good evening the tears haven t even dried in places like buffalo and uvalde, and yet here we are tonight feeling the familiar pangs of anger, sadness and bitter frustration from a random attack on innocent americans. this time in highland park, illinois at least six people are dead, dozens injured after police say a young man took a position on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle, firing down into crowds gathered for a small town july 4th parade as survivors scrambled for safety, the shooter escaped, setting into motion a massive and urgent manhunt. nearby residents wer ordered to stay indoors. the upscale chicago suburb unaccustomed to such violence. on a day we celebrate the promise of america, we are again confronted with one of its bewildering shortcomings police a short time ago saying they have located a person of interest in the shooting we have expanded coverage beginning with miguel almaguer reporter: from parade to panic on the fourth of july this the terrifying s
officers ordered a lockdown as their manhunt turned into a citywide dragnet robert crimo was taken into custody hours later. at this point this appears to be completely random. with lawn chairs, strollers and blankets strewn across the crime scene, heavily armed police escorted children and their pets out of the area the mass shooting happening 30 miles outside chicago in an affluent suburb known for its safety at 10:14 a.m., minutes after the parade started, the first shots rang out on a downtown block lined with trees and buildings. the people who were gone were quickly identified by the paramedics, because they had horrific injuries the kind of injuries you probably see in wartime. nowadays you don t feel safe now anywhere. reporter: first mistaking gunfire for fireworks, cheers in the crowd quickly turned to cries for help, as hundreds ran for their lives. now, a person of
into custody without incident reporter: they have identified him as 22-year-old robert c. crimo, known as bobby. police say he s also known as the rapper awake. police from chicago and other communities rushed in to help, along with federal agents they joined hundreds of officers in an intensive search, launching aircraft and drones, deploying dog teams and pleading for public tips. officers fanned out from the scene of the parade searching nearby buildings residents in the area were urged to stay in their homes. 2022 has brought a flood of high-profile mass shootings more than 300 incidents in all so far this year. that s approaching a record number. mass shootings in the u.s. have been on the rise since the beginning of the covid pandemic public gatherings are especially difficult to secure and the department of homeland security has warned that the u.s. remains in a heightened threat environment with a mix of motives last november a man plowed his suv into a crowd gathered for the