conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. active shooter call at highland park. police say the gunman took a sniper like position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. i picked up my kids and we ran again. i put them in the garbage dumpster and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and then i saw people shot on the ground. the attack sending crowds scrambling, panic parents trying to protect children. just this horrific pow pow pow. and then you heard people screamings, bodies down. run for your live. that is what i heard. dr. david bomb along with dr. lawrence schecht
just this horrific pow pow pow. and then you heard people screamings, bodies down. run for your live. that is what i heard. dr. david bomb along with dr. lawrence schechter were at the parade with their families initially running for safety, then turning back around and treating the wounded. all of a sudden there was a stampede of people coming and then i realized it was gunshots and i just thought to myself, this is how it is going to end end. six people shot and kill and more than 30 injured, the doctors couldn t believe what they were seeing. it was quite a horrific scene. as first responders tried to save lives, authorities launched a county wide dragnet looking for the shooter. more than eight hours later a north chicago police officer spotted the person they were looking for. attempted a traffic stop before the man led police on a short pursuit. this video appears to show the man who police say could be a
conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. active shooter call at highland park. police say the gunman took a sniper like position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. i picked up my kids and we ran again. i put them in the garbage dumpster and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and then i saw people shot on the ground. the attack sending crowds scrambling, panic parents trying to protect children.
because they say the alleged suspect here was troubled, that he had those social media videos and they weren t just red flags, they were announcements, in this case, this one could have been prevented. tom llamas, back to you guys. and a parade that looks like what we have attended for generations. for more on this information, let s bring in justice correspondent pete williams. good morning. what more could you tell us. reporter: well this manhunt went on for almost nine hours. it was very intensive. it involved aerial planes, helicopters, drones, a bomb-sniffing dog and people were told to stay in their homes. and then the arrest just before 8:00, about 7:00 central time when police in north chicago spotted the vehicle earlier in the day the police had put out an all points bulletin for the vehicle and that is what led to the arrest that brought this manhunt to a
attempted to serve a warrant after the wife told officers she had been held against her will for several days and sexually assaulted. new details about the victims about the shooting fourth of july parade. six people were kill and 38 injured. we ve learned 26 people initially were brought to highland park hospital and that is where we find nbc news correspondent kathy park. kathy, good morning, what is the latest? reporter: willie, good morning to you. well as of this morning, we know that several patients are still recovering at area hospitals and right behind me is highland park hospital and despite the crush of patients that came through yesterday, we ve learned that 19 people have already been treated and released. meanwhile this morning we re also hearing more stories from attendees at the parade yesterday whose lives were turned upside down. when gunshots pierced highland