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>> jon: sergeant sean larkin, tulsa p.d. >> melissa: the half brother of north korea's leader who died under very bizarre circumstances. now we know what really killed him. the white house mourning those who lost their lives in las vegas. we have more on the investigation, including how do we stop these attacks in the future? can we? i don't know why i didn't get screened a long time ago.
A career that took him to the top of the charts in the 70s and he kept on making hits for four decades. songs like don't do me like that, free falling, american girl, and i won't back down quickly became staples of the top 40 play lists. petty had just wrapped up his heartbreaker's 40th anniversary tour last week and was looking forward to spending more time with his granddaughter. tom petty was 66 years old. >> jon: i love that music. federal investigators are combing through stephen paddock's home trying to uncover the motive behind the las vegas massacre. more on what we're learning ahead. ...
Questions about the weaponry that he used, 23 guns i think found in the hotel room. but each one of those purchases had to pass an f.b.i. background check, right? >> that's correct. any time someone is purchasing a firearm from a gun dealer or broker, you know, there is a wide range of paperwork that's completed. there are background checks conducted. these days you cannot walk into a gun store and walk out with one immediately. it will take time. he passed all those background investigations by the f.b.i. and so they will definitely have to look further into what happened. >> jon: so again, a...
Alone. >> we're working on two fronts to process the crime scene and also investigate the motive of the shooter. metro and its partners have executed a search warrant at the home of stephen paddock in mesquite, nevada. detectives are combing through evidence to uncover the motive behind the shooting and pertinent information to shed light on this horrible event. we have recovered 23 fires arms at mandalay bay at 19 firearms at his home in mesquite. i want to emphasize we believe he is solely responsible for that heinous act. >> jon: steve rogers, a retired lieutenant detective, a former member...
Neutralizing the threat before things got even worse. >> absolutely. i've heard some of the radio traffic from officers at the scene and just me being a police officer you hear the stress in their voices and i've heard it from other officers here in shootings and it is chaotic. because of these type of shootings that happened 20 years or so going back to columbine, officers across the country, departments of all sizes train for active shooters. sometimes agencies that are larger train by themselves. smaller agencies train together to react to these type of things and the goal is to immediately...