MASS MURDER.
AND, IT'S HAPPENING ALL TOO
FREQUENTLY.
AND, THEY USED AN AR 15.
AND, 17 PEOPLE DIED.
THIS LETTER HIGH SCHOOL WHEN
STUDENTS WERE TRYING TO GO AND
SPEND ON SUNDAY THEY WILL BE IN
THE PIECE OF THE CLASSROOM.
AND, A LOT OF LEGAL QUESTIONS
BEING RAISED ABOUT THIS.
AND, WE HAVE OUR DAVID -- OUR
EXPERT ON THE PHONE.
CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN HEAR
YOU.
I READ SOME OF THE NOTES
EARLIER.
HE WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO
ADULT PENALTIES FORTHE CRIMES
THAT HE HAS COMMITTED.
THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER IS
IN ORDER TO STRETCH THIS INTO A
FEDERAL PROSECUTION, THEY WOULD
HAVE TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF
AN EFFECT ON INTERSTATE
COMMERCE IN ORDER CALL IT A
CRIME WHERE HE USED A WEAPON OF
MASS DESTRUCTION.
. EVEN IN THE CASE OF DYLANN
ROOF.
THAT WAS BASED ON THE HATE
CRIME OF A CHURCH.
TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE SUSPECT
WHO IS NOW BEING QUESTIONED IN
POLICE CUSTODY.
TALK TO US ABOUT THE LEGAL
PROCESS THAT AWAITS HIM,
PROBABLE ARRAIGNMENT.
WHERE WE -- POSSIBLE
ARRAIGNMENT.
WHEN WE WILL SEE SEE HIM,
ACCESS TO AN ATTORNEY.
SINCE HE IS IN CUSTODY, THEY
ARE OBLIGATED TO INFORM HIM OF
THE RIGHT EGG HAS AGAINST SELF-
IMCRIMINALATION.
HE HAS A RIGHT TO A LAWYER.
IF HE CAN'T AFFORD A LAWYER,
ONE WILL BE APPOINTED TO HIM.
IT IS UP TO HIM WHETHER HE
WANTS TO GIVE -- WANTS TO GIVE
A VOLUNTARY STATEMENT OR IF HE
DOZEN SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY.
IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO AN
ATTORNEY OR WANTS TO BE SILENT,
THEY CANNOT SPEAK TO HIM ANY
MORE.
THEY WANT TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE
IS INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION,
IF THERE IS ANY MORE DANGER OUT
THERE.
HIS ARRAIGNMENT -- HIS INITIAL
APPEARANCE WILL BE TOMORROW
MORNING IN BROWARD COUNTY STATE
COURT.
EVEN IF THIS WERE A FEDERAL
CASE, IT WILL MAKE MORE WORK
BEFORE THEY ARE GOING FORD WITH
A FEDERAL PROSECUTION.
THEY WILL BRING HIM BEFORE AN
INITIAL APPEARANCE JUDGE
TOMORROW MORNING IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
WEAPON.
THESE WERE MULTIPLE MING STEINS
AND AR-15'S THIS KILLED 17 --
MAGAZINES AND AR AR-15'S THAT
KILLED SEVEN P TEEN PEOPLE.
HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IT FROM
A FIREARMS DEALER.
IF HE WASN'T A CONVICTED FELON
OR NOT HERE AS A NONRESIDENT
ALIEN.
HE WOULD HAVE TO INDICATE HE
WAS NOT USING DRUGS AND WAS
STABLE MENTALLY.
HE COULD HAVE PURCHASED THE
RIFLE AND AM UNITED NATIONS AS
HE NEEDED.
THE AR-15 IS MADE HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
IT IS NOT LIKE WE'RE DEALING
WITH A FIREARM WHERE THERE ARE
ELEMENTS OF IT IMPORTED FROM
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
DEPENDING ON WHERE IT WAS
MANUFACTURED, IT MAY OR MAY NOT
TOUCH ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERED MENTALLY STABLE
ENOUGH TO BUY AN AR-15 EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE
SCHOOL, NOT ALLOWED BACK IN AND
NOT ALLOWED TO BRING A
BACKPACK?
YES.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THE
EXHIBITING BEHAVIOR FOR A
SCHOOL FISCALLY OR A HEALTH
CARE OFFICIAL.
HE IS TECHNICALLY AN ADULT,
HE IS A NEW ADULT IF HE IS ONLY
18 YEARS OLD.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE
CULPABILITY ABOUT HIS PARENTS.
IF WE FIND OUT HE WAS LIVING AT
HOME OR THE WEAPONS BELONGED TO
HIS PARENTS AND THEY WERE
AVAILABLE TO HIM OR NOT STORED
PROPERLY AND HE WAS ABLE TO
GAIN ACCESS TO HIM THAT WAY, DO
HIS PARENTS FACE A LEGAL
PROBLEMS?
OR ARE THEY IN THE CLEAR
BECAUSE HE IS AN ADULT?
WITHOUT KNOWING ALL THE
FACTS, IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHOSE
FIREARMS THEY ARE.
HOW HE HAD ACCESS TO THEM, WHEN
THEY WERE PURCHASED.
WHEN EXACTLY HE TURNED 18.
WHEN HE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE
GUNS, WHETHER SOMEONE HAD SEEN
HIM WITH THEM BEFORE.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS FOR THE PARENTS AS
WELL.
THE SCHOOL, WE HEARD STORIES
FROM OTHER STUDENTS THAT THIS
IS SOMEONE WHO WAS KNOWN BE A
PROBLEM WHILE HE WAS THERE AT
THE SCHOOL.
WHAT ARE THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
OF SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHEN THEY
COME ACROSS A STUDENT LIKE THIS
WHO THEY COULD TO BE
POTENTIALLY DIFFERENTIOUS?
ARE THERE LEGAL -- DANGEROUS.
ARE THERE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS?
ONLY KNOWING THE FACTS THAT
I HAVE HEARD REPORTED, IT
SOUNDS LIKE THEY DID WHAT WAS
WITHIN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
WITH REGARDS TO THEIR BEHAVIOR
AND NOTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHAT WAS -- PHOTO INTO AING THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BECAUSE --
NOTIFYING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE AND
WHETHER OR NOT THAT MADE IT
INTO ANY MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER
PROFESSIONAL'S RECORDS WILL BE
LOOKED AT.
YOU KNOW THE PARENTS WILL
HEAR THAT THE STUDENT WAS ON
THE RADAR FOR AT LEAST SOME
SCHOOL OFFICIALS.
HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO
THE BUILDING TODAY THERE.
. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE AT THE
PARKLAND AND IN THE COUNTRY WHO
WILL BE UPSET ABOUT SOMEBODY
DROPPING THE BALL.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT DROPPING
BALL BUT THIS IS A HORRIBLE
TRAGIC EVENT.
WITHOUT PUTTING METAL DETECTORS
AT EVERY POINT OF ENTRY AND
IMPRISONING ALL THE STUDENTS
WHO ARE GOING TO SCHOOL TO
LEARN EVERY DAY T BECOMES
NEARLY EM-- IT BECOMES NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO ENSURE COMPLETELY
THAT THE CAMPUS WAS SEALED OFF.
BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, IT
APPEARS THEY DID WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO DO.
THIS WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
FOUND A WAY TO GET AROUND THE
SYSTEM AND TO CARRY OUT HIS
TERRIBLE PLAN.
THIS IS ONE OF MANY MASS
SHOOTINGS WE'VE REPORTED HERE
LOCALLY IN FLORIDA.
ARE THERE SIMILARITIES OR
DIFFERENCE THAT'S STRIKE YOU
WITH RECENT MASS SHOOTING?
IT IS ALL TOO SIMILAR TO THE
SITUATION THAT'S WE'VE SEEN
BOTH IN -- SITUATIONS THAT
WE'VE SEEN BOTH IN LAS VEGAS
ALTHOUGH THAT WASN'T ON A
SCHOOL CAMPUS WITH DYLANN ROOF
AND EARLIER, LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, THAT WAS AT A CHURCH AND
GOING BACK TO COLCOLUMBINE.
IT CENTERS AROUND AN UNSTABLE
INDIVIDUAL COMING BACK TO EXACT
REVENGE.
NO DIFFERENT THAN THE STORIES
OF FORMER EMPLOYEES GOING BACK
TO PLACE THAT'S DISCHARGED
THEM.
QUICKLY, IS THERE ANY WAY
TERRORISM CHARGES COULD PLAY
INTO THE INVESTIGATION?
WE ALL BANDY ABOUT THE WORD
TERRORISM.
WE USE IT TO SHOEHORN IN
EVERYTHING GOING ON HERE.
I DON'T THINK THAT HE TARGETED
ANY OF THESE STUDENTS IN
FURTHERANCE OF ANY TERRORIST
ORGANIZATIONAL THOUGH IF THERE
IS SOME STATEMENT HE HAS MADE
ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR A STATEMENT
HE MAKES WHILE SPEAKING TO THE
POLICE OFFICERS THAT HE WAS
DOING THIS ON BEHALF A
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THAT IS
PERHAPS ONE WAY FOR THEM TO
CALL THIS A TERRORIST ATTACK.
BOTTOM LINE, IT'S A HORRIBLE
TRAGEDY, THE SENSELESS SHOOTING
AND KILLING ON A CAMPUS WHERE
PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO LEARN.
THAT MAY NOT QUALIFY AS THE
BLACK LETTER DEFINITION OF
TERRORISM BUT IT WAS A
TERRORISTIC TYPE OF ACT HE