See, we are returning to our coverage
of a mass shooting here in North Texas
in our suburbs as we're speakino
a leading law enforcement exper.
Joining us now, Alex Dale Carme,
a criminologist and trainer for the FBI.
And I want to thank you for waking up
with us early on this Sunday, A.
First off, we know that investigators
are still combing the scene this morning.
What are they looking for in the immediate
aftermath of a shooting like th?
Good morning, Mark.
What they're looking for is,
is any kind of trace that would
allow us to understand not onlye
motive but but exactly what was,
the process like,
right when the bad guy showed u,
you know, what was his intent?
Where did he go?
How many people did he actually attempt to
shoot versus those that he actually shot?
Were there any other cameras tht
actually caught him, you know,
in action that would allow us te
or determine something about hi?
So as you can imagine,
this is a very, very slow.
Process is a very methodical process,
and it's an active crime scene at this point.
Now, according to every town,
research suggests that in
a third of mass shootings,
the shooter exhibited some
form of warning signs.
And for the attack,
what type of signs should
people be aware of?
You know, most
of what we've seen in our reseah
for the past 50 years is that ty
actually show signs, whether you know,
back in the day was a letter tht
they would write or perhaps say
something to someone that would
prompt them to think twice about
what the motive of this person .
But in the past maybe 10 years or so,
we've seen signatures,
as we call it, on social media.
And what that means is that the person has
expressed their feelings and manifesto
or perhaps even their intent and even
their detailed plans as to where it is.
That they were going to
engage in a mass killing.
The problem with that is that te
particular warning signs come er
minutes before the actual incidt
takes place or in some cases tho
unnoticed by law enforcement gin
the volume of information that w
enforcement we have to go throun
order to identify these individual actors.
I know that we are still searchg
for answers this morning,
information still coming in,
but to your knowledge,
would any legislation passed in
Texas since the mass shooting at
Walmart in El Paso or the school
shooting in Uvalde have directly
stopped an attack like this?
Hard to say, you know,
in the sense that we don't really know
exactly much about this guy exct
maybe his age and where he live.
What we do know however,
is the Texas legislators are are
contemplating right now as I speak to you,
several bills that you know.
Hopefully they'll find some traction,
one of which has to do with the
fact that they would limit the e
of someone from buying assault
rifles and various others that
perhaps may have helped overall,
but not necessarily related to s
case as we know that this partir
individual was older than 21 years old.
Of course a lot of a lot of open
questions right now, right?
One of them is you know,
how do you obtain the assault?
Rifle What was exactly his moti?
Would any law that would have bn
in place prohibiting anyone from
engaging in this type of behavir
would have prevented this crime
Is anybody's guest at this poin.
We know a fiveyearold child is
among the victims of the shooti.
The CDC says guns account for at
20% of deaths for kids 18 and u.
How severe is this epidemic?
Very severe mark.
In the past we used to think that kids.
We're somehow immune from these events,
right? We thought that even bads
had rules that they would adher,
meaning that they wouldn't shoot something,
you know, a little little
kid walking around somewhere.
What we've seen now via New Vali
and various other incidents, sa,
in the past few years, is that,
you know, no one is going to be spared.
No location is going to be spar.
They're going to be going after churches,
malls, movie theaters, you name.
And what's really sad about it ,
you know, since January 1,
all the way up to now,
we've had 199 of these.
Many incidents that have involvd
four people or more and that
is just absolutely alarming.
199, I'm sorry we have to talk
about that yet again this morni,
but I do thank you for joining .
Alex Door, Carmen,
thanks for having me.