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. they say he
the child was taken to the hospital where he was reunited with his grandparents. today authorities released the names of six of the seven victims of the shooting which is how we learned tragically both of those little boy s parents were killed yesterday. his mother, irina mccarthy, 35, father kevin mccarthy, 37 years old. the alleged shooter, police say in 2019, someone who knew the alleged shooter called the police because they said the shooter had attempted suicide. just four months later the police were called again this time by the teenager s parents their son threatened to, quote, kill everyone. police removed 1 knives, dagger and sword from the home. authorities say the suspect has been willing to speak to investigators since he s been taken into custody, though they say at this time any kind of motive he may have had remains unclear. the alleged shooter was charged late tonight with seven counts of first degree murder. the state s attorney general was
tattoos. he had had two incidents with law enforcement in 2019, first when authorities were notified about a suicide attempt, and later after a family member reported he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. police removed 16 knives, a dagger and a sword from his house. shortly after that, though, he legally purchased five firearms. he was under 21 at the time so he was sponsored by his father. prosecutors have filed seven counts of first-degree murder against the suspect and they promise more charges to come. two of the fatalities, a couple whose toddler was found alive once the shooting stopped. joining us now is former fbi agent and author of compromised peter strzok. thanks so much for being with us. two run-ins with police before purchasing guns, including one where he was called because he said he wanted to kill
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devastation. take a listen to harrigan here. can chechnya be a model for what we are seeing now and if it is it s a horrible model. it s basically surround the city, shell it, kill everyone, and then pave it over and rebuild it. it might take a decade. it might take 0 years. if your houses are getting destroyed. if your family members are getting killed. you fight differently. the sphere of battle gets wider. bret: he covered chechnya, brit, and it s an interesting perspective and it s a horrifying perspective. brit: the only place putin did that in syria and aleppo where they basically leveled the place. obviously ukraine is bigger we ll fight longer testament of the ukrainian people and their leaders so far. but it means more blood shed and death and destruction and misery than might otherwise be the