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He insulted the mayor. he said that -- that we had a high crime rate when in fact we have the lowest crime rate in the country for a city of our size. and today there were a lot of people out there in the streets close to where he was going into the hospitals protesting and angry that he has dared come to el paso since many people feel that he is partly responsible for having this mass shooting take place in our community, a peaceful, welcoming community that for the first time experiences this ...

Gunman weeks before 22 people were killed at a walmart. according to attorneys for the 21-year-old suspects family, his mother expressed concerns to police that her son owned an ak type firearm. she was apparently concerned because of his age, maturity level, and lack of experience. >> the attorney says a public safety officer said police couldnt do anything because he was an adult, legally allowed to own a weapon. the attorneys told cnn the mothers inquiry was only informational in nature and n...

Moment in weeks leading up to this massacre. a moment when the mother of the suspect contacted police in their hometown and expressed concern about their son. somehow the ball was simply dropped. tonight as authorities piece together a profile of the alleged shooter, 21-year-old patrick crusias cnn is learning more. lawyers for the family say his mother contacted police weeks ago in their hometown of allen, texas, she was worried about her son owning an a k style firearm. family attorneys say th...

Department in allen, texas, expressing concern that her son was purchasing an ak-type firearm. thats very likely a reference to an ak-47 designed to kill several people with one burst. according to the lawyers, the mother was worried about his maturity level, his age and lack of experience regarding owning that kind of a firearm. the lawyers say she was not motivated out of concern that he posed any kind of a threat to anyone and it is not clear tonight whether that ak-type firearm was the same ...

Owning an ak-style semiautomatic weapon. the police told her it was legal and that was that. the big question, would a national red flag law made a difference? could that have saved lives? lets get to cnns brian todd in el paso. she clearly was concerned but the police told her there was no recourse. >> a potential red flag missed her. this information coming from our investigative team who spoke to lawyers for the family of the alleged shooter. these lawyers are saying in the weeks before the s...

Town because she was concerned about her son having an ak-type firearm. this is a report you will only see on cnn. lets go over to brian todd who has been digging into this. he joins us from el paso. brian, please, what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, kate, this information coming from our investigative team, scott glover. theyve spoken to attorneys for the family of the alleged shooter. these attorneys have told cnn that in the weeks before the massacre here at this walmart, the mothe...

The lawyers. she was concerned about his age, his maturity level and his lack of experience in dealing with that weapon. now, weve talked about the police. the police responded to her by saying that basically given the situation that she described and under law, her son was legally allowed to have that weapon, but the police didnt really ask her any more questions about her son. she did not volunteer her name or her sons name. and it seems, jim, like they kind of left it at that. now, cnn has in...

Tonight that in the weeks before the shooting, the suspects mother called the police department in allen, texas, expressing concern that her son was purchasing an ak-type firearm. thats very likely a reference to an ak-47 designed to kill several people with one burst. according to the lawyers, the mother was worried about his maturity level, his age and lack of experience regarding owning that kind of a firearm. the lawyers say she was not motivated out of concern that he posed any kind of a th...

For quite some time. he was here not too long ago. he insulted the mayor. he said that -- that we had a high crime rate when in fact we have the lowest crime rate in the country for a city of our size. and today there were a lot of people out there in the streets close to where he was going into the hospitals protesting and angry that he has dared come to el paso since many people feel that he is partly responsible for having this mass shooting take place in our community, a peaceful, welcoming ...

There are questions surrounding possible warning signs that were flagd before the suspected gunman terrorized a walmart in el paso, texas. attorneys representing the suspects family told cnn that his mother contacted police in allen, texas, weeks before her 21-year-old sons attack. during that call, she allegedly raised concerns about him owning an ak-type gun because of his age, maturity level, and lack of experience. the attorney says the mans mother was transferred to a public safety officer ...