ebel just got out of prison this year, making him ineligible to buy a firearm, the question was, where did he get a gun? the answer, according to investigators, this woman. they say stevie marie veheel purchased a gun from a dealer and gave it to ebel. she was in a colorado courtroom today. and in centennial colorado, how did these two even know each other? >> reporter: at this point, we don't know, brooke, but that's really the main question on investigators' minds here. the investigators have told me this morning they don't see any connection between this woman and this prison gang, this white supremacist prison gang, the 211 that ebel was a member of while in prison. that's important, because what investigators are trying to determine, was this are a hit put out on tom clements, commissioned by this prison gang that he was a part of. they are going to work that connection, the gun connection. another thing they are investigating right now is the car.