this is cnn breaking news. . i m victor blackwell, thank you for staying with us. we are of course covering the breaking news, this man hunt happening right now for the man who opened fire at a july 4th parade in highland park, illinois. he s described as armed and dangerous. at least six people are dead. more than two dozen have been taken to hospitals. now, a briefing a short time ago, police described this suspect. the suspect is currently described as a male, white, approximately 18 to 20 years old with longer black hair, a small build and wearing a white or blue t-shirt. a firearm has been recovered from the scene. it does appear he was shooting from a roof. the roof that he was shooting from, i don t have that information right now. we now know that the fbi is assisting in this investigation. and authorities are asking of course anyone with video to contact highland park police. we ve known the video in situations like this has been crucial. cnn s adrienne broad
they are very involved and remain point throughout all of this. . reporter: [ inaudible ]. not information i can release yet. reporter: [ inaudible ]. not information i can release. we still consider him armed and dangerous. reporter: is it one shooter? at this time that s the information we have. reporter: [ inaudible ]. we re still working on that. we ll take two more questions. we re not going to go into the specifics of where the gun was recovered but a firearm rifle was recovered. reporter: what s the ages? what s the ages of those passed away? we ll have more information on that. we ll be releasing that as soon as we can. we have six confirmed deceased and we have approximately two dozen that are seriously injured. okay, thank you. we are coming on the air after that update from police, from the local sheriffs in highland park on that horrific, 4th of july parade shooting that happened about 10:15 local time there. a massive manhunt now happenin
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Straightout homicide, especially since Police Officers deb, were going to cut you off right now. The News Conference actually just started. Lets go to fox lake. Im detective christopher covelli, covelli for the Major Crime Task force. Im joined today by commander of the lake county Major Crime Task force, chief George Filenko and lake county coroner dr. Thomas rutt. Two months have passed since the death of lieutenant. Since day one of this incident, investigators have tirelessly worked day and night, diligently searching for answers. This Investigative Team included members of the lake county Major Crime Task force as well as our federal partners, the fbi, the atf, secret service, homeland security, and the u. S. Marshals service. This was an extraordinarily complex investigation with many moving parts which resulted in over 150 separate investigators spending over 25,000 hours investigating this case. Over 430 leads were examined. Over 250 pieces of evidence were collected and submit
She talked about the man who she, they, and the entire community has lost. Joe was my best friend and my world, my hero. The love of my life. For the last 26 1 2 years. He was my rock as much as i was his rock. Every night he came home to me. He was the most wonderful, caring, loving father to our boys. My world got a little bit smaller with his passing. He will truly be missed by all of us. Thank you, everybody. Heartbreaking. As we said the search for who ever murdered lieutenant gliniewic zichltz widening. Police are asking the public to help. Theyre giving people the barest details to go on. Rosa floor is has more on that, reporting from a community now coming to grips with a profound loss. Reporter the challenges start with the vague descriptions of the suspects coming from the last exchange with Police Dispatch tuesday. At 7 52 a. M. Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz calls in about three suspicious people according to authorities. A male white and male black that fled from scene taking t