at the others on the third floor balcony. at least one man on the fourth floor corridor. for more on what we are learning about the alleged shooter s life leading up to yesterday s tragedy. here is nbc national investigative correspondent. michael, what is the, the new york times report tonight about, sounds like we could have had a much worse body count if he had gotten his hands on that automatic, that assault weapon. well it was pretty bad. as it was. of course, lawrence. actually elt wit was not just o last week. it was on saturday. less than two days before before the rampage. alexis goes to the gun store in, in lorton, virginia. northern virginia. practice tests. not clear whether he tried to