rich? >> thanks, mike. thank you. alicia? >> and rich, definitely not what we expected to be covering this holiday weekend. that is it for this hour. i'm alicia acuna in denver. >> alicia, an absolute tragedy. i rich edson. breaking news in los angeles with trace gallagher is next. >> continuing coverage of breaking news. hello. welcome to los angeles. i'm trace gallagher. breaking tonight, holiday horror in a northern chicago suburb. at least six people are now dead. dozens more are injured in a shooting at a july fourth parade in highland park, illinois. it's about 25 miles north northeast of chicago. officers are searching for a suspect that fired from a rooftop. apparently he climbed up on a

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 biden's reaction. we begin with our senior corr -- no, let's begin with peter doocy at the white house. good evening. >> we can hear upbeat jazz music from the president's band of marines on the south lawn. he is expected to speak as scheduled at a barbecue for military families ahead of a fireworks viewing that the president returned to washington from camp david for. you mentioned that bipartisan gun legislation. the president is talking about it in his first printed words about this incident. he's also saying and i'll will quote here "it is surged federal law enforcement to assist for the shooter who is at large at this time." i have spoken to an atf contact who said they're trying to trace

the life of this gun. they're talking about tracing the ownership life of it, urgently. it's something that will take some time because they have to go all the way back when the gun was made, sold to a retailer and contact the retail tore start connecting dots to see who was holding it they hope today. it's not something that law enforcement has been able to share publicly. if they know it, that's all that they will tell us on the record. we know the vice president and president has been briefed about it. kamala harris is set to visit the chicago area tomorrow on a prescheduled event to speak to the national association of teachers or of educators. we do any the president will address this at a prescheduled event. we haven't seen him since he arrived back with his family. that should be at any time. trace? >> we'll get back to you as the news breaks. peter doocy live at the white

house. joining us now, former washington d.c. police detective and defense attorney, ted williams. i'm interested about what peter was talking about there. the gun seems to be the biggest piece of evidence that we have. the atf is now trying to trace this weapon. they're trying to trace the ownership. it's not something that you can go online and pull it up and boom, you have a match. it takes awhile. so like everything else in an investigation, it takes awhile. is there a way that you know of, ted, that they can expedite this process a little bit? >> trace, it is not anything that i know of a manner that they can expedite it. they're moving me thought -- methodically. the good thing is that they have

the gun. the good thing also is that they have means and ways as you have already represented to trace this gun. this is such a sad day. the fourth of july. we're celebrating our independence. here again, another mass shooting. trace, you and i have covered so many of these mass shootings in this country. this is a very sad situation there in highland park, illinois. >> stand by. i want to bring in mike tobin. he's in chicago. he's been covering this all day. i want to bring you in partly, mike, as a correspondent and as a guest. i'm curious to where they are right now in this investigation and stand by so you can keep ted and i honest in this investigation. mike? >> well, the bulk of the intensity of all police activity is to find this shooter. they're going street to street.

i've seen video of then opening the doors to port 0-lets. and the town of highland park is a sleepy little -- a very quaint, wealthy north shore suburb. this is the kind of plate where you think it can't happen here. now people are being advised to shelter in place as the police go door-to-door, alley to alley searching for anywhere that the suspect could be hiding. that's what the bulk of the situation is right now. they have the weapon. you go backwards. you talked about tracing the life of the weapon. you can match the weapon to the bullets that they'll pull out of victims. a lot can happen. step number 1 is to find the gunman and get him off the street. >> interesting to me, when they talked in the news conference about some people being on lockdown and other people being

let go. they were in the apprehension process. is that a standard operating term for you, this apprehension process or does that suggest to you that something more urgent might be happening here? >> something urgent is happening. as far as the activity on the scene, people were let go because you had business owners that had to come in, lock up their shop and provide video. the area where this went down, there's a lot of retail stores up and down the avenue where the parade route went. so presumably you'll have evidence from the security videos that was there. hopefully something that will be available to police much like it was in the boston bombing case that identify the brothers there. so you're looking for the piece of evidence that will identify the gunman. that i were escorting people back and forth. if they have determined that someone isn't the gunman,

they'll let him go. >> the boston bombing is a very good analogy to this. stands by. ted williams, to you now. they're going through videotape and going business to business. a lot like the atf tracing the guns. what happens here, it takes awhile. you have to go through this video and figure out those close to the actual site of the shooting. it's not something that you go through and you find the smoking gun and you get the guy.it's a process. talk about that. >> it is a process. as you said, the first thing they have to do is to get the owners to come back, open up their shots and see if they have a video feed and they have to process it. it takes awhile. it's going to take a lot of police officers, law enforcement officers to process that video. once they process it, they still have to try to identify someone that may be closely associated

to the area in which the shooting took place. so this is not an easy process. it's not something that they can do right away. but i'm sure they're doing it methodically and i do believe that at some stage here soon, they'll have some suspect in their sight. >> i was talking earlier act the fact that because the crowd was so large, it's beneficial and detrimental to this investigation. beneficial, ted, because for one, they have a lot of potential eye witnesses. they have a lot of people taking video that could serve useful in the days and weeks to come. negative because it also gives the potential shooter and easier way out, to kind of blend in with the crowd. is that a fair assessment? >> an excellent assessment. we found that with the boston bombers. you'll find it here. the larger the crowd, the easier

it is for the person to mix in with the crowd and move out of the area. something else that we need to take into consideration is that a lot of the individuals at this parade, when they heard the popping sound, they didn't think it was gun fire. they thought perhaps with us fireworks. so you have to deal with that component. it's such a tragedy. such a tragic event that took place there. >> very quickly, mike tobin, i'm wondering if you have gotten any indication -- you have covered a lot of shootings for many years. is there an indication that they believe the shooter might still be in the area or are you seeing signs and video that the shooter might have gotten away? >> when you look at the perimeter, green bay road, that is a western border of high pressure. a and the other roads that the police commander laid out.

it's a tight area that they have established this perimeter. so that is an indication that they don't think the shooter went very far. otherwise, you'd see them putting them on lock down and the search would be broader. so short answer to your question, what we got from the police commander, they think he's not gone that far. >> spot on reporting as always. mike tobin, thank you. ted williams, great analysis. back to you as the news breaks. thanks very much. >> my pleasure. >> meantime, the shooting is the key here. six people are dead. if there's any good news out of this and two dozen people that have been wounded, the only good news is this happened in a major metropolitan area with a rash of level 1 trauma centers. people taken from the scene to the hospital were put in the best hands possible that sometimes in outlying areas doesn't happen.

it did happen today. we know one person has died at the hospital. five others died at the scene. two dozen injured. we'll continue looking and following for any potential suspects. up next, we'll speak with the former detroit police chief about today's mass shooting on fourth of july during the parade. like pulsing, electric shocks, sharp, stabbing pains, or an intense burning sensation. what is this nightmare?

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>> trace: welcome back to our continuing coverage of the breaking news that happened just outside of chicago in highland park, illinois, 25 miles outside of chicago. a 18 to 20-year-old white male climbed up on a building during the highland park fourth of july parade, got on the roof and with a high powered weapon, they have

not told us what type of rifle it was. opened fire on the crowd. killed six. wounded at least two dozen. including a child. let's bring in ken belkin with more on this. ken, of the cases you've covered, you have seen the scene here. give me an idea of what you think is happening when you hear that certain areas of high pressure, specifically right around that shooting, are on lockdown. people being told to shelter in place. and then other parts of the city really people are free to go and the perimeter seems to be tightening a bit. does that indicate anything to you? >> well, it's like a net. they're closing in on the assailant. that's what it appears to be anyway. you know, there's been an incredible mobilization of the state and the federal level here. resources are being deployed that are exponential, that i think will solve this in short

time. we'll have this person in custody i'd say within 24 hours. >> trace: when, stand by. i want to bring in james craig, former detroit police chief here. i'm not sure if you heard what mr. belkin was saying. that they have something that they're looking at. what do you think that is a fair assessment? >> absolutely, again, the focus is on apprehension. knowing that and the fact that the suspect is still at large, he left a weapon and doesn't mean he doesn't have a secondary weapon. certainly they're not going to tell you much at this point. if he got out of the area and they knew that and had information on his identity, of course, they would put it out. i have to applaud the coordinated efforts in law enforcement in this case. i've been on many of these kind of unfortunate tragic situations

throughout my career. seem like they're doing a great job. that suspect will be brought in to custody. >> i'm wondering if you think he will be brought in today or will it need some other aspects like video, security video, cell phone video, an id on the weapon itself? >> that would be helpful. it's hard to say. what i find interesting -- i heard the word discrete, the suspect was very discrete in how he deployed to the rooftop. he wasn't readily available. you're talking about a parade with thousands of people attending. how did he get on a ladder to the roof and not be seen? i think the video is important. i think that someone that was at that parade knows something and they should say something right now. it would be very helpful. any -- the police won't say this right now. i'm sur they're getting a lot of

tips. so they have to vet what is good, what is not so good. time is not always on your side. >> he talks about time. it's really important. everything they're doing takes time. it takes some time to look at the video of the multiple stores that might be involved in this. takes time to look at the social media footprint. where would you look if this last as couple days and they don't find the suspect right away? would you see if there's an online profile, some kind of message that the shooter might have put online? >> yeah, no doubt law enforcement is scouring social media. in most of these shootings, there's some sort of indication on social media that someone is going to do something. maybe a slight comment, maybe a

veiled threat. it's usually something in social media. they also have to check the rifle at the scene for dna. if this person has a previous criminal conviction, his dna might be on file with law enforcement and might yield a quick identification of the suspect. >> yeah, you follow that? does that sound fair to you, chief? you talk about these investigations and social media? peter doocy talked about how they're trying to expedite this, the atf. it's a process. do you foresee anyway that they can get this going and talk to the dealers and get people on the line to say hey, we need an i.d. of this person that owns this gun and we need it now? >> yeah, they have multiple strategies working right now. certainly as the other guest indicated, scouring social media will be critical. there are individuals -- this guy left his footprints. this didn't just happen in

isolation. he planned it given how he was deployed on the roof. is he military trained, does he have formal training. maybe not. when you look at his age, they an dissipate between 18 and 21. he may not have a criminal record. he may have a background of mental illness. we don't know that. sounds like what i'm hearing and seeing is that he's probably still in the area. i cannot believe with that number of people that someone didn't see something. in fact, one of your earlier guests on the prior programming that was a witness heard it, knew it was shots fired and put it out on social media that shooting in progress. so folks knew what was happening. again, the police know more than what they're telling. i get it. i understand. i've been in those situations. as soon as we have identification, we need to get it out sooner than later so this guy doesn't go underground. >> ken, 15 seconds to wrap us

up. >> trace: well, this is an interesting case legally to see how it plays out, whether or not he's charged federally or under illinois state law. under illinois state law, he would be in life in prison. federally, he could be eligible for the death penalty. >> trace: could be. we don't know. 18 to 20 years old, he could be 17, 16. we don't know the age of this sheeter. ken belkin, james craig, thanks both. great insight. >> thank you. have a great night. >> trace: up next, we'll go back live to chicago with an update from the grounds. a former detective with what investigators will do next as they all search for answers in what happened. just north of chicago.

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breaking news outside of chicago. we heard from the law eninformation meant officials but yet to hear from the medical community. this is north shore community health center that handled some of the patients that came in. let's dip into this. >> programs, training, we practice for these events even though we hope they never happen. our team handled the situation today. of course we provide services that include social work. our patients will have a chance to talk to counselors and debrief after something so traumatic. >> if one has a loved one in the hospital, what do they need to know? >> families have had an opportunity to come in the hospital and wait. we've had liaisons working with those family members and all of those family members have been

reunited with the patients that were here and treated at the north shore hospital. >> anybody from the nursing staff that -- >> anybody from the nursing staff want to talk? this is barb. she's one of our emergency medicine nurses. she has a lot of roles here @north shore and a wealth of experience. >> good afternoon. >> tell us what it was like. >> we have an amazing team of nurses that every day give 1,000% of their time and talent to their profession. they immediately go in to emergency mode. they're all -- they're trained in trauma and pediatric care. they're amazing people. they showed their proof in covid and now with this upsetting and tragic mass shooting, they came

to the call to duty. they were fantastic. multiple nurses taking care of one patient at the home. there's family members. emotional support is now. ems personnel. an amazing squad of nurses. very proud of them. thrilled to call them my colleagues. >> [question inaudible] >> yes. we had one person -- actually two patients that were transferred to evanston. one was a pediatric patient. our inpatient pediatric unit is at evanston hospital. another patient that was transferred to comer children's

home after getting some emergency surgery. i would also like to add that our nursing staff was phenomenal. the gentleman that stands behind me here and ladies that stand behind me here provided amazing emergency surgical and orthopedic care. with me are the doctors that help run our trauma surgery program. the response that they made, the time in which they arrived to help support and take care of these patients is phenomenal. >> you were off site when the initial call came in? >> yes, sir. >> tell me what happened. >> i got a text message that there had been a massing shooting in highland park and could i call highland park hospital, which i did. i talked to the chief of surgery there, john lynn, who was out of town but got the first call. when i heard there was a mass

shooting -- >> trace: the president of the united states is addressing the chicago shooting. let's watch. >> today we mark the 246th anniversary of our independence as a nation. recommit ourselves to the great experiment of america. while the events of 1776 are remote in time, the event is real, vivid and unfolding. we have babies at home. children are allowed to cry. for america is always becoming, always on the move, always a work in progress. that's the key word a key idea, keynote in the life of our nation. progress. forward motion. the creation of possibilities. fulfillment of possibilities. that's the american story. you know well it's not a simple

one. it never has been. after we have taken giant steps forward, we've taken a few steps backwards. after we have done the hard work of lay ago better foundation, the worst of our past and reached out and pulled us back on occasion. i know this. from the deepest depths of our worst crises, we have always risen and come out better than we went in. we've been tested before. just as we're being tested today. we have never failed because we have never walked away from the core beliefs and promises that define this nation. chief among those promises is the proposition that we're always created equal. we saw that so often from the time your a kid in school. sometimes we wonder if it's rhetoric. we're an idea.

the only country based on an idea. not geography, not religion, not ethnicity but an idea. we're all created equal. the laws are instituted among people to protect the vulnerable, to check those with power and guarantee the pursuit of justice. to realize these promises requires a principled patriotism. a project that has come up short in many ways, and which continues even in this hour. a project that says, we're all in this together. the ambitions of a few cannot be allowed to prevail or over the aspirations of many. that's how i see america on july the fourth, a big, big heart of place where we debate and

disagree, yet we're united by a love of country. and as has been before in our history, in times of war and division, growth and change, the fourth of july comes at a critical moment. our economy is growing, but not without pain. liberty is on assault, assault here and a broad. recent days there's been reason to think that this country is moving backwards. freedom is being reduced. that rights we assume were protected are no longer. reminder that will remain in an ongoing battle for the soul of america as we have for over 200 years, i know it can be exhausting and unsettling. tonight i want you to know we're going to get through all of this. for all that we have faced, we're we're going to get through this and look how far we have

come. we're reclaiming our way of life in a pandemic, vaccines are nearly available to every american. restrictions lifted, the fourth of july together again at the white house. for all the challenges, america has the strongest economy in the world. more people working and starting businesses, more young people graduating from high school and college than ever before. i just returned from an important trip from europe. nato meeting. we're relaying on what we can do to rally the free world to defend freedom. before i left for europe, i signed a law, the first accessory gun safety law in 30 years. things will get better still but not without more hard work together.

we all heard what happened today. each day we're reminded there's nothing guaranteed about our democracy. nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it. defend it. earn it by voting. to refine, evolve and extend, calling american to move forward boldly and unafraid. what binds us still, our best, what we strive for, it's we the people, not a hallow phrase in america. we the people. doing all we can to ensure the idea of america, the cause of freedom and justice and equality does more than survive the divisions of our time but shines like the sun to light up the future of our world. i know, i know we can do this.

i know many americans look around and see a divided country. i understand. i believe we're more united than we are divided. even more, i believe it's a choice that we make. i believe it's within our power to choose unity and unity and purpose. we look out tonight here at the white house, i so many military families. it's the greatest honor to serve as your commander-in-chief. jill and i are humbled to be with you tonight. tomorrow we'll be bestowing the medal open honor to service members that represent the best of america, the backbone, the spine of america. on thursday i'll bestow the

presidential medal of freedom to extraordinary americans that embody and endure the enduring character of this nation. all of them, all of you are reminders that we're a great nation because we're a good people and because of you, i have never been more optimistic about america than i am today. an optimism that digs deep, never gives up. that is america. that is america. so on this day amid the storm and strife, may we commit ourselves to a principled patriotism. to the large and complex mission to protect and more perfect or union. ensure that americans were ever a played, not marked by the thirst and power at any cost but by a covenant of trust and hope and promise. happy fourth of july, america.

may gods bless america and may god protect our troops. enjoy the day. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] >> trace: there you have president biden giving his fourth of july address. we were told he would say something about what happened in highland park outside of chicago. he alluded to it briefly by saying you heard what happened today. he didn't go into any details. he said that after talking about a recents gun law he signed in. i want to bring in kevin corke who has been following this today. it was surprising that the president didn't really say anything about what happened in highland park outside of chicago. >> real missed opportunities here. this is what happens sometimes, trace, when if you're not as comfortable speaking or if the

white house staff is feeling like stick to the script, he could have say at the top of his remarks taken a moments to say our hearts go out to the folks in chicagoland that are suffering today. i've been in contact with leaders. the president said how he was in contact with the governor of the state of illinois and expressing the desire to give them any and all resources that they need. i felt like it was a chance that may have been missed in this particular situation. he said each day we're reminded nothing is guaranteed but he went on to encourage the crowd to vote. as you pointed out, he talked about a law that passed with reports to gun laws. i didn't feel like it hit the tone that people they have been looking for. perhaps a missed opportunities here. >> we've seen a lot of presidential speeches and they happen hours after something like what we saw happen in highland park today.

it always at least -- always end up with at least our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of chicago, highland park. we're thinking about them. something needs to be done. there was a quick little reference to it and that was it. somewhat surprising. >> yeah, i thought it was surprising, too. if you're on the coms staff, mr. president, we know you have prepared remarks. let's talk about what happened in chicagoland, talk about what happened briefly. express your thoughts for the folks and what they're going to and hit to the speech. he didn't take that chance. i'm not sure what the thinking was behind that. again, i did point out, he did have a statement earlier and maybe they felt like that was sufficient. >> trace: maybe it was. thanks, kevin. good to see you. >> you too. >> trace: up next, the panel on today's deadly shooting and the politics after the gun safety legislation was passed. marc thiessen is a part of that.

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>> trace: welcome back. let's bring in marc thiessen and and olivia beavers. marc, was watching the president. i watched him. the white house we should note did give a statement today about what happened in highland park, illinois north of chicago. the president said you know what happened today. he never touched on it. you think he missed an opportunity? if you wrote that speech, would it have been different? >> i have two minds on it. he did miss an opportunity. he spent more time criticizing

the supreme court than he did comfortabling the victims of today's shooting. one of his jobs is to be the comforter in chief. so the fact that he barely referenced it and didn't talk about any specifics of what happened is disappointing. the other hand, his instinct is to politicize these things. so maybe it's better he didn't say more. the problem he has is his normal attack is how horrible it is that congress won't do anything. congress did just come together and do something. they passed the first gun safety bill, bipartisan gun safety bill with a bipartisan vote. so his normal line of attack he can't use. his hands were tie in the reaction that he would normally have. >> trace: is that kind of the save? do you believe that as well, olivia? once you've start a speech and you weigh-in to politics before

you said happy fourth of july to everybody, is it too late to go into something as devastating and as emotional for what happened in highland park today? >> i think there's flexibility. you can both be celebrating this holiday and the pain, trying to comfort the people that lost loved ones and it's pretty devastating. i was just at a parade. when i saw the news about highland park, that could have happened anywhere across the country. it's scary. you want to see members of congress and politicses recognize what is happening. but he's in a spot where he signed a bill with gun restrictions, gun reform. the question is whether or not we're going to start seeing democrats and pressure on his left for them to start doing more, even though there's likely not an appetite on the right.

>> trace: apparently we were pressed for time here. we'll get back to you briefly. thanks. up next, more breaking news coverage of today's parade shooting. the latest is that six people were shot and killed. at least two dozen were taken to hospitals, although we got good news earlier that 19 people have been released from the hospital. continuing coverage next. riders! let your queries be known. yeah, hi. instead of letting passengers wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america's number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan's not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no.

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2010 silver honda fit. license plate illinois, dm 80653. we have numerous federal state and local law enforcement agencies working on apprehending this person. we continue to receive tips from the public and law enforcement partners and following up on every one of them. individuals who have information to share with the police are urgentlied to contact 800-call-fbi. >> we'll try to answer some questions. understand that we have teams out very actively trying to apprehend this individual. he's considered armed and dangerous. communities should not approach him. dial 911. we consider him very dangerous. >> what led you to this guy? was at this time gun? >> i can't get into that. the investigative lead lead up to this point.

>> [question inaudible] >> we'll give you the name and information. robert e.crimo, iii. 22 years of age. believed to be driving a 2010 silver honda fit. dm 80653, the license plate. >> [question inaudible] >> what we said in our last update stands. the main area, those four square blocks, we're asking everyone to remain extra diligent. stay there. we'll get police escorts outside of there. be very vigilant. we are working to find out if he was taken off to another area. we ask, give our law enforcement some time to do their job and apprehend him safely. >> where's he from? >> he's from the area?

>> he's from highland park? >> from this area. we'll have more on that later. additionally, we will have photos going out shortly of him and a similar vehicle he is assumed driving. >> what's the first letter of his name? >> c. [ inaudible question ] >> we don't have updates. again t reunification post of the highland police department is still there. anybody that's been separated or looking for family, they should be going there. >> silver honda? >> silver honda. [ talking at the same time ] >> his name is robert. he goes by bobby. middle initial e. as in edward, crimo iii. he's 22. again, he's believed to be driving a 2010 honda, illinois license dm80653. okay. about an hour, 6:00, we'll be back up with more updates and we'll let you know how our

apprehension efforts are going. >> trace: there you have the breaking news. big breaking news. highland police department has identified who they believe to be the suspect in today's shooting at the fourth of july parade in highland park which, if you don't know and are just joining us, is about 20, 25 miles north of chicago. it is an upscale area. and today about 14 minutes after the parade began this morning at 10:14, somebody, police believe a man named robert bobby e. crimo, it's c-r-i-m-o, opened fire from the rooftop of a building and shot down on people, killing six and wounding at least two dozen, maybe more. the numbers, of course, are still coming in. he is believed to be 22 years old and is driving a silver 2010

honda fit. and police did not say where they believe he might have been going or might be headed. but apparently he has left the area. remember, in that area of highland park, there was this severe lockdown all day. police put in a very tight perimeter and told people to shelter in place. that was an indication that it was possible that they had him or they knew he might be in the area. well, apparently, he's not there. he is on the run somewhere. police don't know where. he is also from -- and they didn't say highland park specifically. they would only say he's from the area. again, someone said is he from highland park? the police officer said, he's from the area, yes. it's unclear where he might be from, but he's 22 years old. initial description was a white male, black hair between 18 and 20. turns out he is 20 years old --

22 years old, check that. and was apparently able to make it up on to this rooftop and there was a ladder in the back of the building, say police. he made his way up on the roof top with a high powered rifle. they have not told us exactly what type of rifle this was except to say it was high powered. they have not told us how many rounds were fired. but we do know that some people heard dozens. maybe as many as 60 to 100 rounds being fired. that weapon was left behind. police recovered the weapon and alcohol tobacco and firearms is in a race against the clock trying to determine exactly who owns that weapon, or at least the ownership circle. who owns it? who might have sold it to somebody else? and whether this weapon leads back to this robert bobby crimo is yet to be learned. but now, of course, police will mob on to social media an

totally check out robert crimo's footprint was. was there anything that might have indicated that he could do this? was he involved in any chat groups online where he might have possibly signaled that this could be happening, as we've been seeing in so many recent cases. if you're joining us, there is a suspect. he is not in custody, but he has been named. he is robert crimo iii, 22 years old. he is from the highland park area. we talked earlier about whether it's a local crime or something like a mass shooting. people tend to gravitate to places where they know because they believe that knowledge of the area will help them get away. and that appears to be what happened in this case. police say he somehow snuck off of that building, apparently down the ladder that he went up

and he fled the area. easy to flee when you've got thousands of people to blend in with. we will continue our coverage. we're gonna reset here for a moment. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. i'm in for bret baier in 60 seconds. good evening once again. welcome to los angeles. i'm trace gallagher in for bret. holiday horror in a northern chicago suburb. at least six people are dead and dozens more injured in a shooting at a july fourth parade in highland park, illinois. we're talking about an area 20, 25 miles north of downtown chicago. officials have just identified a person of interest. he is named as robert bobby crimo iii. he is considered armed and dangerous. we told you he left a weapon