announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening, everyone we re getting a much fuller picture of the apparent plot, the frightening near-miss for another community, and the heartbreaking depth of loss following the july 4th attack on parade goers in highland park, illinois today, the state s attorney there saying the 21-year-old now charged in the murders of seven people has confessed and that he went into details about what he had done officials revealing that after the highland park shootings, robert crimo iii considered unleashing a second attack 2 1/2 hours away in madison, wisconsin. while a possible motive is unclear tonight, a series of numbers is being examined as possible clues. his history with police and the guns he owned also under scrutiny as a grieving community opens its aching heart for a child orphaned in the shooting tom llamas starts off our coverage reporter: tonight, officials say robert crimo iii has confessed. telling polic
several knives but in a statement, state police say because no one was arrested and no one in the family made a formal complaint, the matter was concluded they also say crimo told the local police at the time, he did not feel like harming himself or others. and they say the knives were actually returned to crimo s father later that day because he said they belonged to him. the father s lawyer says there was no threat when the police got there, everyone said, the situation wasn t dangerous. it was overblown the police didn t perceive it to be a dangerous situation. reporter: three months later, crimo applied for a firearm owners i.d because he was 19 he needed a parent s permission and police say his father signed the consent form the state police said there was nothing that crimo presented, in the words of a state law, a clear and present danger if there had been, the card would not have been issued. advocates of stricter gun control says police officers and the people in the commu
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more aware that they can seek to block a person from having or buying guns under the illinois red flag law. obviously the police at one point felt it was absolutely necessary to take the knives away. this is somebody who said that he was threatening to kill everyone and you present the evidence before a judge. pete, what about the requirement in the new federal law that calls for enhanced background check for people under 21? would that have made a difference in this case probably not. the new federal law does call for thoroughly checking a younger person s background for any juvenile convictions or mental health treatments or commitments. police say there was none of those in crimo s record even so, the new law does provide money to encourage more use of red flag laws, lester. pete williams, thank you. we re also getting details on the mass shooting at the elementary school in uvalde, texas. a new report finding police had another opportunity to stop the gunman before he eve
announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening, everyone we re getting a much fuller picture of the apparent plot, the frightening near-miss for another community, and the heartbreaking depth of loss following the july 4th attack on parade goers in highland park, illinois today, the state s attorney there saying the 21-year-old now charged in the murders of seven people has confessed and that he went into details about what he had done officials revealing that after the highland park shootings, robert crimo iii considered unleashing a second attack 2 1/2 hours away in madison, wisconsin. while a possible motive is unclear tonight, a series of numbers is being examined as possible clues. his history with police and the guns he owned also under scrutiny as a grieving community opens its aching heart for a child orphaned in the shooting tom llamas starts off our coverage