authorities have a name and they have a picture of the man they are hunting. this is him. benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so let s get more on this story. to mt. rainier national park and to komo tv. what s the latest on the manhunt? we just stepped away from a police briefing seconds before we hit air here. what they are trying to tell us is the severity of barnes, the power and danger he potentially poses. they have not fully named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this particular shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background. definitely some familiarity with military weapons. we were told the car he owns w
they re hunting. this is him, benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so, let s get more on this story today mt. rainier national park we go and to the latest on the manhunt from john hum bert. reporter: we just had a briefing before we came on air here and they re trying to tell us the severity of barnes, the danger and power he poses. they have not officially named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning, when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background, definitely familiarity with military weapons. we were told that the car he owns was found at the location. that had a cache of armor, also other weapons and survivalis
ran away in to the forest. authorities have a name and they have a picture of the man they are hunting. this is him. benjamin colton barnes, 24 years old, believed to have military experience and an assault rifle somewhere in the sprawling national park. and there s one other thing. police say barnes is their only person of interest in a shooting earlier today that left four people wounded outside seattle. so let s get more on this story. to mt. rainier national wark and komo tv s mark. what s the latest on the manhunt? we just stepped away from a police briefing seconds before we hit air here. what they are trying to tell us is the severity of barn peps the power and danger he potentially poses. they have not fully named him as a suspect, but the only person of interest in this particular shooting and, obviously, the shooting earlier this morning when it comes to the new year s eve shooting. barnes has a military background. definitely some familiarity with military weapon
shooter. he s still at large in the park. we have other agencies assisting us with trying to apprehend him and meanwhile, we ve been evacuating visitors from the lower parts of the park and we ve got about 85 people who are staying put in our main park visitors center until we think it s safe for them to leave. but you already had a lot of people in the park, right, when this happened? yeah, it was a busy day. it was a sunny day with, you know, nice weather and the holiday weekend, of course, so people had come up to play in the snow and go snowshoeing and cross country skiing and so, yeah, there were quite a few people in the park when this happened. tell us what happened. we understand one of the park rangers tried to pull this man over. take us through that that s right. we had ranger dan komecha who tried 0 pull this person over. he refused to stop so ranger anderson set up a blockade with her patrol vehicle to intercept him and when he reached that point he jumpe
these are images from burbank overnight. 21 fires in the last two days have cost more than $350,000 in damage. mostly cars but some homes including one where doors front jim morrison used to live. so far just one firefighter with minor injuries, but the fear is it is only a matter of time. we are dead serious about trying to apprehend the individual or individuals who are responsible for this. we want to get these s.o.b.s before they hurt somebody. investigators say it is possible not all the fires are arson. multiple groups are now offering a total of $60,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest. joining me now sh the mayor of west hollywood, john duran, four of the fires have been in his city. also with me los angeles fire captain jamie moore. first, captain, we have heard 21 fires over two days. the l.a. times is saying 35 fires over three days k. you clarity how many fires you are dealing with here and do you think they are all linked? well, yeah, we