and the arson arrest that he had in early 90. and this afternoon nbc learned from court documents he had a history of extreme erratic behavior and mental problems. including bipolar disorder. officials say all patients are expected to make a recovery. and the two women who lost their lives. are 21-year-old mayci breaux and june thompson. she told me not to care what other people think. and taught me how to be a good person. she was my rock. let s go live now to lafayette where e we find nbc s craig melvin whose joining us. reporter: we are expecting another update on the investigation here 5:00 local time. 6:00 eastern. during that news conference we hope a learn a little more about precisely why. that is the million dollar question right now. not just why did he open fire but why here in lafayette? at this point it does not appear he had any immediate direct connection to the city. he was living in a nearby motile 6 motel 6. the shooter appears to have a posted nume
campaign staffer howard brooks sources say campaign staffer howard brooks has admitted to the money order purchases. he s gotten immunity for relatives who forged signatures in an effort to conceal their origin in cash contributions. brooks agreed to wear a wire for the fbi. it s unclear who or what led the fbi to geoff thompson. the city paper reported last june thompson got around limits to his own campaign contributions by getting his companies and many employees to contribute to his candidates. it s called bundling. it s all legal unless the feds can prove there was fraud, forgery or conspiracy. the influence of money, campaign contribution and all the rest of that and what we do has gotten out of hand. reporter: no word tonight from jeffrey thompson. he s an accountant and owns the firm chartered health. it s a medicaid management provider with a $320 million contract from the d.c. government. you keep talking about this raid on his house. what were they looking