reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we don t yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer s home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the morning, once police arrived, they tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside but eventually those talks simply broke down. around 10:15 a.m. friday, the tactical teams made entry into that home and that s where they found 68-year-old john roemer dead. they also found a 56-year-old suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside. throughout this investigation they ve learned that this was not random. here is what the officials in wisconsin said. this, as i mentioned befo
there s active shooter. how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. don t forget them, please. i beg you. show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock over two horrific shootings over the last two weeks. tomorrow president biden will travel to uvalde, texas to mourn with a community heartbroken by two state school massacres. look at your screen, these 19 children, mere fourth graders, slaughtered along with their two teachers. tonight, long lines of people are enduring near 100-degree heat to place flowers and other remembrances at the memorial outsi
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decisions or lack thereof that fateful day. we did catch up with him, a cnn team caught up with him earlier this week. he said he would address his inaction that day when parents quit grieving. but grief doesn t end, there s no timeline for it. the new york times reports chief arredondo did not have his radio on him. it is common in some cases like this for police to use cellphones and not radios when incidents like active shooters go on. but for the families here who have really not gotten many answers from police, it is yet another example of the incompetence of police here in you uvalde, incompetence that they believe cost lives. nick, thank you so much. coming up, 70 years s on th throne.
our digital reporter, ella alazar. she s been here in the community, on the ground talking to people. thank you for joining us. the folks here have seen so much hurt and darkness. the shock of the shooting is starting to disappear, but there s still pain. what have you seen? absolutely, you know, it s something huge to be here. the emotional damage these people have gone through is evident. there is so much sadness. but between the tragedy, there are so many people who drove hours, traveled across the country to be here with the people of you uvalde. it s been incredibly heartwarming. one story of kindness that stood out to me was yesterday, patrick carlson, who drove hours to be here, the first stop he made was to walmart. he filled his car with toys. he s been in the town square, his table covered in toys. these kids who haven t smiled in