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black t-shirt olive pants, having a pony tail or long hair. and used a shotgun at some point. you had erchs are ared it earlier in some of your discussions. the n.y.p.d. coming out and saying tonight that out of an abundance of caution, purely out of an abundance of caution, until we know more about the motive. right now we haven t been told anything about the motive at this point. until they know about a motive, more of what happened here the back beyond of the shooter the n.y.p.d. and deputy commissioner for counter-terrorism and intelligence john miller saying they are going to deploy counter-terrorism units, the crg srg strategic response group, and crc, critical response command. the crc is designed to show a heavy presence, full, outside of major public buildings here in new york city. they have an ar-15-type weapon that can be fired in semiautomatic or automatic.
been coming through here. we are awaiting a news conference from the police commissioner and mayor to talk about preparations for tomorrow. but what we do know, they are promising an increased police presence for the parade. up to a thousand officers, both plain-clothed and the new unit, the crc, critical response command, that will be deployed for the first time at a first major event since the paris attacks. that s a very specialized group of police officers. it will be about 500 officers strong, that is specifically here to do counterterrorism activities. they will have increased body armor, bigger guns. and that group will be part of the police contingent out here at the parade tomorrow. they re expecting some 3.5 million people to attend the parade along the 2 1/2-mile parade route, from here in the upper west side, all the way down to harold square.