very good thursday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. we re following several major stories this morning including the nation s 233rd mass shooting just this year. more shootings than days in the year so far. this time, in a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma. at least four people were killed yesterday when a gunman carrying a handgun and a rifle opened fire inside of the facility. officials say the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. this is not normal. shootings in numbers like this are unique to this country. the data shows it. officials describe the gunman in this latest mass murder as a black male between the ages of 35 and 40. investigators still working on determining the motive, but believe the shooter was targeting a specific individual at the hospital. this is not a random event. it s not as if he went to hospital and was indiscriminately shooting at people. he very purposefully went to this location, went to a very specific floor and
weeks of horror. three mass shootings. the latest hours ago in tulsa, oklahoma. police say a gunman burst into a medical building on a hospital campus and killed four people including the doctor he blamed for his post surgical pain. we also learned from police that that killer bought an assault-style rifle less than three hours before the attack and a handgun only three days earlier. we are also letting new details about last week s horrific school attack in uvalde, texas. the mayor says a negotiator tried and failed to reach the killer as he was barricaded in a fourth grade class room. today two of his 21 victims will be buried. and next hour, in buffalo, new york, the teenager accused of killing ten people in a racist attack at a grocery store will be in court. he faces more than two dozen charges including counts that are terror, and hate crime related. 223 mass shootings, already this year. more mass shootings than days so far. and cnn is on top of all these development
a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. that s exactly what officers do. that s what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is yet another act of violence upon an american city. president biden will address the nation tonight about the gun violence crisis in this country. there have been 233 mass shootings this year. it s june 2nd. that count is according to the gun violence archive. it defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed in a shooting. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been 20 mass shootings since. we have reporters cover mass s
before. we are told that some clerks are so alarmed, they re exploring seeking counsel. let s bring in cnn s joan biscupic with the exclusive reporting. joan, tell us what you re learning. sure. first of all, remember, this is the most important case of this term, in many years, potential to roll back a half century of abortion rights, privacy rights. midway through negotiations of this case a draft document was leaked, as we all know, it was leaked from last february. so not only did the public see where the court was headed to roll back roe v. wade but seriously disrupted negotiations in terms of justice where is they were going to head by june. chief justice john roberts launched an unprecedented investigation four weeks ago today. apparently that has made absolutely insufficient progress, i would say. and they have taken this new step to have clerks sign affidavits. i m not sure exactly of the wording. but there would be denial of any responsibility. and also starting
gone. she was hysterical saying they shot her best friend, they killed her best friend, she was not breathing, and she was trying to kill the cops, and i asked the little girl the name, and she told me she said amerie. she was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. she listened to her mommy and dad. she always brushed her teeth. she was creative. she made things for us. she never got in trouble in school. like, i just want to know what she did to be a victim. fellow classmate, matae rodriguez also just 10 years old will be laid to rest later today. at sacred heart church, where the funeral is taking place, there are 21 crosses, one for each of the 19 children and two teachers killed a week ago today, and funerals for 12 of the victims will be held there. cnn s nick valencia joins us from uvalde, tell us what happens happening as this little girl s funeral is starting. reporter: amerie s funeral is reportedly being attended by many people wearing the color pur