Time. In july 1998 a delusional, seriously mentalally ill man walked through carrying a loaded. 38 caliber smith and wesson revolver. Jacob chestnut stopped the man and asked him to go through the metal detector. The man turned and shot the officer in the head and killed him and shot and Wounded Another Police officer. Officer Douglas Mcmillian who Returned Fire and hit the attacker. Shot and mortally wounded a u. S. Capitol police detective. John gibson. As gibson told members of congress and their staff to take cover. Detective gibson was killed by the attacker that day. But before he died he nevertheless was able to return fire as well and that is apparently what took the gunman down and ended that oneman attack on the u. S. Capitol in the summer of 1998. The attacker, although he was shot by officers that Returned Fire, he survived. A u. S. Senator, who was a Heart Surgeon was nearby when the Gun Fight Broke Out and may have saved the gunmans life after the shooting stop and accomp
policing is a big family of people who know at some point they may be asked to make a sacrifice. but you never wish or hope that it actually happens. and tonight, this tragedy, there are some broken hearts that will take a long time to grieve. todd: hundreds of police officers gathering on the sheet to carry the body of their colleague. the department calling it a tremendous loss. we will try to get through this, it is a difficult time for chicago police department. we are heartbroken, this young officer we had five years on this department had a bright future ahead of him. and this is something that no family should have to face. todd: investigators reviewing body cam footage of the the suspect is shut in critical condition. ashley: the officer s death comes as chicago police chief david brown announced her resignation after lori lightfoot s laws. the head of the u.s. attorney s office in chicago john also resigning. lightfoot failed to secure enough votes for the
he said that california has one of the toughest gun laws in the country, but that the status quo was simply not working and i think that really cuts to the heart of the situation. as we have, time and time again on his conversations but we fall short every time and we keep seeing more and more mass shootings. we are going to continue the conversation, thank you so much for all of your coverage. over the past come our. we want to continue that right now by going back to monterey park for nga, and in that brief ten others wounded kathy park joins us now live from the scene. kathy, lots to break down for what we have heard from the last hour. give me some of the major takeaways in terms of how this particular incident has come to a conclusion with the suspect being identified in self inflicted gunshot wound in that white van. yeah, ayman, it s important to note that they re saying there is no longer a threat at this time. the suspect connected to this mass shooting has been
countries have all kinds of problems similar to the u.s.. but, it s one of the things, mehdi, in the conference it out to me it gets to the heart of what you re saying is what the. , sheriffs ed. the status quo is not working. he said that california has some of the toughest colors in the country. country, but that the status quo was simply not working and i think that really cuts to the heart of the situation. yeah, as we have ayman, it s important to note that they re, time and time again saying there is no longer on his a threat at this conversations but we fall short every time. the time and we keep suspect connected to seeing more and more this mass shooting has mass been shootings. we are identified, as going to continue the 72-year-old conversation, thank you so-year-old huu can tran much for all of, your coverage. over the so i want to past come our. we want to continue backtrack a bit. and talk about that right now by how we got to this going point. they back were
wait a minute. someone in the white house was calling one of the rioters? absolutely. and you know both ends of that call? one end. i don t know the white house end, which i believe is more important. so that call that denver writes about reportedly lasted just nine seconds. made at 4:24 p.m. after trump made a video message telling supporters to go home, you re very special. on meet the press yesterday, congressman raskin confirms that the committee knows about this call. watch. i can t say anything specific about that particular call, but we are aware of it. and we are aware of lots of context between people in the white house and different people involved obviously in the coup attempt and the insurrection. in a statement, the committee adds that quote, in his roll on the select committee, mr. riggleman had limited knowledge. the committee has run down all the leads and digested and analyzed all the information that arose from his work. we will be presenting