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Town because she was concerned about her son having an ak-type firearm. this is a report you will only see on cnn. let's go over to brian todd who has been digging into this. he joins us from el paso. brian, please, what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, kate, this information coming from our investigative team, scott glover. they've spoken to attorneys for the family of the alleged shooter. these attorneys have told cnn that in the weeks before the massacre here at this walmart, the mother of the alleged shooter called the police department in allen texas. she called the police depart...

The lawyers. she was concerned about his age, his maturity level and his lack of experience in dealing with that weapon. now, we've talked about the police. the police responded to her by saying that basically given the situation that she described and under law, her son was legally allowed to have that weapon, but the police didn't really ask her any more questions about her son. she did not volunteer her name or her son's name. and it seems, jim, like they kind of left it at that. now, cnn has inquired about this with the allen, texas police department. they have not handed over documents th...

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...

For quite some time. he was here not too long ago. he insulted the mayor. he said that -- that we had a high crime rate when in fact we have the lowest crime rate in the country for a city of our size. and today there were a lot of people out there in the streets close to where he was going into the hospitals protesting and angry that he has dared come to el paso since many people feel that he is partly responsible for having this mass shooting take place in our community, a peaceful, welcoming community that for the first time experiences this level of violence. >> senator, cnn has learned th...

There are questions surrounding possible warning signs that were flagd before the suspected gunman terrorized a walmart in el paso, texas. attorneys representing the suspect's family told cnn that his mother contacted police in allen, texas, weeks before her 21-year-old son's attack. during that call, she allegedly raised concerns about him owning an ak-type gun because of his age, maturity level, and lack of experience. the attorney says the man's mother was transferred to a public safety officer who told her that based on her description, her son who had no criminal history or recorded menta...