we saw kelly cobiella on the ile st. louis, a couple miles from our other reporters and people talking about gunshots there. so everybody is on edge in paris. we also want to let you know we ll confirm what you re reading. for the last 48 hours we ve been reporting death toll at about 129. this thanks to mr. francois hollande who was the prosecutor. now it s gone up to 132. he had said that 99 were in very critical condition fighting for their lives. three people have succumbed to their injuries and have died. the official death toll 132. this picture right here is of a french national. he has been identified. this is a man who police tweeted out about an hour ago now that this photograph is of a man they are seeking as a suspect. he s been identified as a french national. he is implicated in the sattack
another vantage point, all of them leaving in a very quick way because of reports of gunfire. there were reports of sounds of gunfire. police began talking to nbc s lester holt who was over there. richard lui heard the same thing. his camera was trampled. had to get out of the way. unable to do a live shot literally seconds before we were going to go to him. also jose diaz-bilart was over there ending another broadcast for telemundo and the same thing happened. people were saying stay away. kelly cobiella on the ile st. louis by notre dame cathedral was being told don t go in front of notre dame cathedral. it shows this wave of panic, insecurity, frightened people on
that it was firecrackers. did you want to say something else before i go to jose? i was just going to add that something similar happened yesterday. i didn t witness it, but i did read about a similar situation yesterday where fire crackers were being lit at a wedding for a celebration and it caused a panic. people called police and when they arrived at the wedding they realized it was part of a celebration. it has happened once before. people are on edge. kelly cobiella on the ile st. louis. let s go to my colleague jose diaz. did you hear any panic? have police approached you as well? oh, yeah, alex, absolutely. i just finished anchoring my telemundo show right a few