomen. we started an i ve. i went across the street. there was another woman with a gunshot to her chest. she was deceased. the people who were gone were blown up by that gunfire. blown up? blown up. blown up. the horrific scene of some of the bodies is unspeakable for the average person. those are wartime injuries. those are what are seen in victims of war. not victims at a parade. the highland park mayor says she expects charges later today against the suspect as investigators work to uncover more about him and what led to this deadly day. some of those details, a disturbing digital trail and a legally bought firearm. josh campbell was at the press conference and join us now. josh, tell us what stood out to you from all the new information we jus
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coworker, politics did not come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remem
come up, we were too busy investigating and prosecuting real crime, we knew then that politics ruins whatever it touches. religion, education, sports, and our justice system. now we are trying to reconcile competing realities, prosecutors like to ask question, who, what, where, when and how. and the evidence. what does the law say. we focus on the law because we re a nation of laws. no one is above the law. but no one is beneath it either. fairness, impartiality, equality should mean something, the best way to prove their meaning is by applying them equal to friend and foe, lead justice is blindfolded for a reason. the competing reality we confront is the past 6 years of watching the department of justice and fbi, they are seen as extensions. the political parties now, we were jim comey s press of conference. we remember the fbi agent who desmirched a republican presidential candidate, yet put in charge of investigating that same candidate. we remember that agent said he coul