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
thank you for being with us today. ben collins, i don t know how you deal with this, because you have to read this online garbage day in and day out as part of your job. you cover extremism for all of us so we don t have to. what are you learning about this person, this person of interest? he had an extensive history on the internet posting about mass shootings. he was trying to make a name for himself in this space. he had posted what he called a manifesto. he posted it as a self-published ebook. he was trying to make himself into a zodiac killer type of thing. there s this fetish that he was part of on the internet. this group of people who idolize