chose lafayette. a town one study recently listed as one of the happiest places in america. >> i think we like it when we get a real firm answer to that question. >> reporter: he was a drifter. he lived in georgia. last year he was evicted from a house in alabama over the georgia state line. it was at a pawnshop in alabama where he legally bought the 40 caliber pistol he used in the attack. his time in lafayette was short and not much is known about what he was up to. >> we know he was trying to drum up some support for a business. we know thee was at the tie anyone seashell. >> reporter: investigators finished processing the crime scene but are still digging into the shooter's past. >> well are still interviewing people. still sending our officers out to different locations. >> reporter: as frtor the community of lafayette, residents are remembering the two lives lost and hoping to heal from a tragedy that changed their town. >> the victims would have