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Don't forget to set up my birthday party. another one saying i'm fine. get ready to take me out to friday chicken. unbelievable. our hearts and prayers are with them, of course. also in this morning, dozens of wild fires raging in western states turned deadly. one person killed as one fire explodes overnight, ripping through 8,000 acres near the california/oregon border. crews fighting 50 wildfires in multiple states. in colorado, authorities believe the one fire was ignited by tracer bullets fired at a shooting range. then there is. this a judge delaying a critical ruling over reuniting illeg...

The colorado governor is touring the area. authorities believe it was ignited by some people at a shooting range using tracer bullets. colorado is using the most resources in history. >> you get this many fires at one time, you stretch your resources. what we saw here in the last couple days is prioritizing those places where we have the greatest risk. >> a growing problem with the folks, folks flying drones over them. cory gardner addressed that today. >> if some moron wants to take a drone above a firefighting operation, they're crazy. they should knock it off and let firefighters do their j...

Officials believe these were calculations for the trajectory from the shooter's window down to the concert venue site, related to the distance, what he would do related to that. we also know he was trying to purchase tracer bullets, something that would be able to show the trajectory of those bullets after he fired them from his window, but he was not able to purchase them when he went there. we're told because they were not in stock. so letteringarning a little bit about what was in that hotel room. still to this point, and this is what's been very frustrating, there's still no idea why the 6...

In recent weeks. but the official says for some reason, paddock could not obtain those bullets which light up in the dark. >> if he could have gotten tracer ammunition, what would have been different with the attack? >> the first thing tracer ammunition does for a shooter, it allows them to get onto target in low-light conditions, much more quickly than they might otherwise. so in his particular case, he would have been able to see pretty much where the strike of his bullets were landing within the crowd. >> reporter: former las vegas s.w.a.t. team member chris petco says tracer bullets could ...

Enforcement official that paddock tried to buy ammunition at a gun show. but the sources say paddock could not contain those bullets. if he could have gotten tracer ammunition what would have been different with this attack? >> first thing that tracer ammunition does for a shooter is it allows them to get on target in low-light conditions much more quickly than they might otherwise. so, in his particular case, he would have been pretty much able to see where the strike of his bullets landed. >> reporter: chris petco who was also a marine machine gunner said tracer bullets could have made the c...