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Connor betts who killed his own sister and eight others is emergin emerging. police uncovered violent writings from his home and membership in a metal band with extremely graphic, sexually violent lyrics. the gunmans ex-girlfriend says she was worried about his mental health. >> he was jealous of the support system i had of myself and jealous of how much i loved my therapist. he wanted that for himself. he wanted help. >> reporter: new terrifying cell phone video from inside the bar the moment t...

This evening. what is fueling the anger? a lot of it coming from young men that leads to the killing in el paso, dayton and on the streets of chicago. here is date in law enforcement today on the killers investigation. >> the individual had a history of obsession with violent ideations, concluding to mass shootings and had expressed a desire to commit a mass shootin shooting. >> martha: here as they daytons ex-girlfriend. >> this is not about race or religion. its none of those things. the man w...

Of trouble. the governor talked about it just this morning, trouble dating back to high school and what fellow students called his quote, unquote, quikill list. heres what a former girlfriend of his is saying now. >> this isnt about race. this isnt about religion. its none of those things. this is a man who was in pain and didnt get the help that he needed. people go every day being perfectly fine with having mental illness, me included. and he just -- he got the short end of the stick. no suppo...

Much damage. were also hearing from the shooters former girlfriend, who told nbcs gabe gutierrez about the man who took nine lives. >> this isnt about race. this isnt about religion. its none of those things. this is a man who was in pain and didnt get the help that he needed. people go every day being perfectly fine with having mental illness, me included. and he just got the shortened of the stick. no support system. was on medicine. >> all right. as we learn more about the el paso shooter wer...

We spoke to one of his ex-girlfriends, 24 years old. she met him at a community college class. they bonded over their shared struggle for mental illness. she dated him for several months until she broke off the relationship in may. she believes there were red flags. that he actually showed her a video of a mass shooting. he was fascinating with shootings. take a look at what she had to say. >> this isnt about race. this isnt about religion. it is none of those things. this is a man who is in pai...

Metal band known for sexually violent lyrics. now, six of the nine victims here in dayton were african-american but at this point police say so far theyve no indication this was racially motivated. the gunmans ex-girlfriend told us she agrees with that assessment. take a listen. >> this isnt about race. this isnt about religion. its none of those things. this is a man who was in pain and didnt get the help that he needed. he got the shortened of the stick. no support system. >> reporter: certain...

Last year at the bloom closet we saw 3,800 foster children. >> oftentimes these kids come into the system with nothing. so an advantage of bloom closet is its right there. you can come the same day and get what you need to provide for these kids. >> were learning all the tools to make these children safe and comfortable in our homes. >> so often these kids come into care and theyve had significant trauma in their lives. theyve had loss. and so bloom university equips families to deal with the ne...

So an advantage is its right there, you can come the say day and get what you need to provide for these kids and it gives you a good start. >> youre going to we working and learning all the tools to make these children feel comfortable and safe in our homes. >> and in bloom university so often these kids come into care and theyve had significant trauma in their lives, theyve had lost. so bloom university equips families to deal with the needs of these kids and it allows positive outcomes to take...

I think because for the first time we had started to put faces on these women and we had explained to the citizens of albuquerque that there werent just two women that were missing. there were whole bunches of them. >> reporter: suddenly families whod once felt isolated in their agony now felt a communal bond. and at the center of it all was dan valdez. >> and i said, well, lets gather these families together and lets get to know them. lets get to be each others support system. lets exchange pho...

Dressed, and nine years after his injury, it looks a lot different than it used to. today, i help him with more day-to-day things. hes really independent. so im just helping managing the household. its definitely changed a lot. >> you know, staff sergeant, and, again, thank you, sir, for your service. remember those people who cared for you when you first came back, and i know that there are probably vivid images in your mind of those who cared for you. >> yes, richard, thank you. thank you for ...