it happens everywhere in their schools, supermarkets and even on independence day. nomia iqbal is in highland park where the shooting took place. nomia, what more do we know about the gunman and the victims? well, one of the victims has been named. he was a man in his late 70s and his family say that he needed full time care and the reason they brought him to the 11th ofjuly celebrations is because they did not want him to miss out on the event. it is such a huge national holiday here in america. as for the suspect himself, robert e crimo iii, police will continue questioning him later. no charges have been filed, no motive established, social media firms have removed his accounts and say they depicted violence. there was also a picture of him draped in a flag of former president donald trump. president biden has vowed to
suspect on the the ground taken into custody. police identify the alleged shooter as 22-year-old robert e. crimo iii. a number of social media posts have been uncovered including disturbing music videos. at tack follows a spring of high-profile mass shootings from buffalo, to uvalde, to tulsa, all involving high powered ar-style rifles and robbing residents at a local celebration of their sense of safety and security. so this blood shed is happening yet in another american town and if you ve never heard of highland park, you re familiar with it. it is the back drop of several famous american films including home alone , ferris bueller s day off and families want to live here because it is safe and everyone knows each other and if you have the means, it is a great place to raise children and today this morning a lot of people here are very angry
it took until the evening for them to eventually arrest robert crimo iii. the person of interest is now being taken to the highland park police department where we re going to begin the next phase of the investigation and speak with this person to make sure or see if, in fact, he is connected to this incident. social media firms have suspended accounts apparently owned by him. all events were cancelled as police spent hours looking for the 22 year old. and so another address to the nation, on yet another mass shooting. president biden cautiously questioned the direction his country is heading in. there s nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it, defend it and earn it by voting. once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year.
pincher s conduct. that was after a former top civil servant at the foreign office said the prime minister had been briefed in person and told the bbc the original number ten accounts was not true. a man has been erected by police after six people were shot dead has been arrested. more on that story now. police in the us have arrested a man in his 20s after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an independence day parade near chicago. more than 20 others are in hospital after a high powered rifle was fired multiple times from a rooftop. the suspect has been named as robert e crimo iii. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. the streets where celebrations had been taking place quickly turned into a hunting ground, as police searched for a killer. a man who brought terror to an independence day parade.
you had three different active scenes of investigation in this area. this is something that impacted not only people of highland park but the entire region. what we know through nbc analysis of federal crime data, fourth of july, unfortunately, is one of america s deadliest holidays. we don t usually see it like this. shaquille brewster in highland parks, illinois, we ll be back to you. joining us now, tom winter and cedric alexander, public safety director of dekalb county in georgia. gentlemen, let s begin with reporting of how this happened, how they tracked this man down after the shooting, and what we know about him. right. what we know is it is robert e. crimo iii, not officially named by law enforcement as the shooter. goes by the nickname of bobby.