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>> he has been dealing with entire life. thats been an ongoing issue. >> reporter: adopted at birth, shooter public defender says cruz lost his adoptive father more than a decade ago. suffers from brain development issues and depression. at school the miami her arld reports the shooter had history of fights and had been suspended for bringing in and and knew nugs. and last november, cruz mother died unexpectedly from flu. ended up working at dollar tree. >> we had been hiring someone. his mom re...

"give up "guns" once in his remarks. we are live in florida, and it appears there was no question among those who knew the suspect that he was seriously troubled. >> reporter: especially if you dive into his mental history, say his public defenders. they laid it out in stark terms. public defenders said the young man suffered from a lifetime of mental illness, he had brain development issues, impulse control issues as well as a recent trauma. they describe him as, quote, a broken child who fell ...

Of the attempts, but i think of the parkland massacre yesterday, las vegas massacre, and the church in sutherland springs, texas, and yet theres really not just the same kind of desire to do something to protect us the same way there is from these threats from across the border or from jihadi terrorists. >> watch the video of the mother of a girl killed yesterday screaming into the wind about do something. theres a lot of things you could do. there are a lot of things that could be done that wou...