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[ sounds of gunfire ] just terrifying, terrifying. we learned another person died today from wounds suffered in the parade attack. that brings the total number of dead to seven now. and dozens more are injured. we also learned today among the dead are 35 and 37-year-old irina and kevin mccarthy. they are or were aidan s parents. he is a 2-year-old boy. he was found alive after the shooting and was reunited with his grandparents. but now we know that he s an orphan. a gofundme page has been created to raise money to support little aidan. here we are again in america, after uvalde, after buffalo. my god. it goes on and on and on. at least 319 people in the u.s. so far this year, according to the gun violence archive. and it is only july. only hours after that crowd went running for their lives in highland park, so did a crowd of july fourth revelers in philadelphia when shots rang out, injuring two police officers. thankfully they re okay. the democratic mayor of that c ....
shooting now charged with seven counts of first degree murder. more charges coming police say. police say they had two calls about the gunman back in 2019, one in april was a report about him attempting suicide. that was ultimately handled by mental health professionals. and then in september, a family member called police saying he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. in that case officers con confiscated a collection of knives and a sword. at this point they say there was who probable cause to arrest him, but a short time later he legally purchased five firearms including a pistol and the high powered rifle he used to kill innocent people. which raises questions about the earlier police visits and whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. investigators also revealing the suspect may have been planning this attack for weeks, several weeks. and they say that afterwards he wore women s clothing as you see here to conceal his identity and facial tatto ....
no. there were some event celebration occurring in the madison area. [ inaudible question ]. he planned this for several weeks for the highland park shooting. any last questions? folks, this is probably going to conclude our formal press briefings on this matter. if there is breaking news or anything major that does develop, we will call a press conference. otherwise, i would not anticipate major press briefings like this. investigators have months to go continuing their investigation into this. we ll be collaborating very closely with the state s attorney s office. they ll be collaborating with their federal partners. we ll be collaborating with our federal partners. any specific questions, please reach out directly. [ inaudible question ] he s being classified now. welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. you are watching the prosecutor walking away after delivering breaking developments on that fourth of july parade massacre in highlan ....
chilling. reporter: it was incredibly chilling, ana. this was the first look we were getting at the suspected gunman. he was appearing via zoom behind me. he is, obviously, still in custody. what s so chilling is the prosecutor as they laid out the potential or actual charges so far in this case, the potential charges in the future, they started by naming the victims. those who had been killed in this attack. and as they were reading off the names, i was looking at the screen with the shooter. he sat there with no emotions. he was flanked with deputies, he looked down to the right and left, zero emotion as they read out the people he allegedly killed. tell judge in this case determined this suspect is still a continuing tlel threat to the public. he revoked bail. he will remain in custody. the next hearing is later this month. this comes as we learn chilling new details about is attack, how it unfolded. they said the suspect went to the rooftop where this parade was g ....
on friday? as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians are being urged to evacuate from the region to escape russia s brutal advance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. disturbing new details of the deadly july fourth parade shooting in illinois. some coming from the gunman himself who has confessed to the mass killing and now we re learning it could have been only the beginning of his rampage. cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, is on the scene for us. reporter: the highland park gunman s first appearance in court wednesday. the shooter held without bond and charged with seven counts of first degree murder for shooting into a crowd of paradegoers on july fourth. the prosecutor naming each one of the victims and police saying the suspect admitted to the shootings. he went into details about what he had done. admitted to wha ....