mystery. who bombed a controversial landmark in georgia good evening, everyone it was a brazen act of violence that has stunned japan and the world. shinzo abe, former prime minister of japan, ally to the u.s., and friend of american presidents, murdered in broad daylight by a lone assassin, shot in a country where gun violence is exceedingly rare it happened in the city of nara as the long-serving leader was appearing at an outdoor event in support of a fellow politician abe felled by two gunshots the shooter wrestled to the ground. authorities say he used a homemade gun and has confessed to the murder in washington, president biden reacting to the news saying he was stunned and outraged this afternoon, traveling to the japanese embassy where he signed a book of condolences. janis mackey frayer has our report we must warn you, some of the images are graphic. reporter: it was 11:30 in the morning former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, was giving a campaign speech whe
shooting now charged with seven counts of first degree murder. more charges coming police say. police say they had two calls about the gunman back in 2019, one in april was a report about him attempting suicide. that was ultimately handled by mental health professionals. and then in september, a family member called police saying he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. in that case officers con confiscated a collection of knives and a sword. at this point they say there was who probable cause to arrest him, but a short time later he legally purchased five firearms including a pistol and the high powered rifle he used to kill innocent people. which raises questions about the earlier police visits and whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. investigators also revealing the suspect may have been planning this attack for weeks, several weeks. and they say that afterwards he wore women s clothing as you see here to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. th
good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i am brianna keilar alongside john berman. there are so many troubling details of the disturbing past of the man murdering many lives in detroit. the suspect may have planned the attack for several weeks. he dressed in woman s clothing during the shooting to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. he had two incidents with law enforcement in 2019 as we mentioned. first one authorities were notified for a suicide attempt. later he threatened to kill quote, everyone. police removed 16 knives. after that he legally purchased five firearms. since he was under 21 at the time, he was sponsored to do so with his father. prosecutors filed seven degrees. katie goldstein, she was gunned downright in front of her daughter. her father spoke with us. i can t believe how many best friends katie. i looked up and i saw the shooter shooting down at the kids and i told her that it was a shooter and she had to run. i started run
murder. as he heads to court officials released more details about him and missed warnings prior. among those new details to learn authorities say the suspect fired more than 70 high velocity rounds from a weapon similar to ar-15. legally purchased. four background whchecks that needed to be cleared. there were run-ins with police but would not come up in the background checks and something people question this morning. one encounters after a family member called police saying that he had said he wanted to kill everyone. last night vice president kamala harris making an unexpected visit to highland park. got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what and in particular assault weapons. we have to take it seriously. you have been forced to take it seriously. authorities identified six of the seven sikts in the shooting. two a couple, parents whose 2-year-old toddler found alive after the shooting stopped. i want to get to josh campbell where that bail h
from a rooftop with a military-style weapon that he purchased legally. there are a lot of questions remaining about how the suspect slid past safeguards in illinois. red flag laws, despite his threatening violence in the past. in the meantime, six of the seven people killed in the attack have now been identified. that includes a couple whose toddler was found alive and alone after the shooting. let s begin our coverage with cnn s josh campbell outside of the courthouse in illinois with today s top story. reporter: boris, we learned a lot about this investigation over the course of the last 24 hours, specifically, two police encounters in 2019. authorities tell us that they were called in april of 2019 to the alleged shooter s home. the family member indicated that he had allegedly attempted suicide. police ultimately determining that there wasn t a policing issue. the suspect was apparently under the care of a mental health professional, and fast forward to september of the