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emergency units going to the scene to get that situation under control. so we're working to reach out to people that were at this parade. we're getting tweets from people who were actually at this parade. what we're hearing and seeing from those reports are that someone, one person told us they heard 20 to 25 gunshots ring out at the beginning of this parade, which started at about 10:00 a.m. central time. that same person also told us that they believed to see someone who was bloodied and on the ground. we also know about two local lawmakers that were there. one of them was actually...

we still consider him to be armed and dangerous. at this time the information is there was one shooter. >> [ inaudible question ] >> we're still working on that. >> yes, sir. >> we're not going to go into the specifics of where the gun was recovered, but a firearm, a rifle was recovered. >> do you know the ages of those who passed away? >> we will have more information on that. we're working with the lake county coroner's office. they, too, are very involved in this investigation and we will be releasing that as soon as we can. thanks. we'll be back. we have six confirmed deceased an...

>> this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. >> there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there's a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple vict...

floats. then it just opened up, that familiar, you know, semi gunfire. just a rain of shots. >> nbc's rehema ellis has been monitoring this. rehema, what do we know right now? >> reporter: not much more than what you talked about, steve, because this is unfolding as we speak. you pointed out the police are looking for a suspect. this event happened, this mass shooting happened just a short while after the fireworks, the fourth of july festivities, were getting under way. as you reported, there are reports of several people who were shot. we do not at this point have an exact number o...

Another conservative conference attracted the attention of republican president ial candidates in des moines today. The national reglious liberities conference is taking place right now at the iowa events center. Jodi whitworth joins us live with more on what two candidates had to say this morning. Three president ial candiates spoke at todays religious Freedom Conference mdash; governors bobby jindal and mike hackabee. As well as senator ted cruz. All echoing each other. Saying peoples religious beliefs are under attack due to the governements control. 300810 the hope in america is not to gro...