murder. as he heads to court officials released more details about him and missed warnings prior. among those new details to learn authorities say the suspect fired more than 70 high velocity rounds from a weapon similar to ar-15. legally purchased. four background whchecks that needed to be cleared. there were run-ins with police but would not come up in the background checks and something people question this morning. one encounters after a family member called police saying that he had said he wanted to kill everyone. last night vice president kamala harris making an unexpected visit to highland park. got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what and in particular assault weapons. we have to take it seriously. you have been forced to take it seriously. authorities identified six of the seven sikts in the shooting. two a couple, parents whose 2-year-old toddler found alive after the shooting stopped. i want to get to josh campbell where that bail h
of six of the seven victims killed in the shooting so far. two of them were a couple. the mccarthys there, whose toddler found alive underneath the father s body. once the shooting stopped. cnn s josh campbell is outside of the lake county courthouse where that bail hearing will take place just a short time from now. what more do we know about these warning signs that have been detailed in his past and about the charges he s now facing? reporter: good morning. we learned quite a bit about this investigation in the last 24 hours. prosecutors now formally charged the shooting suspect with seven counts of first-degree murder. one count of each of those victims killed during that parade attack. we re also learning that the weapons that were purchased here were purchased legally. authorities say over the course of the year, he purchased five weapons including one assault-style rifle that was allegedly used in this attack and police releasing information about the planning that
motive. tonight there are new questions about how the suspect was allowed to legally buy several guns despite previous threats of violence resulting in the confiscation of more than a dozen of his knives. correspondent garrett tenney is outside the lake county courthouse in waukegan, illinois. good evening, garrett. bret, good evening to you. today we learned the alleged gunman waived his miranda rights when taken into custody and shared details with investigators how he carried out the attack. prosecutor say the 2 #-year-old suspect emptied two full clips of ammo on the crowd at monday s fourth of july parade pausing to reload after each time until he fired more than 70 shots in total. we have also learned that a few hours later the suspect almost carried out a second attack, nearly 150 miles away in madison, wisconsin at another fourth of july celebration. it appears when he drove to madison he was driving around. he saw a celebration occurring in madison. he seriously co
gunman. cnn s senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, has details. the sheriff s office reveals two incident involving the suspect. the first in april of 2019. a suicide attempt handled by mental health professionals. the secondo cured in september of 2019. a family member reported he was going to kill efveryone and he had a collection of knives. the police responded to his residence. they removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. at that time, there was no probably cause to arrest. there were no complaints that were signed by any of the victims. police say the suspected shooter preplanned his attack and get away for several weeks leaving his high powered rifle behind, dressing as a woman, and slipping away with the retreating crowds. it was that rifle purchased legally and traced back to him that helped police identify the suspect, track down his mother s car and make this arrest. at this point, we have not developed a motive from him. while po
isolated to the chicago area. we have fox team coverage tonight. molly line is in boston covering the surge and independence day shootings in major cities around the u.s. but we begin with senior correspondent mike tobin in highland park with the latest on the tragic fourth of july massacre. good evening, mike. police say he dressed like a woman to avoid identification. he wrapped rifle in red blanket. from that roof top, he fired 70 rounds in rapid fire succession. the weapon is now described as similar to an ar-15. a high powered rifle. it was discarded on the roof. he then blended in to the crowd and fled to his mother s house before escaping all the way to madison, wisconsin and then returning to where he was picked unjust six miles from this location. authorities did have run-ins with him back in 2019. first a suicide threat. then a threat to hurt others. the matter was being handled by mental health professionals at that time. there was no law enforcement action to be