wife pineda having dinner at food court, and victor gomez, 30-year-old. two others injured. authorities tonight crediting a bystander, elisjsha dicken, 22-year-old who was legally armed, with stepping in, stopping suspected shooter before more were killed. how quickly does the bystander hero step in? within two minutes. first shot fired at i believe 5:55. i believe the suspect was neutralized at 5:57. reporter: good samaritan hearing gunshots, jumping into action, killing the suspect. moving towards the suspect tactically, motioning for people to exit behind him. reporter: investigators finding his cell phone in the bathroom toilet, searching home and finding laptop and can of butane in oven turned up high, they found that oven intact.
to a high temperature with a can of butane. listen to the mayor of greenwood. unfortunately he tried to destroy his cell phone, he tried to destroy his laptop, those have been turned over to the fbi for forensic analysis and until they can dry out his cell phone and they can get to the hard drive on his laptop, we really don t know that much. his social media page was deactivated a couple of months ago. and talking to family members, they were totally shocked, they didn t see this coming. so right now we re just still trying to find out the what his motive might have been. reporter: now, we know how this ended, back on sunday evening, but it is also worth noting it is pretty rare for an active shooter to be stopped by a bystander with a gun. of the 434 active shooter attacks examined by the advanced law enforcement rapid response
so that is always a concern. but the reality is that he was there, he was legally armed, and it s not just about being armed. it s also having the courage to take action and this young man had that courage and i commend him for it, i really do. here is what we do know so far as they, obviously, search for a motive in this heinous mass shooting. the gunman s cell phone was found in the toilet. the laptop, his laptop and can of butane found in a high temperature oven. here is what the mayor said this morning. he tried to destroy his cell phone and tried to destroy his laptop. those have been turned over to the fbi for forensic analysis and until they can dry out his cell phone and they can get to the hard drive on his laptops, we really don t know that much. his social media page was deactivated a couple of months ago. and talking to family members,
over the u.s. whose children and family have been harmed by this poison. they think, oh, it s just weed. right? i used it. no big deal. it s natural. it s safe. it s harmless, right? meanwhile, they re stripping all the organic matter out of it, turning it into nearly raw chemicals by using solvents such as butane and propane. and they re putting them into very potent marijuana products that no one s ever seen before, totally unabated. no limits on the potency. products such as shatter and wax and dab, vapes, oils and any type of product you can imagine. laura, let me ask you. how does your son s behavior change? so he was a good normal kid with a great gpa and then suddenly sometimes during this process of smoking a lot of weed, you noticed a change?