understand more about the online activity of this person of interest. and i know you ve got some new information for us, ben? that s correct. bobby crimo on the internet, went by a rapper named awake. and in those new music videos that he put out under that name, it was pretty much just graphic depictions of mass violence, school shootings, or him getting murdered by the police after, in cartoon form, after a shooting that he perpetrated in these videos. and that was basically has a static. a discord form, where people hopped on, and rooted him on four things. you know, most recently, before the shooting, the last post in the politics section of that discord forum was a picture of a bucked wire, a famously bought, a politician who famously killed himself on live tv. so, it s the sort of a static of mass that you saw on these
praying for the recovery of those dear to them. congressman brad schneider from highland park, thank you sir. our hearts are with you, as well as with all the great and amazing first responders that helped in today s situation. thank you so much. thank, you we appreciate, it and we are grateful for the heroes and first responders. joining us now, via phone, msnbc news correspondent tom winter has been following all the developments in this case. tom, what are you hearing right now? sure, richard, this person who is in custody, robert e. crimo iii. ellis s bobby, born september 20th, 2000. 5:11, 120 pounds, a number of the person of interest potentially turn to suspect, or is someone charged with a crime. it s important to note he hasn t been charged with a crime.
of interest, well bobby crimo into the category of suspect, and you re also noting that in the area that 6 to 9 blocks that they were in focus of, right? which you are standing right in the middle of, that they had been looking very closely for the person of interest, robert bobby crimo the third, 22 years old, 5 11, driving a honda fit that i was talking about, and they categorized him as armed and dangerous. here, again, another shot, live on the left-hand side of your screen, of course on law enforcement moving around the car that they apprehended that person of interest. have they loosened this area that you are standing in, given they have apprehended this person of interest? well, just in the past couple of minutes, i would describe it as some of the tension has eased just a bit. we ve expanded the perimeter of giving us an excess that person
good evening from new york. i am richard lui. police have now taken into custody that person of interest in today s mass shooting at a parade in highland park, illinois, that killed at least six people and wounded more than three dozen others. his name is robert bobby crimo iii, a age 22. according to authorities, he was taken to custody in lake forest, illinois, after a brief pursuit earlier. police also recovered a high powered rifle, who say believed to be the weapon he used at the shooting. that is the car that police say crimo was driving. you can see it here on this