backdrop for movies like home alone and ferris buhler s day off. police say a gunman fired on people along the parade route from a rooftop. a barrage of bullets just after 10:00 a.m., causing spec to it tors, mostly families with children, both young and old, to scatter. right now officials say the victims range from 8 to 85 years old. five adults died at the scene, a sixth person later passed away at the hospital. witnesses describing chaos where strollers and belongings lay scattered on the streets that have become a crime scene. i picked up my kids and ran again, i put them in a garbage dumpster, and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and i saw people shot on the ground. all of a sudden, there was a stampede of people coming, and then i realized it was gunshots. i literally thought to myself, this is how it s going to end. we hope to learn more about a man who they say has not been charged but is a person of interest. within eight hours after
obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th
in my office in dallas, atf used to be down the street from the depository, i ve gone up there many times as a history buff and criminal buff my degree is criminology. i studied that case. oswald left the rifle, his fingerprints were all over it. when this guy left the rifle, that s the first thing i thought of. then usa today reported yesterday that on his wall, he had a picture on his internet feed of something taped on his wall, and it was about lee harvey oswald. a slow moving motorcade or parade in front of him, shooting from an elevated position and leaving the rifle there, maybe he s glorifying that on the internet. that s his mental connection for murder. i ve had another texas thought which is charles whitman. yes. another sniper. also joining us is nbc news
does the internet how are people not awake and alert to this and what can be done legally? tom winter, ben collins, jim cavanaugh, thanks to all of you, and shaq brewster. i want to turn to schick sun times lynn suite who was at yesterday s parade in highland park. lynn, tell me, you were there, had family there. tell me about the parade and your reaction as a human being and a reporter. hi, andrea. as a human being i attended this fourth of july parade in highland park. i ve been here many, many years. i wasn t raised here, i was raised in chicago. my sister has lived here for a number of years. just to set this up, i was at the very beginning of the parade at the east end of it. i didn t hear the shots. as i was standing by the floats and the marchers waiting to go, and as the float started going,
welcome back to a special edition of andrea mitchell reports. we are awaiting an update on the tragic mass shooting at the highland july 4th parade. six people are dead, two dozen injured after a gunman armed with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop on people celebrating in an upscale small community north of chicago. you hear people screaming, bodies down, bodies down. i saw people on the ground. i ran with my daughter. she was scared. i was trying to find a place to hide with her. the person of interest in custody is 21-year-old robert crimo iii. he has a history of posting violent videos about shootings. the rifle they found was