obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th
the suspect dressed in women s clothing. that is the disguise he used to try to get away after the shooting. police say this is something that had been planned for several weeks. the gunman used that disguise to try to sleep through the crowd. but investigators say he left behind a legally purchased assault rifle that the atf was able to trace to this person of interest now, who is behind bars as we speak, not yet charged. police say he fired off more than 70 rounds from a roof overlooking the parade. as we are learning more about some of the six victims killed and the nearly 50 others hurt by the gunshots and all the way hospital after this happened. we expect another update in just about an hour. you have the white house and all federal buildings with flags flying at half staff in memory of the highland park victims. we have a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. cathy park is in illinois, pete williams, mike is covering the white house and we are joined by clint who
Ruhle. We are still tracking the breaking news out of maine. A Police Source telling nbc news at least with people are confirmed dead in an active shooting in the city of lewiston. The second largest city in the state. As many as 50 to 60 people are injured after a man opened fire in several locations, including a Bowling Alley and a bar and restaurant. That is according to full Law Enforcement sources. The Sheriffs Office earlier this evening released these photos that show one single man with an ar15 style rifle. The city is telling people who live in the area to stay inside with their doors locked as Police Search for the suspect. Earlier tonight, the atf sit agents with its Boston Office are responding to lewiston. Joining me now, tom winter, nbc investigations correspondent. Tom, lets talk of taking a deep breath. What do you know . Sure, stephanie. Id like to do something i dont normally do, which is ask the control room to pool of the Facebook Page for the Lewiston Police depart
With continuing coverage of americas campus chaos. And the focus of that chaos once again tonight is the campus of ucla right here in los angeles, one of the blue ribbon campuses of the uc system. Last night, we saw ongoing Video Battles between propalestinian protesters and proisraeli counterprotesters. Those battles went on for Something Like two hours. You saw them live right here, not a single Law Enforcement person was in sight for most of those two hours. It is a very different scene on the campus of ucla tonight where hundreds of officers have taken up positions, seemingly preparing for an imminent clearance of that propalestinian protest, encamped live on the campus of ucla is our bill melugin bill, what are you seeing . Does it look like its happening any moment . John, it feels like its imminent tonight. I wouldnt say right this moment, but potentially within the next couple of hours, the lapd has gone into a citywide tactical alert. And we essentially have a stand up right n
anti-semitism on our campus period, end of story. you cannot thread a needle. you have to be as full throated defense of jewish students as you are in defense of every other student on campus. but if i can just explain why this makes so much sense, why when campuses have people protesting, chanting from the river to the sea, which is a chant that envisions israel without jews in it, which is hamas goal, or inta fa da, this century the second inta fa da killed a thousand civilians with bombings on bus stops, at caves, atopy sa places. the rhetoric being used is dangerous and must be called out everywhere by university presidents, by elected officials, by everyone who understands that we have an obligation not just to protect the jewish community but to stand squarely against terrorism, the kind that we experienced in our own country not that long ago. and that we need to stand against wherever it occurs. especially when there are americans who were killed and americans who ar