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Sources are telling us in recent weeks paddock did go to phoenix to a gun show and wanted to buy tracer bullets that allow you to identify your target. he was not able to purchase them. he did purchase a lot of other ammunition, however. our law enforcement analyst explains to us, our tracer bullet, especially under the cover of darkness would provide the accuracy. since he did not have it, he would be spraying into the darkness not knowing where he was going at all and the accuracy would not be there. we know two rounds hit a 43,000 gallon jet fuel tank that was 1,100 feet from where the conc...

He left in his hotel suite. reportedly it was just a series of numbers. so far no major clues about motivation at least that may have been made public. >> he may have been casing other locations in other cities before the las vegas massacre on sunday cnn learned he tried to buy tracer bullets but failed that would have allowed him to see what he was shooting at. and honoring charleston hartfield, the off-duty las vegas police officer. we start with jean casarez. good morning, jean. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. as you are saying, law enforcement is not saying anything about motive, why thi...

Off the rails with him in the last year or so and he amassed 30 weapons in 11 months? there's something. there's little pieces of the puzzle she will be able to fill in. her being able to come forth with the information, that's her choice. it would help with investigators trying to piece this together. >> great to have you with us. the other bit of information cnn reporting overnight, the killer tried to buy tracer bullets. it was weeks before the shooting. you know he had been planning this for weeks, and at this point that seems obvious. the second point is why do you buy tracers? you buy tr...

Massacre people out at a lovely concert on a beautiful fall night in las vegas. >> the gunman also tried to buy what are called the tracer ammunition bullets that would have allowed him to fire more accurately into the crowd in the dark. it happened on a sunday night. do you believe the massacre would have been even worse if he had been able toll obtain that kind of ammunition, those tracer bullets? >> well, i try not to think about that. and what i really try to focus on now is the heart of our community. i've been with first responders all day today, how our ambulance drivers, lhow they call...