of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the king power stadium last night. it s understood vichai srivaddhanaprabha had been flying home after watching his team play west ham. fans have visited the ground this morning to leave flowers and tributes to the man who bought leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club and watching it win the premier league in 2016. it s not yet known how many other people were on the helicopter. sima kotecha reports. the scene today. helicopter wreckage after the crash yesterday evening. an hour or so after the final whistle, this. a huge fireball. people stunned, in shock, bewildered. oh, my god. a helicopter‘s just crashed next to the stadium. the bbc understands the chair and owner of leicester city football club was on board. vichai srivaddhanaprabha has been in charge since 2010. it s still not clear who else was with him. h
of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames only minutes after taking off from the king power stadium last night. it s understood vichai srivaddhanaprabha had been flying home after watching his team play west ham. leicestershire police have thanked fans for their patience and say they re working with a number of other agencies to get an update out to the public and press . many of those fans have been visiting this ground throughout the day to leave flowers and tributes to the man who bought leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club and watching it win the premier league in 2016. it s still yet known who was on the helicopter when it crashed. sima kotecha reports. it s still yet unknown who was on the helicopter when it crashed. sima kotecha reports. the scene today. helicopter wreckage after the crash yesterday evening. an hour or so after the final whistle, this. a huge fireball. people stun
our richard engel near the gaza border. also tonight, that all-out manhunt in maine for robert card, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed 18 people. divers now joining the search after his vehicle was found at a boat launch. in card s history of mental health issues, were his family s warnings missed? and all 18 victims now identified, their names and ages from 14 to 76. among them four members of the deaf community including a well-known asl interpreter and father of four. what his wife told us about his final moments. the u.s. launching air strikes inside syria targeting iran-backed militias and the new attack on u.s. forces in the region just today. and in a moment when the people of maine are reeling from a mass shooting, another community remembers the 11 lives lost when a gunman entered a synagogue five years ago. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone, on a busy friday. we will have late developments
report. i m jacob ward coming to you at this hour with an nbc news special report. law enforcement officials have confirmed that the suspect in the mass shooting in maine has been found dead. 40-year-old robert card was accused of fatally shooting 18 people in lewiston, maine on wednesday. 13 people were woulded in that shooting. police have been searching for card the last two nights with most of the area in a shelter in place order. sources say card was found between lewiston and bowden, maine in a wooded area. officials say they will be holding a 10:00 p.m. eastern conference. we will bring that to you and we expect additional details to be shared at that time. again, the breaking news at this hour, mass shooting suspect robert card has been found dead in maine. this has been an air strikes, tank, artillery and machine gun fire heard by our team on the israeli side of the border. tonight, stepped up attacks coming almost gun fire heard by our team on the israeli side of
the pennsylvania governor tom wolf telling the jewish community the suspect s views are unacceptable. anti-semitism has absolutely no place in our commonwealth. any attack on one community of faith in pennsylvania is an attack against every community of faith in pennsylvania. i want the jewish community across the commonwealth and across the country to know that we stand in support of you as we, together, mourn this senseless act of violence. cnn s victor blackwell is joining us live in pittsburgh on the scene right now. victor, tell us what you re learning. what s it like right now? reporter: wolf, about nine hours on since this massacre at the tree of life synagogue and every hour, we re getting a fuller picture of the attack that happened this morning and a clearer picture of the man who investigators say killed 11 people and wounded 6 others. first, let me tell you that local, state and federal authorities are here. the fbi is leading this investigation and it has t