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Tonight that in the weeks before the shooting, the suspect's mother called the police department in allen, texas, expressing concern that her son was purchasing an ak-type firearm. that's 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 weapon used h...

Would a national red flag law have made the difference and saved lives in this case? let's goat to cnn's brian tide in el paso. what more are you learned about the call and why did police tell her there was nothing they could do? >> well, jim, the details we're getting from our investigating team, they've been speaking with lawyers for the shooter's family. they say that as far as the police are sender, that maybe certain questions may not have been asked of the mother. i'm going to get to that in one seconds. first the details of the call. this call happened just weeks before the shooting. no...

His mother said, i did contact the police a few weeks ago before the shooting, obviously, right, because she was concerned about her son owning an ak-type firearm. she didn't say and he has this -- they say they didn't know. she said, i don't know about him having something like this. he's only 21. i don't know that he knows how to use it. the interesting gap to me, christina, is the officer doesn't take any next step. i'm not faulting the officer. the rules and the processes are what they are. there's no, let me talk to him, let's see what he's doing with this. there is none of that. what do ...