for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation s independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. and there are disturbing new details about how he allegedly preplanned the attack for weeks. how he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape our former nbc news, kevi
expecting nor charges to come down the line in am coming days. behind me, you can see a crowd of people here vice president harris came to highland park today. she met with the first responders and spoke to the residents. she said that law makes have to do more to make sure who can and ca reporter: what s the latest buy guns, especially assault weapons. lester thank you very much we re learning more about the people that lost their lives during the parade and the stories of survival, bravery and loss as the horror unfolded. they call it a suburb highland park really feels like a small town now shaken to its core when those gunshots rang out when did you realize something was wrong? well, the first thing that happened were sounds like fire crackers and the next thing we know there were bullets coming at us. reporter: i met suzie and dean zelensky. it became very chaotic,
body on the ground, a little boy being carried away reporter: the gunman disguised himself as a woman, clung to a fire escape ladder. he took an ar-15 rifle and fired down more than 70 rounds at parade goers, including children listen to this video posted on social media you can hear a pause as he apparently aimed at different groups along the parade route. seven are now dead and 38 injured. you can see the shooter at the rooftop and flashes coming in our actual direction. reporter: david celek was watching the parade with his wife and 8-year-old son. reporter: he was firing in your direction he threw his son and wife behind a park bench to get them out of the line of fire. just steps from him, two people were shot. today realizing just inches separated his family from life
for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation s independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder.
no, i did not think it would come to highland park. reporter: but it did. this close-knit community is reeling. seven lives stolen, including jacki sundheim working as a preschoolteacher at a synagogue. she had a husband and daughter nicolas toledo and stephen strauss was 88, his niece posted on facebook, no one should die this way and tonight i met the family of kate goldstein i have been told by people on the phone today and i can t believe how many bes friends katie had. how many people have said she was my best friend reporter: her husband craig and their daughter cassie heart broken and overwhelmed with grief. cassie was at th parade standing right next to her moment i looked up and i saw the shooter. shooting down at the kids. and i told her there was a shooter and she had to run