Of alcohol, tobacco and firearms are helping Louisiana Police find out more about the plan who opened fire in the lafayette Movie Theater last night. Two people were killed. Nine others hurt before he turned the gun on himself. Our shooter is john russel houser. He is white, 59 years of age. Reporter police say houser was a drifter who was staying at a local motel. The investigators raided his room. We found wigs, and glasses, and disguises, basically, in his room of the his vehicle had a switched license tag, it is apparent he was in intent on shooting and then escaping. Reporter houser fired 13 shots in the theater. He tried leave as crowds ran out, but ran when he saw the police, the victims investigators remained at the crime scene looking for clues and a motive. Why would you come here and do Something Like that . And so, just like the victims, were searching for answers, too. Reporter police are asking the public for help. Police say houser was estranged from the family and had n
Is coming across as a reluctant santa claus. The prosecution is walking him through every gift request of the mcdonnells and for most of them he comes through and, in fact, today the jury got to hold and touch one of the most talked about gifts, that rolex watch. Jonnie williams admitted on the stand today that he knew what he was doing was wrong, maybe illegal. He lavished mcdonnells with expense gifts, 120,000 in loans, golf outings, stays in his vacation home, a new york shopping spree, use of his ferrari. He said he gave the gifts to get the governors help in securing state funded studies on his companys Star Scientifics Health Supplement called annatto block. Never got the study. William said he did not tell Star Scientific about most of the gifts including that 7,000 rolex watch he gave to the governor because he said, i should not have had to buy things like that to get the help i needed. I made a mistake when i bought it. I knew it was wrong. Williams expressed regret for all t
From making that decision. Theyre just finding out about this themselves. Theyve got some serious consideration to do. The second question is will it affect in any way hinckleys familys for years now his family has been seeking and getting from a federal judge here longer and longer stays away from st. Elizabeths. Most recently at the family home in williamsburg, virginia. Right now thief been seeking to stays of up to 24 days, and pending before the judge has been a request from the family to allow him to stay there fulltime if those temporary stays go well. Will this new finding complicate that . Again, too soon to say. Do we expect any reaction from the hinckley family or brady family for that matter . I doubt anything from the hinckley family, but weve contacted a spokeswoman for sarah brady, who says she has no statement yet. Shes awaiting the official report, and she hasnt seen it yet. All right. S pete williams, thanks so much, pete. Pete will have much more on this coming up on
They could say, yes, he was wounded, but there was that set off a chain of things. One thing connected to another. Is it a direct enough cause, or is it too indirect to sustain, you know its one thing for the coroner to say his death is a homicide. Its another thing for a swrir to say that. You know, again, these are all decision that the federal authorities are going to have to make. We are a long way from that. This is something im sure theyre going to take some time. Theres no rush here because they essential know where John Hinckley is. Right. At the very least its an interesting footnote to history. Have we heard from the brady family . No, we have not. Or the hinckleys. No, this is just just happened. Interesting turn today. Pete, thanks so much for coming over. We appreciate it. My pleasure. Meanwhile, in other news closer to home, a loving mother and grandmother. Thats how a woman killed on the beltway is being remembered tonight. Mourners gathered to pay final respects to kare
Operation as part of the effort to avoid the genocide of religious minorities. And to protect u. S. Military and Embassy Personnel stationed in iraq. Tara mergener has the latest from the white house. Reporter a pair of fa18 fighter jets dropped bombs on artillery positions of the Islamic Extremist Group known as isis near the city. To stop the advaon the city, i directed the military to take targeted strikes against isis terrorist convoys should they move toward the city. Reporter about 150 u. S. Military advisers and an unknown number of diplomats are working out of the city. Kurdish fighters are being overwhelmed as sectarian violence escalates and americas Top Commander in iraq says isis is not just a violent terrorist organization. He says this is an army and it takes an army to defeat an army. While president obama has authorized air strikes humanitarian aid, he stopped short soft putting more boots on the ground. The u. S. Has also dropped food and water to thousands of people s