gunman. cnn s senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, has details. the sheriff s office reveals two incident involving the suspect. the first in april of 2019. a suicide attempt handled by mental health professionals. the secondo cured in september of 2019. a family member reported he was going to kill efveryone and he had a collection of knives. the police responded to his residence. they removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. at that time, there was no probably cause to arrest. there were no complaints that were signed by any of the victims. police say the suspected shooter preplanned his attack and get away for several weeks leaving his high powered rifle behind, dressing as a woman, and slipping away with the retreating crowds. it was that rifle purchased legally and traced back to him that helped police identify the suspect, track down his mother s car and make this arrest. at this point, we have not developed a motive from him. while po
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preplanned this attack for several weeks. people need to place to go when they re going to do harm. neil: people making sense of that awful attack on innocence. we re learning a little more about the alleged shooter. let s get the latest from mike tobin ahead of authorities giving us an update as well in highland park. mike? neil, the very sad detail today is that another of the shooting victims as you mentioned succumbed to the victories. the death total here from the highland park parade shooting is now at 7. we re getting more details about the suspected gunman. bobby eugene crimo iii, 21 years old. he lived in his father s basement. police say he dressed like a woman on the day of attack to avoid detection. the weapon used is a rifle similar to an ar-15 purchased legally in illinois. crimo possessed another rifle and additional guns. he accessed the roof from which he fired 70 rounds down on spectators. he dropped his rife and blended in with the crowd. following
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custody at lake forest, illinois, after a brief pursuit earlier. police also recovering a high powered rifle, who say believed to be the weapon he was at the shooting. that is the car that police say crimo was driving. you can see it here on this live picture. this all started approximately, at 10:14 am, central time. the shooter opened fire on the town separate from a rooftop, along that route. and again, police say six people have been killed, and health officials reported that at least two dozen, if not three dozen, were hurt. 25, with gunshot wounds, in that total. let s go straight to shaquille brewster, and as an msnbc correspondent there on the ground for us. and shaq, just the breaking news within the last 15 minutes that they have apprehended that person of interest. what else are we hearing? well, we are likely not gonna have any more updates from local law enforcement until tomorrow. but you are just in the past couple of minutes there, we had that major update,