Good morning, everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and southern springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser number of people have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1100 rounds into. A crowd of those attending a Country Music concert. The bump stocks enabled this person to fire ammunition as fast as if he had used an aut automatic weapon. 58 people died. Our laws prohibit the manufacture machine guns for decades and decades that has been the case. During the Obama Administration they determined that bump stocks are legal. A number of member of congress recently rote the atf asked it to revision the decision. Two days ago the atf announced
Cheryl shooting started during the performance by jason aldean b. Adam housley spoke with two witnesses there. Were you carrying people . As long as they werent calling. You were trying to help whoever you could hear the train to a companion large. Flights at Mccarron International airport which was a 10 minute drive from this location were temporarily halted because of the shooting. Lauren the Las Vegas Police department at a press conference a halfhour ago. Lets listen to that again. Good evening. Obviously i am sure if joel bardo from las vegas county and im here to talk about the tragic event taking place and currently taking place at the mandalay bay of las vegas boulevard south. We experienced a net shooter situation, approximately 10 08 p. M. Tonight this evening. We had calls coming to dispatch an multiple shots being fired from the direction of the mandalay bay towards the route 91 concert that was taking place on the east side of las vegas boulevard. Through investigation and
And as we get into this bathroom, there is a girl who is just shot in the head. Dozens died including jenny parks a mother of two who was a california kindergarten teacher. Sonny melton a registered nurse from tennessee died protecting his wife. Also killed Rachael Parker a records technician for a California Police department. Captain tim hageman Manhattan Beach police dept. she was a true professional and just a truly nice person. The gunman killed himself. He was a retired accountant who according to his brother wasnt violent. Eric paddock gunmans brother he was a wealthy guy and he liked to play video poker. He went on cruises. The gunmans father was a convicted bank robber and at one point spent time on the fbis most wanted list. But the shooter wasnt known to Law Enforcement. Investigators say he had weapons stashed in his hotel room and his house. Now police are trying to determine why the gunman went on a murderous rampage. President trump it was an act of pure evil. President
Behind me and there was bodies everywhere. In las vegas the giving continues. Vigils for the do dozens of people in the rampage. 23yearold mack dune ascendling the concert with his girlfriend and navy veteran christopher. He was in combat and comes back uninjured and goes to a concert and dize. Law enforcement and Family Members are trying to understand what would motivate a one time accountant and a gamble to inflict so much carnage. Steve had nothing to do a political or religious organization. No white supremacist, nothing. Investigators say there were more than 40 guns recovered at his nevada home and Mandalay Bay Hotel room and material to make explosives were discovered in his car. Also, in that hotel room a computer and a camera possibly used to record the horrific shooting. They are looking closely at his finances saying in the last three years he had 200 plus reports of large financial transacticsactio transactions. Police confirm that a central Pennsylvania Little League coac
A light mix is jessica rae coming up this morning on abc9 news. The latest on San Bernardino terror plot. Including new details about a planned attack on a los angeles highway in 2008 jessica rae city council has decided on how much the fines will be if you are caught on one of sioux citys interstate speed cameras. Jessica rae and. An iowa school mourns the sudden and unexpected loss of their beloved coach and friend. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae we begin this morning with news that broke late last night. A grand jury in the case of sandra bland has decided not to return any indictments. Bland was found dead in her jail cell in july. The 28yearold had been arrested three days earlier for allegedly assaulting an traffic stop. Officials in waller county, texas, said she hung herself with a plastic bag. Her family rejected that finding. The special prosecutor handling the case announced the grand jurys decision monday night. darrell Jordan Special prosecu