we don t know again the specifics of it, but he served for a matter of weeks frankly back in 2008 in the u.s. army. he never made it into active duty. courtney, thanks for the update. again, another piece to the puzzle starting to emerge about who the shooter is, who is chris harper mercer. one thing we do know, he was born in los angeles in 1989, listed on the birth certificate, his mother as ms. harper, understand her name to be laurel harper. it is his father ian who lives in los angeles, his parents are divorced, and he was utterly shocked when he heard the news. i can t answer any questions now, i don t want to answer any questions now. obviously it has been a devastating day, devastating for me and my family. all i ask is i know you guys are here to do your job, all i ask is respect privacy. so far you ve done that.