investigators after learning stunning details. i want the latest from cnn's ian lee. tell us where they found him. >> reporter: christine, we are finally learning who he is. abdul is the name the turkish authorities say carried out the nightclub shooting. it happened in the esenyurt neighborhood. that is 20 miles from the reina nightclub where he killed 39 people in the nightclub. four others arrested with him. iraqi man and egyptian women and two other women from africa. he confessed to carrying out this attack according to turkish authorities. his fingerprints match those found on the gun at the scene. this was a massive security operation thousands of personnel