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Suspect emerging. what we've now learned about him and what court documents reveal about his earlier run-in with the law. and what he was allegedly doing just days ago. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, police uncovering potentially ominous missed signals as they investigate accused mass murderer ahmad alissa. according to newly released charges, a female family member told police alissa was "playing" with a "machine gun" about two days ago at his residence. family members were angry that alissa was openly handling the weapon in the home and to...

>> poor thing. let's get to all of it right now. let's get to cnn's diane gallagher on the scene in texas, ryan browne, diane, first to you. >> we are now getting a fuller picture, not only of all of the families' grief they are going through but the shooter's violent ps past. what does it mean for what happened there sunday? >> so kate, it is helping authorities try to piece together what the true motive was, what led to this deadly church shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in texas state history and a large part of that is investigating his on-line footprint, coming what he was like on th...

He was dead by a gunshot wound. they don't know if it was self-inflipgted or if it came from that man who lived next door from the church. officials told us they also found multiple firearms inside that car. the one that he used in the church shooting, a ruger ar-556, we're told was purchased legally back in april of 2016 add an academy outdoor and sports store in san antonio texas. that's key because you mentioned that court-martial. that was for one count of spousal abuse, one count of child abous, a salt on a child. assault on his spouse. he served 12 months confinement and got that bad con...

And was also busted down in rank to an e-1. many wondering how then he was able to legally obtain these weapons? atf did confirm that kelley purchased all three of them including the ruger ar-556 that he used to carry out that attack here at the church behind me as well as the two handguns they found on him after finding his body in the car there. now the question again, they ask is how did he pass the background checks? he purchased that ar-556 back in april of 2016 at academy sport and outdoor store in san antonio, texas. we are told he used a colorado address when he did that and he also di...

Water park for a short period of time over the summer. how did he get that job with that record and spent a year in prison for beating up his wife and a young kid. >> he was a security guard at a water park in texas, about 30 miles or so away from here. that's his hometown. how he got the job is not clear. we are piecing that together. he was an unarmed security guard. he tried to get a license to carry a firearm and according to the governor, he was denied a license. they are trying to piece together how he came upon the ability to get this ar-556 assault rifle he bought last