a.c. 360 starts now. the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas, 17 young people murdered five years ago in parkland, florida. today parkland is back in the news but not as an example of how far we ve come in making such massacres a thing of the past. instead it s a reminder that the sister and brotherhood of mass shooting victims, survivors and bereferred is always growing. the families and loved ones of three michigan state university joined that number. it was neither the first nor the 61st such killing this year. according to the gun violence archive it was the 67th. 67 shootings with four or more people shot or killed. the number 68 happened today with four wounded outside a high school in pittsburgh. before we talk about the larger story, though, here s what we know about those who were killed in michigan. alexandria verner was inary junior year and came from the small town of clawson. her high school principal said she was an excellent student and played three s
november 2017. the name on each of them george santos. the checks to buy puppies obtained by cnn were written to fred and other amish dog breeders and totaled more than $15,000. fred says the man he then simply knew as george came with a female assistant and cut their deal in this very room we re standing in, the milk house and the man wanted two german shepperds. he says, okay, we ll take that puppy and that puppy and his assistant grabs the two puppies, takes them out the door and he pulls out a check. i was like, oh, no, is this guy going to pay me with a check? but then i was very suspicious. reporter: because you told me before she put the dogs in the car, correct? right. before they paid for them? right. reporter: so you re suspicious because he s going to pay with a check and you don t take checks. i told him i don t take checks, all i can take is cash but he said, would you expect me to carry enough cash to buy a bunch of puppies on a trip like
check for a few hundred dollars to santos pet rescue charity following the event but later saw it online and someone crossed out the charity name and wrote isn t devolder, another name that santos has used. new york republicans are calling you a disgrace. reporter: we received no comment from santos or his attorney regarding this. santos was ultimately charged with theft by pennsylvania authorities. but the charge was later dropped after santos made a claim that somebody had stolen his checkbook according to a lawyer who was a former friend of his. that lawyer tiffany bogosian says she no longer believes him. he is definitely not qualified to be where he is in congress and he should really be in jail. reporter: this is george santos. right. do you believe this is the man who bought your dogs and put them in the car and took them away? i feel it is based on my memory, i would say, yes, it is. reporter: fred loves dogs. he has his own and still breeds
santos put the dogs in the car before he paid for the dogs. right. he honestly as you saw classic santos move. he felt intimidated and said, okay, i ll take the check. he felt intimidated and believes he was fleeced. stealing puppies allegedly. i mean you wouldn t do that? it is so it s incredible to me. this whole thing. i cannot believe this is going on. quite a story. a lot of it is quite a story. this aspect is quite a story too. wow, thank you, gary. still ahead, new testimony in the alex murdaugh double murder trial from his wife s sister. what she had to say about the night of the murders and alex s behavior next. what you gon do? you ain t talkin bout nothin !
others. he s tried his best to forget about being fleeced but santos ascension to congress has made it impossible. i m disappointed a person like that would have a chance to get in the house of representatives. gary joins us now. this is insane to me. that george santos according to the amish farmer wrote bad checks to him face-to-face and defrauded him. right. and, you know, the part about the dogs going in the car. stole puppies. you cannot make this up. that s the allegation, right, but you heard him say that he believes that was george santos and the checks were from george santos and santos is inferring by saying the checkbook was stolen somebody else took his checkbook and wrote nine separate checks to buy dogs. if you were going to steal a checkbook i m not sure one would be to go to amish country and buy dog. exactly right. an important point, though, is that this farmer told us george