the 17-year-old is in critical condition at a local hospital. i believe clair davis was is an innocent young lady. she is an innocent victim and i believe that she probably was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. reporter: the sheriff says pierson purchased the shotgun and ammunition legally. it is our strong belief that he came to this school with that weapon and with multiple rounds and his intention was to utilize those multiple rounds to cause harm to a large number of individuals. reporter: while investigators are still trying to figure out what triggered pierson robinson says one thing is clear. he is someone who victimized an innocent young lady by an act of evil and in my opinion deserves no notoriety and certainly no celebrity. investigators say they have spoken to the shooter s parents and that they have searched both their homes, they didn t say what they found if anything but police say they believe the gunman did, in fact, act alone.
0 tune in to our regular show every sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. eastern. good night and thanks for watching this gps special. hello, i m martin savidge. news newstopping our stories. a huge snowstorm dumps up to 16 inches of snow from kansas to maine. that s creating dangerous conditions on roads and a real headache for thousands of stranded air travelers. outrage across the country over a wealthy teen s slap on the risk sentence for a deadly dui accident. our legal experts weigh in on the legitimacy of the affluenza defense. and pope francis, he s time magazine s person of the year but he s getting other less flattering titles from some political conservatives who don t like his comments about materialism and trickle down economics. the debate this hour. we begin with the huge snowstorm that has made life difficult for much of the country. it hit a thousand-mile-wide area dumping anywhere from 6 to 16 inches of snow from kansas to maine. roads are slick, flights are can