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subsequently lit himself on fire. you need clearance to get into where i am in the press area, but not in that area. i wanted to mention that. let's talk about what's happening in the building behind me. 3:15 they're supposed to resume. as of right now, it's 3:07. >> yasmin, i'm sorry to interrupt you. we have the press conference with nypd starting. let's listen to that and we'll come back. >> and today you're going to hear from our chief of department, jeffrey mage who will update you on the incident that took place, the fire commissioner, cavanaugh on the condition of all the people involved, the medical conditions, and our chief of detectives, joe kenny, and he'll talk to you about the investigation of the incident today. so with that, i'll bring out the chief of department. >> thank you, good afternoon, everyone. i'm going to try and talk loud so you can hear me.
and it is not unusual for these offenders, these suspects to keep these things, so they can use them to relive the murders, no fantasize about it again. they've got a search that is still continuing, even as we sit here now, this many days after the arrest at the home. and then, of course, you have the suspect himself. now they're not getting dna from a discarded pizza crust, they're getting dna directly from him, hair directly from him, and other forensics that are going to be helpful. >> can you take us behind the scenes, the idea of this all coming together, finally. this had been a case that had gone cold. this has taken years and years to actually get to this point. what happened. what changed? >> so when rodney harrison became police commissioner of the suffolk county police in 2021, he did something very unusual. without knowing the outcome, he vowed that we were going to solve this case. he was coming from the nypd as chief of detectives. and he basically assembled a
the growing crisis across america we've been covering for months. last month the nypd chief of detectives estimating 98% of drugs in new york city are laced with fentanyl. according to the national institute on drug abuse more than 100,000 people in the u.s. die from drug involved overdose deaths in 2021 including a majority from illicit drugs and prescription opioids. ro robert deniro and his family are working with nypd to figure out if there is progress on who sold this. >> shannon: the story of so many american families. >> bill: students and parents calling for help as schools become the targets of cyber criminals. hackers releasing hundreds of thousands of files online with students' confidential data.
and as jonathan just said, this was a wild detail that we learned in this affidavit, something we never heard before, one of the roommates of the victims crossed paths with the murderer. now, to the extent that she could reveal that what he looked like, he said she saw bushy eyebrows, that he was wearing a mask. now her response, we noticed, is being trashed all over social media. because after seeing him, she as brian said ran back in the room and locked the door. joining me is the former fbi special agent, brian foley, former homicide detective and hartford chief of detectives. brian, i'm trying to, you know, think about this for a moment. it's the middle of the night. there are people apparently coming in and out of the house a lot. they left the door open to the house a lot.
tonight, and as jonathan just said, this was just a wild tale that we learned in this affidavit, something that we had never heard before. that one of the roommates of the victims actually crossed paths with the murderer. now,nt to the extent that she could reveal that what he looked like, he said she saw bushy eyebrows, that he waswearn wearing a mask. mask response, we noticed today, is being trashed all over social media because after seeing him, she as brian juste s ran back into her room, shein locked the door. >> joining me no w is jonathan gilliam, former fbi special agent brian foley, former homicide detectivean, formerharo hartford chief of detectives. >> brian , i'm trying to think about this for a moment. you know, it's the middle of apn the night. there are people apparently coming in and out of this houste a lot. i think they left the door open of the house a lot. and now people, in retrospect,
due to the stresses of the job the lack of support for city leaders and the public. a retired chicago chief of detectives tells fox digital that statement we showed you city leaders engaging in -- costing the officers their lives. it is a tragic trend going on for years. what we have is a failure of two things, failure of management but more importantly and critically we have a failure of leadership. chicago currently has about 1,000 vacancies. the officer rank and the department and all of this comes at a time of extremely high crime. here in the windy city, murders are down from year to near record levels but overall, crime is up 41%. julie. >> julie: all right, thank you so much garrett tenney and chicago, thank you. by the way, the national suicide crisis lifeline is available anytime. all you have to do is dial 9-8-8, anita. >> anita: president biden
with me, chief of detectives, james esic, and breaon peace, the united states attorney, and john devito, special agent in charge of atf. these are the partners who have been working with us from the first moment of this incident, and we have important information to transmit today. first i would like to go to the mayor live from gracie mansion. >> my fellow new yorkers.
and others privately owned by the nypd has access to the video feeds and when you add in so many of the license plate readers and other databases that are available to obtain information at the spur of the moment, there is significant and substantive items that the police department has to start investigating. >> i'm going to stop you mark. it looks like in press conference is beginning. we'll listen in. here we go. >> we're here to provide an update to the shooting that occurred earlier today in brooklyn. we'll hear from the police commissioner of the city of new york, chief of department ken corey, first deputy commissioner ed here, chief of detectives james eseg will update us on the investigation. we have assistant director in charge of the fbi and in charge of the new york office mike driscoll and the jttf efforts within the nypd on going as well as the special agent in charge of the burro of alcohol, tobacco
every glass ceiling that was put in her way. and today she has crashed and destroyed the final one we need in new york city. >> reporter: sewell is a native of queens. she's 49 years old and has spent the past 25 years in the nassau county police department, most recently as the department's chief of detectives. she will be leading country's largest police force of roughly 50,000 officers and civilians during a critical time. as the city faces an increase in violent crime. during the past two years shootings have doubled, murders up 45%. the statistics not lost on new yorkers. >> it's really hard to love a city and have to constantly look over your back for fear of random attacks, which is nonstop. >> internally, the department grappling with challenges of its own. the nypd battling federal lawsuits, alleging gender discrimination within its ranks and in the wake of massive protests, continuing questions
captain announcing he is selected key chan sewell, she's the chief of detectives on long island. she spoke about the significance of her selection earlier today. >> as the first woman and only the third black person to lead the nypd in its 176-year history, i bring a different perspective. committed to make sure that the department looks like the city it serves. to all of the little girls within the sound of my voice, there is nothing you can't do and no one you can't become. >> sewell said her focus is on stopping violent crime as the city struggles with a sharp rise in gun violence and murders. the biden administration releasing secret documents today that some historians hope could provide insight into the assassination of john f. kennedy. they dug into to see if any new