rented by michael avery. no suicide note was recovered during the search of the hotel room. additional search warrant was executed on his personal vehicle recovered at the airport parking garage. investigators are combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle. nothing thus far has been recovered that provides insight into why this occurred. although the motive behind the crime remains unknown, the conversations we ve had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. at this time we have not been able to identify if there was anyone else involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot. additionally we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe the actions of michael avery on new year s eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases. it must be noted this is an ongoing investigation.
injured and one person left with life-altering injuries. this is the driver who died after the crash. 35-year-old michael avery of syracuse, new york. investigators tell us he was in the area for a couple days, you can see him buying the gas cans, stopping at stores in town to buy them, several were in the car at the time of the crash leading to a large fire and havoc. no suicide note but the family giving some clues. listen. >> the conversations we have had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. >> right now the community is left with more questions than answers here, wondering why the suspect traveled more than an hour to rochester and why he chose this specific concert venue. so more information we ll bring it to you.
the family so far lead us to believe that avery may have been a suffering from a possible undiagnosed mental health issues. at this time, we have not been able to identify that there was anyone else involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot. >> yeah, it does seem like they are trying to figure out all of the pieces and put that together as far as a motive is concerned. all the indications point at the fact that this was not a larger plot, but a lot of questions need to be answered. at the end of the day, two people were killed here just as they were starting out on their new year s. one person was actually injured pretty badly as well. >> brynn gingras, thank you so much for the update. keep us posted on what we learned. let s dig deeper with former fbi executive assistant director for intelligence joshua school. he s also the president of -- thank you so much for being with us. police have not identified a link to terrorism. what questions do you think investigators are working through to establish any kind
executed on avery s personal vehicle recovered at the airport parking garage. the investigators are combing through the evidence from his vehicle, be nothing thus far has been recovered that provides any additional insight into why this occurred. although the motive behind the crime remains unknown, the conversations that we have had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. at this time, we have not been able to identify that there was anyone else involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot. additionally, we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of michael avery of new year s eve were motivated by any political or social biases. it must be noted that this is an ongoing investigation and additional information must be developed. we will share his photo today
to say about that. >> it should be noted that there were off to the rochester police officers who sprung into action to try to render aid to the individual that was responsible for this heinous act, not even thinking about their own safety. even in the midst of this despicable tragedy, there is a reminder that there is still goodness in this world. >> yeah, just a tragic incident. peoples lives were altered into people lost their lives. as far as you guys mentioned, avery later -- they also talked to his family members who had hinted at the fact that he might have been suffering some sort of mental illness. there is no clear motive as to why this incident place, guys. >> bring gingras, thank you so much for the update. still to come, police are tracking down a 17-year-old
of some sort and some sort of journal, and they have also spoken since this happened early monday morning with avery s family members who hinted at the fact that they believed although they were not diagnosed to the source with bipolar disorder, and all of that is part of the investigation as we know it right now. as we mentioned, we are waiting for the news conference with the rochester police and the mayor and we have clear direction of when that news conference happens, but we will talk about what happened, and it is early morning and into the new year at the kodak center where 1,000 people were attending the concert, and as the concertgoers were leaving, and going across the crkrcrosswalk, this suv dri by avery into the park pg lot area, two people in the opposing car were kill and other people injured as well, but in addition to that, there was a huge
identified, but we are in the process of making identity, and we have been in contact with his family since yesterday. avery traveled to rochester, new york, in his personal vehicle on or about the 27th and checked into the hotel at the grease suites. he rented a vehicle. and then from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., avery made at least a half dozen purchases of gasoline and gas containers from different locations throughout the monroe county and ontario county areas. thus far, the information has shown that he was alone when making the purchases. on january 1st at 12:52 a.m., avery was operating the rented ford expedition eastbound on west ridge road. at about this time, two
whatever reason. the only question for investigators at this point is why did he do it and was anyone else involved?>> reporter: to help answer those questions, authorities executing search warrants at various locations. >> additionally, we have not uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions of michael avery on new year s eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases.>> reporter: avery s family telling authorities they believe he suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness. >> for going into the new year, we need to remember the victims of this horrific accident, they wanted to ring in the new year and have a good time, but instead we have individuals who are going to be burying family members and we have people who now have life altering injuries because of the choices that this suspect made.>> like you just saw, a lot of questions still outstanding like why this concert venue and why this
night. is not been scientifically identified, but we re in the process of confirming his identity. we have been in contact with his family since yesterday. s avery traveled to rochester, new york, in his personal vehicle on or about december 27th and checked in at the wood spring suites in thet town of greece. on december 29th, at about 2:45 p.m., avery rented the ford expedition from a car rental agency at the rochester airport. on december 30th, between 9:00 a.m. and until about 6:00 p.m., avery made at least a half dozen purchases of gasoline and gas containers from different locationsrs throughout the monr county andut ontario county are. thus far, information has shown he was alone when making these purchases. on january 1st, about 12:52 a.m., avery was operating the
there was no suicide note recovered during the search of theco hotel room. ane additional search warrant s executed on avery s personal vehicle, which was recovered at the airport parking garage. investigators are still combing through evidence recovered from his vehicle, but nothing thus far has been recovered that provides any additional insight into why this occurred. although the motive behind the crime remains unknown, the conversations we have had with his family so far leads us to believe that avery may have been suffering from possible undiagnosed mental health issues. at this time we have not been able to identify that there was anyone elseti involved in the crime or that it was part of a larger plot. additionally we have not rg uncovered any information leading us to believe that the actions ofli michael avery on n year s eve were motivated by any form of political or social biases. it must be noted this is an