stephanie ruhle, the chicago suburb of highland park is the latest community struggling to come to grips with the horror of a deadly mass shooting. tonight the town held a vigil for the seven people killed when a gunman opened fire on a fourth of july parade. the attack also left dozens of people injured. just a few hours ago, vice president kamala harris visited the scene to pay tribute to the victims. police say the suspected gunman fired more than 70 rounds from a rooftop shortly after the parade got underway is today morning. [noise] [noise] [noise] authorities have charged 21 year old male robert with seven counts of murder, and say could eventually face more charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens more charges, centering around each of the victims, psychological victims, physical victims. so far, police have not identified a motive. but they s
well attended by families, with young kids every year. that s what a fourth of july parade should. be the local high school marching band was performing when the shooting began. absent night seven people have died after being shot at the parade. 47 people were wounded. the victims range in age from 88 years old to eight years old. the alleged shooter is 21 years old. he is currently in custody. authorities say they believe he s been planning the attack for weeks. all in all, he fired more than 70 rounds from an ar style weapon. that he purchased legally in the state of illinois. this could be a tape, by the, way because that s what i always say. that someone bought one of these ar style weapons. but the thing about this particular type of weapon is that while it was purchased legally in this state, it was technically illegal to carry that kind of semi automatic weapon inside the city of highland park, where this massacre took place. because in 2013, the city of highland park
them. and sadly, imagine soon, i will be back in this chair, with a new list of lives stolen. all because of this deadly and uniquely american problem of gun violence. and on that note, on that very sad note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with us, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. i am here in highland park illinois the suburbs in chicago. it s a latest american city on a long list of cities, a growing list of cities that have experience a deadly mass shooting. ties tha have experienc around 10:15 am yesterday morning, a gunman climbed up on the roof top, down the road, here behind me. and began firing towards the 4th of july parade down below him. the parade highland park as