highland, illinois, a sell brigg celebration ended in tragedy when a gunman opened fire on an independence day parade. six have been killed, one at the scene and five died at the hospital. at least two dozen have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries and at least one is a child who has been quit critically injured. the gunman is still at large and police say that the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. the suspect carried out the shooting spree from a rooftop and is believed to have acted alone. the suspect had a high powered rifle recovered at the scene is right now being urgently traced by federal officials to determine who purchased the weapon and where it came from. officials are searching social media for any threats or clues. we expect a fourth update from law enforcement within this hour. i want to go live to the scene in highland park, illinois. police say this is still a very active situation. what is the latest they are saying about telling the com
much for the latest. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. we start this hour with the tears and the grief and the stories of terror from capitol hill today as people who have been deeply impacted by america s latest mass shootings testify to the house oversight committee. the youngest voice, just 11 years old, a 4th grader who survived the massacre in uvalde, texas. recounting the worst moments that she endured 77 minutes of living hell. she had to play dead. she had to smear her best friend s blood on her to hide from a gunman. there s a door between our classrooms, and he went there and shot my teacher and told my teacher good night, and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates when i went back to the back. he i thought he was going to come back to the room so i got blood and i put it all over me. do you feel safe at school? why not? because i don t want it to happen again. and you think it s
money. the more we found out about him, the more dangerous he became. he is starting to brandish a gun. i had my guns leached and next to me. i had a back pack for myself, the minute i had heard him storing i jumped out of my bed. this guy needs to be stopped. we all banded together. he s not gonna do this to another woman. it all came down to this moment. we had officers and agents in vehicle, extra points, entry points to make sure he doesn t escape. finally he was in their sights. this guy needs to be stopped. he was going from state to state and he wasn t being held accountable. this is what he did for power. it s almost like a drug. he was good. really good. the best liar i ve ever met in my life. he just didn t count on her. you have no idea, i m not gonna stop. cindi pardini was a true success story. she earned her degree in construction management and engineering. graduated with all men in a hard hat, and a gown. she went into tec
ayman, have a good weekend. thank you, my friend. we ll be watching. all right. it was the wrong decision. that s what the top law enforcement official in texas admitted today, as outrage grows over why it took police so long to stop the gunman at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. that gap and police intervention is even more glaring, after we learned new details about the timeline today. minutes after the gunman crashed his vehicle, he was already firing shots outside at the school. a school resource officer, who was not on the school grounds, heard the 9-1-1 call, and responded. but actually, he drove past the shooter, according to officials. at 11:33 am, the shooter enters the school, and fires more than 100 rounds in four minutes. two minutes after that, three officers arrived, and enter the school, exchanging gunfire with the shooter. by 12:03 pm, as many as 19 officers are in a hallway inside the school at the same time, one student calls 9-1-1, and whisper
11:28, suspect just west of here wrecked his vehicle. he walks around and sees two witnesses at the funeral home across the street from where he wrecked. he engages, and fires towards them. he continues walking, he continues walking towards the school. he climbs a fence, now he is in a parking lot. shooting at the school. jesse: they had said saffold ramos had a back pack on full of ammo and a rifle. for 12 minutes this lunatic was opening fire on anybody they could see people outside a funeral home shooting at the school as he approached. complete mad man. ramos was then caught on camera in the back of the school entering the building. 11:40, he walks in to the west side of robb elementary. multiple rounds, numerous rounds are discharged in the school. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect as he was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. so, from the grandmother s house to the bar to the school inside the