good evening the tears haven t even dried in places like buffalo and uvalde, and yet here we are tonight feeling the familiar pangs of anger, sadness and bitter frustration from a random attack on innocent americans. this time in highland park, illinois at least six people are dead, dozens injured after police say a young man took a position on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle, firing down into crowds gathered for a small town july 4th parade as survivors scrambled for safety, the shooter escaped, setting into motion a massive and urgent manhunt. nearby residents wer ordered to stay indoors. the upscale chicago suburb unaccustomed to such violence. on a day we celebrate the promise of america, we are again confronted with one of its bewildering shortcomings police a short time ago saying they have located a person of interest in the shooting we have expanded coverage beginning with miguel almaguer reporter: from parade to panic on the fourth of july this the terrifying s
changed. let me check cherokee county. four weeks ago, you are at 67.6. tonight walker is at 68. at the moment good number for walker. these margins, one point here and one point there throughout the state can add up. counties have held let s check what is happening in fayette county. warnock, 55% shy of that. 71% of the vote in. that has to be good news
walker s high school wrestling coach, tonight remembering him as a sweet kid. i ve never seen him raise his voice in anger. to be shot down like that, like some type of an i mean a rabid animal, i still don t understand it. reporter: the eight officers who have yet to be named are now on leave, per standard protocol, while the state investigates walker s family pleading for answers we just want to know what happened and why did this have to happen to him. maggie, as we noted a moment ago, akron remains under a state of emergency with a mandatory curfew are officials anticipating unrest tonight? reporter: lester, they are you might be able to hear some protesters behind us in front of the police department here in akron. safe to say the entire city remains on edge we saw police officers driving around in riot gear earlier today all fourth of july celebrations here tonight remain cancelled and that curfew that you mentioned goes into effect at 9:00 p.m all of this as that ind
with, authorities say, roughly 60 wounds on his body they say the 25-year-old was unarmed when he was killed in this case, there was an attack on my client that was an attack. i understand the public s demand for information now. reporter: the seven-minute clip shows walker s last moments beginning with a high-speed chase police say officers tried to pull walker over for an unspecified traffic violation which was not shown on tape, but he sped off and allegedly fired at them police say you can see the flash from the gun from a security camera the video shows walker later ran from his car, wearing a ski mask officers investigators say fired tasers but missed moments later that fatal hail of bullets. police saying the officers said they thought walker was turning toward them, reaching for a gun, adding they found a gun, not on him but in his car. the family revealing walker had recently lost his fiancee robert hubbard was
and then opened fire at least six people are dead, two dozen injured. police recovering a high-powered rifle tonight authorities naming a person of interest, and just in, the reaction from president biden. also the state of emergency and curfew in akron, ohio, after protests over the police killing of a black motorist. tensions rising after the release of graphic body cam video authorities say jayland walker fled a traffic stop and fired at officers from a car. tonight walker s family demanding answers, saying he was shot more than 60 times when he was unarmed. the urgent new plea to president biden from wnba star brittney griner appealing for help to get out of a russian jail. and beaches on high alert after another shark attack a lifeguard attacked during a training exercise what he s saying tonight and what you can do to protect yourself at the beach.