and rumors like how many shooters there are. other police outside a riot. it was really scary. there is a woman who had to stay behind a little bit for evacuation. she was changing her diaper for her child. it was terrifying, actually. the gunman was killed at the scene by a police officer who happened to be at the outlived responding to a different matter. but neither his avidity nor those of the victims had been released as of yet. according to a database maintained by the associated press in usa today, this is the 27th mass killing the sierra. and the second deadliest after the monterey park massacre were 11 people were killed during lunar new year celebrations in january. joining me now, live from allen texas is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky also with us is jim kavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge who was previously facing dallas for a period of time. msnbc terrorism analyst. morgan, one of the league is my friend that your hearing on the ground about t
majorities and avoid the shellacking he experienced in 2010. i will speak to michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about the battle for the house and cheri beasley on whether democrats can pull off a surprise in a traditionally red state. jon meacham will join me. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we have breaking news from california where nancy pelosi s husband, 82-year-old paul pill pelosi was attacked with a hammer. he is recovering at the hospital. we are expecting a press conference late they are hour. we will bring that to you live. joining us from san francisco is nbc s jake ward and nbc news terrorist analyst jim kavanaugh. jim is a retired aft special agent in charge and hostage negotiator. first, jake, this is a violent assault with a hammer against the 82-year-old husband of the speaker in line for the succession, of course. what other details do we know? reporter: we know at this point that at 2:27 a.m., the house you see behind me h
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
custody at lake forest, illinois, after a brief pursuit earlier. police also recovering a high powered rifle, who say believed to be the weapon he was at the shooting. that is the car that police say crimo was driving. you can see it here on this live picture. this all started approximately, at 10:14 am, central time. the shooter opened fire on the town separate from a rooftop, along that route. and again, police say six people have been killed, and health officials reported that at least two dozen, if not three dozen, were hurt. 25, with gunshot wounds, in that total. let s go straight to shaquille brewster, and as an msnbc correspondent there on the ground for us. and shaq, just the breaking news within the last 15 minutes that they have apprehended that person of interest. what else are we hearing? well, we are likely not gonna have any more updates from local law enforcement until tomorrow. but you are just in the past couple of minutes there, we had that major update,
live picture. this all started approximately at 10:14 am, central time. the shooter opened fire on the towns parade from a rooftop, along that route. and again, police say six people have been killed, and health officials report that at least two dozen, if not three dozen, were hurt. 25 with gunshot wounds in that total. let s go straight to shaquille brewster and as an msnbc correspondent there on the ground for us. and shaq, just the breaking news within the last 15 minutes that they have apprehended that person of interest. what else are we hearing? well, we are likely not gonna have any more updates from local law enforcement until tomorrow. but you heard this in the past couple of minutes there. we had that major update that person of interest was identified and, identified and captured. he is now in custody. just so you get a sense of where lake forest is. it s a town about 15 minutes from where i m standing right now. i m at the crime scene, about a block away from w