Checks on gun purchases. President trump has said similar things before after other Mass Shootings, but little has happened. Cnns pamela brown has this report. We want to take the guns out of the hands of crazy, demented people. Reporter President Trump claiming he will do something on gun control. I think we can get something really good done. I think we can have some really meaningful background checks. Reporter but its not clear what. I think that the republicans are going to be great and lead the change along with the democrats. I spoke to nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, we had a great talk. Reporter the president said he has a commitment to take up background checks from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who has been under pressure to bring the senate back from the fiveweek recess and even facing protesters at his kentucky home. Hes totally on board. Reporter but mcconnell saying he hasnt endorsed anything adding the senate wont come back early and saying mcconnell has only allo
Document by police about the facts of the case. We get the latest on the investigation now from cnns brian todd. Reporter cnn has obtain and arrest affidavit of the suspected shooter, patrick crusius, saying he told police he was there to target mexicans. Cnn spoke to the manager of that walmart, robert evans, who saw the shooter firing at victims in the parking lot. Evans said the shooting appeared deliberate. From what i saw, he seem like he he knew what he was shooting. He was very defined. He looked very focused. You know, and precision on what he was what he was aiming for. I mean, it wasnt just a spray of gunfire. These were direct shots. Reporter El Paso Police have told cnn the suspect surrendered to a motorcycle policeman a couple of blocks away from the walmart, getting out of a car and telling the officer he was the shooter. The affidavit says the suspect admitted to using an ak47 to shoot multiple victims. Robert evans, the manager says he got hundreds of people out back en
The alleged gunman in last weekends rampage in el paso, texas apparently confessed at the time of arrest and told police he was targeting mexicans. The new details are contained in the arrest affidavit, a sworn document by police, about the fact of the case. We get more from cnns brian todd. Reporter cnn obtained arrest affidavit of the suspected shooter Patrick Crusius showing he allegedly told police he was there to target mexicans. Cnn spoke to the manager of the walmart. Robert evans. He saw the shooter firing at victims in the parking lot. The shooting appeared deliberate. He seemed like he knew what he was shooting. He was very defined. He looked very focused. You know, precision on what he was aiming for. It wasnt just a spray of gunfire. These were direct shots. Reporter El Paso Police told cnn the suspect surrendered a couple blocks away from the walmart and getting out of the car and telling the officer he was the shooter. He admitted to using an ak47 to shoot multiple victim
Our stop story the alleged gunman apparently confessed at the time of his arrest and told police he was targeting mexicans. The new details are contained in the arrest affidavit, a sworn document by police about the facts of the case. It states the 21yearold suspect told police, im the shooter. The affidavit also reveals why he drove more than 600 miles, or 1,000 kilometers, from his home near dallas, to carry out the attack. He told police he chose a city far from his home. And in the belief his family and friends would not know he was the gunman. 22 people died in the carnage including eight mexican nationals. 24 others were hurt. The widow of one victim, whose funeral was friday in mexico, had a message for the u. S. President. Translator i would ask mr. Trump to not laugh again when someone to kill us. He laughed. Together with everyone else. And thats not right. We arent animals to be hunted in the street, as if we were animals. So what can expect . What respect do we have . The u