Covered this morning. Everybodys somewhere. We all heard of the dreamliner. Its the hightech, new plane thats supposed to revolutionize air travel. Well, a fire on board one of them right after landing at boston airport is raising new alarms this morning. The good news is, the fire happened after landing. Yes, big deal there. And milliondollar murder. The mystery surrounding a Lottery Winners death, just one day after he scored that winning ticket. Very strange. Were going to get to that. We begin with breaking news from Gabby Giffords. Two years ago today, she was shot with so many others in a tucson parking lot. Since then, there have been 11 Mass Shootings in america, including the tragedy in newtown, so fresh in our minds. After visiting the families in newtown, gabby and her husband, mark kelly, sat down in an exclusive interview to announce a new National Initiative to prevent gun violence. We saw you in newtown. How was newtown . Tough. It brought back a lot of memories of what
20yearold richard shoop. Ron allen is outside the mall. Ron, what can you tell us . Reporter alex, this is that nightmare scenario that so many people fear at a mall. 9 30 at night just before the mall was about to close, there are reports of a gunman opening fire. A number of witnesses we talked to said that they heard four, five, six shots. The gunman was dressed in black clothing wearing a motorcycle helmet. Police have identified him as a 20yearold man from the area named richard shoop, unemployed, unclear what his motive was other than suicide, police said. He had the opportunity to shoot at people, but Authorities Say he did not. He shot randomly in the air at other property, but he did not try to kill anyone. They found his body some six hours later deep in part of the mall thats inaccessible to the public, a back area that was under skrukdconstruction. A selfinflicted shot to his head. Everyone breathing a big sigh of relief because this could have been so much worse. No one el
He understands historic moments. Reporter so now 36 semi trucks of equipment are rolling into the stick and the giant stages going up. There are already people waiting in line for reserve seat shows a day early. Reporter like these two fans. Here to see paul a little early. We wanted to the park and its the end of an era. What he wants to do is to make, you know, the date special. And so he is bringing in some special video, some special pyrotechnics. Dont want to give it all away. Reporter since this is the last event at the stick, they arent going to cover the grass on the field so fans will have a chance to take a handful of the stick home with them when they leave. And when they leave, ken, as you know, they will have another great candlestick experience we have all had which is trying to get out of these parking lots its one of the biggest pains there ever is. 36 semis rolling in. I think about the beatles back in the mid60s with guitars and drumsticks. Things have changed, huh, p
At random without hitting anyone, even though there were crowds everywhere. It happened at the westfield Garden State Plaza mall. If you havent been there before, and of course, this is the National News show, not just a tristate area show, it is huge, 2. 5 million square feet. It took 500 police and s. W. A. T. Team members to surround the entire building just to get it into lockdown. Shots were reported around 9 20 p. M. Eastern time last night inside, right as the mall was about to close. Police spent all night combing through stores and winding corridors and construction, and as they approached the gunman identified as richard shoop, fled deeper into the mall instead of engaging with the armed officers. It was there that he took his own life. Police say he lived nearby and did leave a note of some kind. The incident paints a pretty complex picture of a young man without an apparent history of mental illness. Its a modified type of gun. It would look like an ak47, but it is not an a
Nbcs ron allen is live outside the mall. Ron, good morning. What have you just learned . Reporter well, mara, weve learned that this situation, this terrifying ordeal through the night for so many people here at this huge mall is over, and it ends with the death of a lone gunman, who apparently committed suicide, took his own life, which police say apparently was his intention. 20yearold richard shoop, from an area, from a town thats not far from here. Again, unclear what his motive may have been, but police said he came to this mall and he apparently did not intend to leave alive. They also said that he fired perhaps as many as six rounds, six shots, none of them directed at people, and police say that he did have the opportunity to kill people because he was right in the middle of the mall, but he fired at property, he fired in the air. We spoke to witnesses here, people who saw him, came face to face with this gunman, terrifying. There must have been thousands of people here. It was