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But it is not an ak-47. it's where you take the handgun and modify it to make it look like something it is not. but it is a lawful gun owned by the brother. >> reporter: police say shoop has no history of mental illness but say he abused drugs. >> we do believe that the main motive for what he did tonight was suicide, whether self-inflicted or god forbid suicide by cop which no one ever wants to see. it looked like that was his motive. >> reporter: it is a tragic situation, horrifying for the people here but kate, i can tell you, it could have been so much worse. the burgin county prosecutor t...

He's 20 years old. his body was discovered just about an hour ago with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head area. he himself went to the area where he did this. it was a very difficult area of the mall, behinded some construction. >> reporter: no one else was injured in the shooting. state police say the gunman fired shots at security cameras. the visor was lifted up. i was able to see his face. it was a white male. he wasn't really aiming at anything. he was walking past the apple store. he wasn't yelling. he didn't seem angered. he was kind of just walking. police say shoop was car...

He was possibly wearing a tactical vest. the weapon involved here seemed to be some sort of a rifle or long weapon. if it is a rifle, that's not the kind of thing you happen to be carrying. >> certainly not. which -- i -- as i was listening i was forming the opinion of somebody with an agenda. you know, the attire and the fact is it a rifle, to your point it's not a concealed handgun or an automatic weapon where you are coming in. it sounds like someone who was intent. there was as may or adversary they were seek by being prepared like this. >> the first young man we talked to -- we're being j...

We're going to talk to one of them, a young woman we talked to about an hour ago, she, as i understand it, is still inside the mall. we're going to talk to her in a couple of minutes when we reestablish contact with her. bergen county officials, last we heard there was no information of whether anyone had been shot by this -- by this alleged gunman. there had been a report from the new jersey state police that the gunman had fired at security cameras which would make it harder to find out where this gunman is now or has gone. there are a number -- a large number of security cams all throughout...

To you, kate. this is a 20-year-old that police say busted into the mall behind me, just after 9:00 p.m. last night, shooting six rounds and ultimately taking his own life just after 3:00 a.m. >> we heard four gunshots. we took everybody, we went in the back of the store, we locked ourselves in with 13 people in total, including me. >> reporter: hundreds of police, s.w.a.t. and emergency teams swarmed the westfield garden state plaza mall in search of a gunman who authorities believe fired six rounds just before closing time. the gunman, 20-year-old richard shoop was discovered dead just after...