it is quite troubling and quite gripping as this store clerk right there, very level headedly tell all of these folks to stay in place. they will be evacuating very soon. of course you know early on in these situations you never know where it s taking place. this store clerk telling many of the customers that the shooting is taking place at the nearby dillard s department store, but that was based on him seeing a lot of police activity there. yeah. and again, we can t specifically confirm walmart. we are getting information via various sources and one news outlet being 1,200 news radio woai who reports seeing multiple s.w.a.t. units, s.w.a.t. teams there converging on that walmart, which as we were talking with phillip menna, our colleague, he knows the mall very well, and he says it is across a fairly large parking lot. there s no connecting walkway, no connecting tunnel through which potential shooters, were
moment to realize what s happening, he rushed his mom back to the car, through her in there. they threw her in there. they tried to drive to get out of the parking lot but they couldn t. the only way out was in the direction of the gunman. they parked in the far back of the parking lot, crouched down and hit in the car. when the man didn t hear more shots outside, he started working his way through the parking lot toward the front of the walmart to try to help some of the people he said were shot outside the store. these are just some of the initial reports that we re hearing from people that were here when this shooting immediately happened. you can see on that camera, i m sure, because all around this walmart there is an extremely heavy police presence. you have s.w.a.t. units that are here in full riot gear, with helmets and the vests, the their wtheirweapons are drawn. they re not walking around with their guns raised as if this is still an ongoing situation. we have seen some pe
in the chicago area that, indeed, he seemed to be shooting at everyone indiscriminately, but the gun he was using had some sort of green laser it was pointing at people. as you can hear, throughout the night, this scene has been filled with emergency vehicles, whether it be the paramedics or police. we have seen s.w.a.t. units that have come and gone. certainly, police will be here for some time. we also saw a chaplin here. all in all, this is a terrible day for those in this neighborhood. this isn t just an area with manufacturing businesses. this is a neighborhood. there are homes here. there are people that have their kids, usually out in the streets. they say this has been a really, really rough day here in aurora, illinois. sarah sidner, cnn, aurora, illinois. coming up, the wait is not yet over for voters in nigeria. presidential elections were
in the chicago area that, indeed, he seemed to be shooting at everyone indiscriminately, but the gun he was using, had some sort of green label that it was pointing at people. as you can hear, throughout the night, this scene has been filled with different emergency vehicles. when it be the paramedics, or the police. we ve seen s.w.a.t. units come and gone. certainly, police will be here for some time. we also saw a chaplain here. all in all, this is a terrible day for those who live in the neighborhood. by the way, this isn t just an area that has manufacturing businesses. this is a neighborhood. there are homes here. there are people that have their kids usually out on the streets. they say this has been a really, really rough day here in aurora, illinois. sara sidner there. i want to bring in cedric
the lollapalooza music festival. there s reports that paddock scouted out hotels in fenway park in boston and we re learning he might have planned to escape after the vegas attack. that s according to the sheriff who didn t give any other details. police say the gunman killed himself in his hotel room as swat units closed in. he killed 58 people and injured hundreds more at the country music festival across the street. investigators say they re still struggling why he did this. fbi agents questioned the gunman s girlfriend yesterday. her lawyer says she had no idea what stephen paddock was planning when he sent her to the philippines to be with her family. she said when he sent her $100,000 and told her to buy a house, she thought he was breaking up with her. we have team fox coverage. let s begin with kevin corke at the white house. kevin? the white house continues to maintain a laser-like focus on the healing and the after math