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few moments from now. it was here almost exactly 24 hours ago now that a gunman opened fire from the roof of a building about two blocks behind me, killing six people, you can hear the sounds of it right there, wounding 25. it caused hundreds of people to flee the scene. a real moment of sheer terror. you can see actually behind us now some of the chairs that they left behind still littering the scene here. police did find a gun on the roof of that building. ultimately about eight hour...

backdrop for movies like "home alone" and ferris buhlers day off. police say a gunman fired on people along the parade route from a rooftop. a barrage of bullets just after 10:00 a.m., causing spec to it tors, mostly families with children, both young and old, to scatter. right now officials say the victims range from 8 to 85 years old. five adults died at the scene, a sixth person later passed away at the hospital. witnesses describing chaos where strollers and belongings lay scattere...

Way. We do have a busy time coming up around the country this summer period. Music festivals are about to start happening, wimbledon injuly, at the beginning ofjuly, will be another important security operation. There are many armed officers. And we will need them all. The metropolitan police and other forces have an increase in armed officers that they have been able to call upon the year or so, specially Trained Counterterrorism officers to Trained Counterterrorism officers to train alongside ...

Took the main brunt of the attack with many tanks and vehicles disabled. when his tank commander was hit, and gravely wounded, specialist birdwell got him to a place of safety and then took command. he knew his vehicle was on the first line of defense. so birdwell stood and his commander, half exposed, at times standing out of the tank, fully exposed, laying down suppressive fire on the enemy. he used the tanks cannon, used the tanks machine gun, he used his personal rifle, he sustained fire, dr...

Specialist birdwells unit took the brunt of the attack with many tanks and vehicles disabled. when his tank commander was hit and gravely wounded, specialist birdwell got him to a place of safety and then took command. he knew his vehicle was on the first line of defense, so birdwell stood in his commanders hat at times, at times standing entirely out of the tank, fully exposed, laying down suppressive fire on the enemy. he used the tanks cannon, the machine gun, his personal rival. he sustained...

Silencer, to file down a serial number. >> we do for now. we dont know what will happen with silencers. a bill was make its way through. we will see what happens with that. >> this device is not illegal. as we pointed out in the earlier selling isment, this device is designed to put down suppressive fire. heats what it is. what the killer did is used it for plunging fire. he could pull the trigger one time. he was in a position, elevated position. and the rounds basically go out in an in direct ...

Purchased, the effective rate of fire for an m-4, or any of the automatic weapons, because they were turned into automatic weapons is 750 to 900 rounds per minute. theres no possible need for a civilian to be able to do that. what that does is allow you to put down suppressive fire, which is a military tool. even police in law enforcement dont use it. for a civilian to be able to do this, and this individual being able to do this from the 32nd floor, aimed at a place where you are not looking at...

Of the window. >> reporter: these officers desperately attempting to locate the shooter, while taking cover under a hail of bullets. >> go back! go back! >> get back. get back. >> reporter: this new video captures the concertgoers running in every direction as they were being fired upon. police say the killer opened fire for 9 to 11 minutes, firing dozens of rounds in rapid succession. >> mandalay bay, 31st floor. i can hear the automatic weapon coming from one floor ahead, one floor above us. >...

The troops have to launch small mortars nearly straight up. practically firing on top of themselves. ammunition is running low. and its worse than anyone first thought. as the battle rages, the soldiers find two more americans, both severely wounded. under fire, the soldiers load the injured men on to stretchers. and carry them off the roof. with so many men hurt, loftus moves in. he takes up a machine gun and lays down suppressive fire. after 30 minutes, the fighting stops. a medevac helicopter...

Trying to figure out where the fire was coming from, dealing with thousands of people fleeing to safety. again, all as bullets rained down. also for the first time, we are seeing just how many weapons, what kind of arsenal this gunman brought with him to carry out this massacre from the 32nd floor hotel room at the mandalay bay resort. officials have now recovered 47 firearms from three different locations. very important to mention. a dozen of those guns in that hotel room were rigged with a le...