cars cruising around the neighborhoods, that are affected, going literally door to door and asking people if they ve seen anything, what their opinions and their observations are. a 25-person task force specially put together to bring this to an end, bring it to a conclusion quickly. we have the fbi and the u.s. marshal s office alerted and involved in this as well. this is san event that is unprecedent 234d our recent history and it is certainly one that is very, very serious and we want to bring to an end very, very quickly. the fbi and u.s. marshals joined the search for the gunman. a spokesman for the police department told me the shooter approached the victims asking for directions. it appears all of these victims were just out walking or out in the yard at this hour. and this is a residential neighborhood predominantly single family dwellings in that area, except for the last victim. he was found as a business. police say the shootings may be classified as a hate
i mean, something as catastrophic as all this, you don t know whether he s underneath a piece of wood or whether he s in the hospital or whether he s at. and we searched and searched and searched. so i got to keep searching. go to springfield now and hope for the best. i m walking away from here and going to spring fooed, missouri, then kansas city and wichita. you re going to check all the hospitals? we ve had reports that there s a kid that looks like lantz. i can t just sit here and the hospitals tell us it may or may not be him. you know, some of the reports are the bruising is so bad they can t tell. i can tell whether it s my son. i can tell. and i will tell. and you were asked to give dna? i was asked to give dna today at missouri southern a little while ago.
that s all for us tonight. tomorrow i ll sit down with gordon brown and the former president of pakistan, with some lively comments about president obama. but for now, anderson cooper with ac 360. piers, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. we re live in joplin, missouri for the third night in a row. and the story here just keeps evolving here. the horror of what we are seeing here just keeps growing frankly. there is growing frustration and anger among some family members of those who are missing, frustration over red tape over confusing answers and contradictory answers from officials that have made it difficult for them to identify loved ones who they feel may be in the morgue or even get information and clear answers. we re going to try to get answers for them tonight and tell you what they have seen and what stories they are facing, the difficulties they are facing. there s also new and dangerous storms out there tonight as the deadliest tornado season in hal