few moments from now. it was here almost exactly 24 hours ago now that a gunman opened fire from the roof of a building about two blocks behind me, killing six people, you can hear the sounds of it right there, wounding 25. it caused hundreds of people to flee the scene. a real moment of sheer terror. you can see actually behind us now some of the chairs that they left behind still littering the scene here. police did find a gun on the roof of that building. ultimately about eight hours later they were able to apprehend someone there y re calling a person of interest, they used the phrase suspect, that person has been in custody overnight and several hours and investigators are going through his past trying to learn more about what might have led him to open fire on this celebration of the nation s independence. let s get the very latest on where the investigation stands this morning, i m joined by josh campbell who has been on the scene now for 20 hours at this point chasing
and brian thacker. [ applause ] thank you for being here to help us recognize these newest honorees, and i want to also note that last week we lost a giant in this community. the last medal recipient of world war ii passed away last week. woody williams will soon lay in honor in the united states capitol. it s a reminder of what many sacrificed to preserve liberty, prox and democracy for the nation and the world. specialist five dwight d birdwell, and major john j.
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Trump has courted the support of the far-right movement as he spread conspiracy theories about the election.