apparently caught fire and crashed. photos appearing on social media purporting to be the crash site show flames and smoke. and starting today, same-sex couples in illinois can legally marry. illinois is now the 16th state to recognize gay marriage. the governor signed the bill into law in november, but it takes effect now. several county clerks offices will open today to issue licenses. and in the pacific northwest, a tragic ending for six climbers on an expedition to mt. rainier in washington state. hanna kim from our affiliate has the story. reporter: this is the treacherous terrain of mt. rainier where six climbers are believed to be buried. you can see a chinook helicopter hovering in this picture. this afternoon, aerial crews spotted climbing and camping equipment littered over a debris field but no bodies. rescuers say the climbers fell 3,000 feet. basically, this search has come to a very tragic end. it s not viable that anybody
authorities have a name and they have a picture of the man they are hunting. this is him. benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so let s get more on this story. to mt. rainier national park and to komo tv. what s the latest on the manhunt? we just stepped away from a police briefing seconds before we hit air here. what they are trying to tell us is the severity of barnes, the power and danger he potentially poses. they have not fully named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this particular shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background. definitely some familiarity with military weapons. we were told the car he owns w
they re hunting. this is him, benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so, let s get more on this story today mt. rainier national park we go and to the latest on the manhunt from john hum bert. reporter: we just had a briefing before we came on air here and they re trying to tell us the severity of barnes, the danger and power he poses. they have not officially named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning, when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background, definitely familiarity with military weapons. we were told that the car he owns was found at the location. that had a cache of armor, also other weapons and survivalis
ran away in to the forest. authorities have a name and they have a picture of the man they are hunting. this is him. benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so let s get more on this story. to mt. rainier national wark and komo tv s mark. what s the latest on the manhunt? we just stepped away from a police briefing seconds before we hit air here. what they are trying to tell us is the severity of barn peps the power and danger he potentially poses. they have not fully named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this particular shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background. definitely some familiarity with military weapon
a breaking story, involving the shooting of a u.s. forest service ranger at mt. rainier in washington state. want to get more information about this investigation and the circumstances leading to this shooting. lee taylor is a spokesperson with us now. so, lee, tell me what you can about this. well, what i can say is that a national park service ranger margaret anderson, 34 years old, was shot today by a gunman in the park. it began as just a normal traffic stop. when he failed to pull over, another ranger radioed ahead and margaret anderson set up a blockade with her patrol vehicle to intercept him and when he arrived at that spot, he got out and shot fatally shot her. he then fled into the woods. so the situation that we have