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around the world, i m john berman in highland, park, illinois, about 25 miles north of chicago. brianna keilar in new york this morning. behind me is the scene where now 24 hours ago six people were killed in a fourth of july parade. another 25 injured. and you can see the street behind me, it s a moment frozen in time. it was 10:15 a.m. where a shooter opened fire from a rooftop two blocks hence. but you can see the streets here littered with the beach chairs, towels, i see a frisbee, a beach ball, frozen in time, where people fled in every direction when they heard dozens of gunshots ring out from that roof. now, police say the shooter got to the roof from a back alley using a ladder, they called the shooting intentional, but random. now, eight hours after the shooting itself police did apprehend a person they re calling a person of interest. they also called this 22-year-old man a suspect. they got him after a short police chase. police got him on a road about five m ....
it was because of his time in the military. that s what it sounded like. the street behind me frozen in time, you can still see the chairs strewn about, the beach chairs where people were lined up for this moment of celebration for july 4th, left where they were, as people fled the scene in terror. the rifle, a rifle was discovered soon after the shooting on the rooftop. we have some new information about that rifle, which we ll bring to you in just a moment. the shooter himself, who the police are calling a person of interest to be clear, that s what i should call him, they obtained or apprehended a person of interest eight hours after the shooting, after a short chase. one policeman saw the suspect and then called for backup, he was apprehended, taken into custody on the street. one of our reporters was there, you ll hear from him in just a moment as well. again, the scene as it unfolded here was a pure moment of terror. earlier this morning, i had a chance to speak t ....
dozens others hospitalized. police are calling this attack on paradegoers both random and intentional. i do want to warn you, some of the video you re about to see is disturbing. it sounded like a string of firecrackers going off inside of a metal trash bin. that s what i thought it was. 20, 30, maybe. i just grabbed my dad and we ran and suddenly everyone was running behind us. and people were just shot behind us. there was a girl just dead. another man was shot in the ear, blood all over his face. you look down and you saw just people screaming, you saw people on the ground. and i think the instinct is of a physician to not run away. some of the bodies were there was an evisceration injury from the power of this gun. and the bullets. there was another person who had an unspeakable head injury. these are the bullets in guns that 18-year-olds have a right to shoot down on a parade in the sleepy little community july 4th parade. if you re angry today, i m her ....
fire roughly 70 rounds into the crowd. a recording captured the barrage of gunfire, and i want to warn you, it s disturbing. the very first thing you ll hear are the shots, and then you ll see all the innocent people running for their lives. [ gunshots ] it s just mayhem. just mayhem. officers arrested the suspect yeah, the suspected gunman, about six hours after the rampage. highland park authorities also revealed how he was able to go on the run using a disguise. during the attack, crimo was dressed in women s clothing, and investigators do believe he did this to conceal his facial tattoos and his identity and help him during the escape with the other people who were fleeing the chaos. cnn security correspondent josh campbell is in highland park for us. josh, we ve seen this horror movie so many times before. it s sickening to everyone on the ground, to all of us. is there any information yet on what was wrong with this 21-year-old suspect? why he would do thi ....
in akron, ohio, as outrage grows over the police shooting of jayland walker. jaylan good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire. there s been yet another mass shooting in america. this time, on the nation s birthday. six people were killed and 38 injured when a gunman opened fire at a fourth of july parade in highland park, an affluent suburb of chicago. this video shows a band playing, when seemingly out of nowhere, people started running. other footage caught the sound of the gunfire. and a warning. it is jarring. it i that video shows a series of shots you just heard, it was followed by a second round, lasted about seven seconds. the gunman on top of a roof, with a high-powered rifle. parade-goers scattered in all directions, leaving behind chairs, toys, baby strollers, and blankets. here s one witness describing the scene. the parade started, the marching band had just passed, i heard a pop, pop, pop, all in quick ....