activist. especially when a slew of republicans like john cornyn helped write it s! emphatically yes, said joe biden. lost her many lives? in the characteristically modest words of chris murphy what we are doing will save thousands of lives that makes sense. now that we will have laws to allow the government to by force, without bothering with due process, once we do that and are doing it this will never happen again. that is what they promised us, and the media assured us that it was true. what they never mentioned is that it was not only ridiculous, it was provably false, because gun control does not stop bad people. on the day this 18-year-old murdered ten people, the state of what he had this this was the person that told us that red flag balls would stop from committing mass murder. he wanted to murder large groups of people, a red flag, had artie been caught by his mother killing a cat. was so obviously crazy and threatening that at one point, new york state pol
they are very involved and remain point throughout all of this. . reporter: [ inaudible ]. not information i can release yet. reporter: [ inaudible ]. not information i can release. we still consider him armed and dangerous. reporter: is it one shooter? at this time that s the information we have. reporter: [ inaudible ]. we re still working on that. we ll take two more questions. we re not going to go into the specifics of where the gun was recovered but a firearm rifle was recovered. reporter: what s the ages? what s the ages of those passed away? we ll have more information on that. we ll be releasing that as soon as we can. we have six confirmed deceased and we have approximately two dozen that are seriously injured. okay, thank you. we are coming on the air after that update from police, from the local sheriffs in highland park on that horrific, 4th of july parade shooting that happened about 10:15 local time there. a massive manhunt now happenin
the high-powered rifle used in the shooting. d anyone have thought he might kill? maybe his family? we now know in 2019 police flagged him as a clear and present danger after he threatened to kill everybody in his house. when police got there, they took away his dagger, his sword, and 16 knives. that was then. now the state attorney for lake county with a strong message to the community. what should have been a celebration of freedom ended in despair for our community. all of the people who died steps from here lost their freedom. we will stand with the survivors of this awful crime for as long as necessary. in the courtroom we will seek the maximum sentence against this offender. not because we seek vengeance, but because justice and the hearing process demanded. harris: the shooting left more than 30 people injured, and now another person has died, bringing the death toll to seven. among those killed were kevin and irena mccarthy. , periods 22-year-old aiden, who surviv
treat victims compared it to those sustained in a war zone. we heard gunshots people thought for five seconds that it was fireworks until people started screaming bodies down, bodies down and everyone started running. there were six people who i saw who were horribly, horribly injured from the gun shot, and the gunshot wounds that these people sustained are like war injuries. i ve never served, but i ve been in the emergency rooms and i ve seen horrific things. the bodies that i saw it was not an image that anyone who is not a physician would have an easy time processing. let s bring in nbc news correspondent rehema ellis who has been covering this story for us. rehema, what is the latest on the ground? the very latest on the ground is they are engaged in an intense man hunt for this suspect. hundreds of officers are blanketing the area trying to find the person responsible for this mayhem. authorities say that local, state and federal authorities are all working toge
gunshots wounds to police, who a admit he was not armed when shot. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight begin with the breaking news, the highland park shooting suspect has now been charged formally with seven counts of first degree murder. we just heard a live press conference where officials say dozens of charges coming against the smekt so this is just the beginning, seven accounts of first degree murder. fa faces life sentence without possibility of parole, and again, there will be dozens more charges but that s where we start. officials say he planned his attack for weeks and then killed seven people and injured 38 more. the victims, as we now know ranging in age from age eight to 88, police have released a photo of the 21-year-old gunman dressed in women s clothing during the attack, we believe he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and identity and fired 70 rounds from a high-powered rifle into the crowd. photo from cnn shows the suspect moments after