Tonight, inside the takedown, a gunman goes on a shooting rampage in a target parking lot. The trail of terror through Austin. What we're learning about the people killed. A target employee wrangling carts, a grandfather and his granddaughter. The accused gunman, bloody and bruised in his booking photo.
Scars of Uvalde, three years after the hallways of an elementary school, changed us forever? What new and unreleased body cam shows us about law enforcement's delayed response, parents' desperate pleas, and the injuries the gunman's own family sustained? Plant disaster. What happened before this explosion and giant smoke plume at that steel plant near Pittsburgh? Our questions for the CEO of U.S. Steel and what workers are telling us about what they
saw and heard. Tropical storm Aaron on track to become the first and major hurricane of the season. Where it's headed, Al Roker standing by for us tonight. Federal agents and National Guard take to the streets of Washington. Democrats accuse the president of going too far, as the White House calls it a crime crackdown.
The new tea deals just in about the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, and why President Zelensky may be out in the cold. What the new inflation report tells us about the economy as markets hit record highs. From smash and grabs to major busts, why thieves are increasingly targeting tens of thousands of dollars of love
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And good evening tonight, the chilling new details emerging from the terror that target parking lot that left three dead in Austin. Emotional moments in that lot yesterday. You can see here shoppers and workers evacuated from that store in the wake of the chaos. The shooting victims revealed as Target employee
Hector Martinez-Machuca, who was collecting shopping carts in the lot, and grandfather Adam Chow and his four-year-old granddaughter Astrid, who were killed as the shooter stole their car. The accused shooter identified as 32-year-old Ethan Nynaker, seen here with bruises and
blood on his face. Police say he was found naked, holding a Bible and claiming to be Jesus. Priscilla Thompson now with more from Austin on that shocking attack.
Tonight, harrowing new details in the shooting rampage at this Target parking lot that left three people, including a four-year-old child, dead. 32-year-old Ethan Nynaker, appearing bloody and bruised in this booking photo, now charged with those murders.
The suspect is armed and has shot multiple people.
Police say the 911 calls started pouring in at 2.15 PM. Authorities arrived to find Hector Martinez Machuca, a Target employee, shot. Attacked randomly while collecting shopping carts, police say.
He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
The suspect then fired off more shots, they say, before running up to a gray Toyota, shooting the driver, 65-year-old Adam Chow, and killing his four-year-old granddaughter, Ashtrid, in the back seat. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the suspect threw Mr. Chow's wife from the vehicle as she clutched the child, then stole the car, sped off, and crashed it.
Over the next hour, Nyneker committed multiple crimes, including attempting to steal causing multiple crashes, female driver and stealin
Police say they found him a backyard naked holding used a taser to bring him
he was Jesus and there wa whatsoever. Given it was choosing the victims. Acc The suspect has a history no reason whatsoever given random choosing of the vi
to authorities, the suspe of mental health issues, calls for an emotionally police say he's been conv violation of a protectiv intoxicated and assault.
issues. There were some s
here. Ashley Fairley was checking out inside the Target with her daughter when gunshots rang
out. When I'm doing well, I feel nothing.
I just feel like void in a way.
Tonight, the Chow's are remembering Adam as the steady backbone of the family and young Ashtred as pure silliness and joy, writing, we are broken and miss them both so much.
Priscilla joins us now live from that parking lot in Austin. Priscilla, if the suspect had such a documented history of criminal activity and mental health issues, how did he get a gun?
Yeah, Tom, authorities are looking into that. They say he used a handgun that he got from family, and I asked investigators whether anyone else could be held accountable as it relates to this gun, and they said they're investigating.
Tom?
Okay, Priscilla Thompson for us. Priscilla, we thank you. We're gonna stay in Texas now. Tonight, the Uvalde School District releasing hours of new body cam footage and thousands of documents following a lawsuit
by NBC News and other news organizations. It brings insight into law enforcement's long wait as children's parents demanded action in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. We do want to warn you some of the content you're about to see and hear is very disturbing. Here's Morgan Chesky.
Sir, this is Arreola with the school district police. Can you please put your firearm down?
Tonight, new video capturing crucial moments inside you Valdez Rob Elementary School after a gunman opened fire on May 24th 2022. The district releasing hours of never before seen footage showing a response caught amid confusion and chaos at 11 40 a.m. Just minutes after the shooter entered the school, you can see officers treating his grandmother, the first victim, who ID'd her own grandson, as the gunman.
Salvador Ramos. Apparently he just shot his grandmother.
Outside Robb Elementary as precious time passed.
Sir.
Panicked parents heard off camera, shouting at authorities to do something. Get back!
Get back!
By 12 PM, with dozens of armed officers lining hallways, the school's police chief, Peter Redondo, began pleading with the gunmen, barricaded inside a classroom.
These are innocent children, sir. Please talk to me. Please talk to me, sir.
No response is ever heard. I need cover.
I got more kids.
Nearby, other officers tried to clear classrooms of terrified students and teachers.
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questions back and forth looking for keys.
until 1250 PM when a team of officers breach the classroom. With the gunman dead, authorities frantically call for medical backup.
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Get a T. charges for their actions that day. Both have since pleaded not guilty. Tom, incredibly tragic.
All of it. All right, Morgan Chesky.
Now to Pennsylvania, where the steel plant explosion has killed two people. New questions tonight about what caused it and what one employee tells us about the moment they felt that blast. Adrian Broadus reports.
Tonight, devastating damage seen from above after this massive explosion at a U.S. steel plant as investigators work to find the cause.
We're not going to speculate.
We're going to let the people do their work and support them in that important job.
Officials say there were no warnings that indicated any problems at the factory.
Routine maintenance is what they were preparing for. I think it was actually going to happen next week.
Andrew Macy has worked at the Clareton Steel plant for 44 years.
There was a very loud bang. We looked to our left, thinking that on the main line of our railroads, the two engines collided head on. And then as we turned to our right, we saw a plume of black smoke. And immediately, there was silence. And then as we turned to our right, we saw a plume of black smoke and immediately there
was silence.
Here's video of the plant from 2019. You see the five smokestacks at the center. And this is what it looks like after Monday's blast. Aerials show portion of this bustling worksite now a massive cleanup operation. The remains of a truck and scattered debris. What caused this explosion and is it safe to operate?
Well, first it is safe to operate now. We don't know the root cause of the issue. It was isolated between a couple of our batteries. So we're investigating that.
The explosion killing two people, 39-year-oldold Timothy Quinn a father who came from a steel mill Working family the second person killed has yet to be identified
Their family that's what we are in here and in an instant like this
We bought together and we'll come back and with that Adrian brought us joins us tonight Adrian part of that factory They're behind you still shut down?
Tom, that's right. Part of the plant remains offline out of an abundance of caution. That's what investigators are telling us. And plant officials also say they have assembled a team, including outside experts who will interview everyone
who was on site yesterday as they try to get to the bottom of what happened. Tom? Adrian Broadus for us. Adrian, thank you. to everyone who was on site yesterday as they try to get to the bottom of what happened.
it was already declining. Here's Courtney Kubi.
Tonight, hundreds of National Guard troops reporting for duty, awaiting deployment around the nation's capital, acting on President Trump's orders after he declared a crime emergency, activating 800 Guard members
and instituting a 30-day federal takeover of DC police, despite police statistics that show violent crime is declining here. We've been watching members of the DC National Guard trickle in one by one all day here at the DC Armory. Soon as many as 200 at any time will be in neighborhoods like this, where a defense official tells NBC News they'll be supporting law enforcement with activities like crowd
management, perimeter control and other security assistance. Most guard members won't be armed and won't be making arrests, according to the defense official. Instead, their support is intended to free up law enforcement to fight crime. The White House says its push is already well underway. Last night, approximately 850 officers and agents were surged across the city.
They made a total of 23 arrests. Those arrests include homicide and drug distribution, according to the White House, which also says agents were surged across a total of 23 arrests. Th homicide and drug distribu the White House, which al people could be jailed if with efforts to clear enc
slamming the move as pres
This is about the preside
to be the authoritarian l
But after meeting with At General Pam Bondi today, the city's Democratic mayor striking a cooperative tone.
If and while we have this federal surge, we're going to put those officers to
good use. DC residents we spoke to today had mixed reactions.
It's unnecessary and frightening. There's crime in any city and this is not solving a crime problem.
I don't see the need for at the same time if it makes the streets safer so be it.
And with that court he joins us live Courtney what exactly is the National Guard to do right now.
Well Tom the 800 troops have been activated, but they're still checking in getting their orders a small number starting to move out to various locations around the city. But the reality is this entire process of getting them on the streets will take until the end of the week.
Tom?
All right, Courtney Kubi with a lot of new reporting there. Courtney, we thank you. And preparations are underway for that high stakes summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin on Friday. Gabe Gutierrez has new reporting on this.
And Gabe, it now appears the White House is trying to temper expectations. Yes, Tom, the White House now says the president's Friday summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska will be a listening exercise. So a ceasefire deal appears unlikely, at least in the short term. Today, I pressed the press secretary here
on why Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited. She told me it was Putin who asked for this meeting and that President Trump hopes to hold a trilateral summit eventually. Still, Zelensky said today that Russia is ramping up its offensive in Ukraine ahead of Friday's meeting
and that it's impossible to talk about Ukraine without Ukraine. We're expecting a call between President Trump, European allies, and Zelensky tomorrow morning.
Tom?
All right, Gabe, we thank you. Markets today hit records highs after new inflation numbers came out. Overall, things held pretty steady, but there are some warning signs as well. Christine Romans joins us now to help us break it all down. And Christine, the question we keep asking you, have we felt the effects of the trade
war yet? You know, July inflation was stubborn, but not as bad as many economists had expected here, Tom. Lower gas prices really helped keep the number under wraps, but strip out volatile food and energy prices and inflation 3.1 percent. That's still above normal. So far, many companies have been absorbing tariffs, but we're beginning to see higher
costs for furniture, tools, shoes, pet supplies, coffee. These are all things from countries now hit with significant border taxes. The White House celebrating today's numbers, calling inflation low and stable. But just step back for a second.
Over the past five years, car insurance up 60%, housing 52%, electricity up 38%, used cars, food both up strongly as well. All that while wages are up 24%. Tom, it's why the cost of living is still issue number one for American families.
So many items day to day are so expensive. All right, Christine, we thank you for that. In 60 seconds, why, LaBoo-Boo's. Yes, LaBoo-Boo's, of all things, have gone from a fad to a target for thieves and the massive haul worth tens of thousands of dollars. Police just busted. That's next. We're back now with the wildly popular trend that's prompting a new wave
of crime. The boo-boos are increasingly being stolen and police are recovering collectibles worth tens of thousands of dollars. Our Camila Bernal has this one.
Furry bodies, wide eyes and a toothy grin. Reselling for hundreds of dollars
and now a very obvious target.
My LeBoo Boo got stolen.
Someone stole my LeBoo Boo.
LeBoo Boo, the summer's most sought after toy at the center of a crime wave. In Southern California, the thefts amount to tens of thousands of dollars. The latest in Chino valued at approximately 30 grand. Police say they recovered 14 boxes of stolen merchandise
that were soon to be resold and shipped all over the US. In La Puente, it was all caught on camera. The theft here also amounted to about $30,000 because while these La Boo Boos can sell for as little as 30 bucks, they're hard to find and widely resold for much, much more.
The fact that some people think that, hey, it's just LeBoo-Boo's, no, it's more, it's organized retail theft.
Connie Zuniga has spent over $5,000
amassing her collection, taking measures to deter thieves.
You get these little, they're like little locks with a screw. So I will clip both, both of them on my purse so that way they have a double double lock. It's very sad because it kind of feels like they're taking a piece of happiness, a moment, a memory. While the toys may be cute, the Sheriff's
Department says they take the thefts seriously. Camila Bernal, a moment, a memory. While the toys may be cute the sheriff's department says they take that that's seriously Camila Bernal NBC News La
Puente California.
And we're back in a moment with the popular tourist destination now overcome by wildfires even fire NATO's that's next. We're back now with new details in that shooting at the CDC campus in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation now says the shooter fired nearly 200 rounds of ammunition at the headquarters. Patrick Joseph White shot and killed police officer David Rose before dying by suicide.
And this just in a train derailment in Texas. Look at that. This happened this afternoon. Emergency crews responded when about 30 cars went off the rails in Gordon, Texas. This is west of Fort Worth, sparking small fires. Crews are checking for hazardous material leaks right now, but so far none have been
found and no one was injured. Wildfires and heat waves showing no mercy to Europe this summer. Fires in Portugal causing a firenado spiraling into the sky. The country is now under extreme weather alerts from high fire risk, with temperatures soaring up to 109 degrees. That's nightly news for this Tuesday.
I'm Tom Yamas. Thanks so much for watching. Tonight, and always, we're here for you.
Good night.
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