this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there s a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple victims from the shooting there. are different accounts saying as many as nine people have been shot in this incident. tactical teams have arrived. there s a big presence including state police an lake county sheriff. what you can see from the video with the police presence you can see the kind of things people would have brought to a parade folding chairs coolers abandoned as people ran from the scene.
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