chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher joins us now from los angeles. trace, we covered so many of these shootings. what makes this one unique? you know, it s interesting. if you go back to the video you played there, that a big description of what happened here. police lost a little time there some of the people are reacting to the gun shots right away. a lot of other people that they questioned and talked to that were along the parade route thought they were fireworks. they stood there. they didn t move. that gave people a delay in how they approached this. the gun shots go off and you can see some people are still applauding. if you go down the entire parade line, you ll see video like this that we have seen throughout the day of people that are still sitting there because they think they re hearing fireworks, they think it s part of the show and they waited before they left. it s interesting to me that as you go forward in this investigation, they have the gu
ladder that was attached to the building. he fired, climbed back down and somehow got away. a rifle was recovered at the scene. the atf is tracing the firearm. the way this works is, they will trace the firearm to the original owner. if it was sold to other people, they will trace that as well. and then the atf will visit that owner or owners to find out if there s any link between that person and a potential suspect. high pressure s police commander is urging people to shelter in place as authorities search for the suspect that is still at large at this hour. we re talking five hours after the shooting. this comes two weeks after the president signed a bipartisan gun law that is meant to dwell the scourge of mass shooting in the united states. the president condemned the shooting and offered support to members of the high pressure community. we expect him to speak any moment during his fourth of july address. we have fox s peter doocy is at the white house with president bid
behind, but that does not indicate he does not also have a weapon with him. police say he likely fired on the festivities from a roof top, a roof top he climbed up on to attached to the building and used what s described as a high powered rifle which was recovered at the scene. the tragedy comes less than two weeks after president biden signed a bipartisan gun law meant to help prevent mass shootings in the u.s. the president eluded to today s shooting in remarks last hour barely eluded. our senior correspondent mike tobin is in chicago with the latest on the deadly parade shooting. mike, good evening to you. reporter: good evening, trace. this is obviously a big development now that anyway have made the identification of bobby e.crimo iii. there is stuff coming up on social media now. this individual does appear to have left a footprint. we ve got to go through and vet it all before we relay it to you. law enforment said they will provide us a picture. they said he was dri
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
the struggles of war growing more desperate as russian bombs get closer. cnn talks with ukrainian families in the east who say they can t leave despite explosions all around them. welcome to the lead i m erika hill in for jake tapper. we are standing by for an update on the shooting in highland park, illinois. we ve learned a seventh person has now died as a result of that shooting. the suspect police say planned the attack for several weeks, sprayed the parade crowd with bullets from a rooftop, the gunman used a fire escape ladder to access the rooftop and in another disturbing detail, he dressed in women s clothing to help him blend in with the crowd as he escaped running for cover and safety. cnn has a photo showing law enforcement taking him into custody. his hands cuffed behind his back, face down on the ground. the question yet to be answered why this fourth of july parade, why target so many innocent lives. we are learning more about those lives, two of the seven v