the pro-trump military group were of course convicted of seditious conspiracy at the end of last week for their roles in the t january 6th attack on congress. one of those proud boys defendants just convicted of sedition he had not just a patch ofd the right-wing death squad acronym like the allen, texas shooter had, he actually had rwds, right-wing death squad, tattooed onqu his arm, which yo can see here. today also in federal court in washington, d.c., we got a fairlyc. heavy sentence handed down against yet another participant in the january 6th attack. he s 41 years old. he s a former petty officer first class in the u.s. navy. disturbingly he reportedly carried top secret and comparted information security clearancesy he was already convicted and sentenced to three years in federal prison on charges related to him possessing illegal weapons, unregistered silencers. that was just a few months ago.
it has that rwds patch police believe stands for right wing death squad. he shared photos of his guns, piles of ammunition boxes and shooting target. cnn has learned the mass shooter was able to buy his weapons legally, without a background check under texas law. all that despite getting kicked out of the u.s. army over mental health concerns. we re also learning more about the victims. including a couple and their 3-year-old son. cnn senior national correspondent ed lavandera is life outside the mall in allen, texas. ed? reporter: good morning, phil. despite all of those troubling details you just mentioned that we learned about the shooter, it s now become very possible to talk about the victims in this case and to give you a sense of the magnitude and the scope of how profound of an impact this shooting has had. the gofundme page for the cho family, the little boy left without his parents and little brother reached almost $1.2
to be a bed, multiple boxes of ammunition, and moreau, a shooting range target with holes blasted through it. here, the body armor vest that authorities say he wore during the shooting. it has a patch in the middle of it that says, rwds, that is an abbreviation for right wing death squad. and he also allegedly posted this picture of the mall in the weeks just before the shooting, then a screen shot from google maps that actually showed the times of day when the mall was busiest, so that he knew when the most people would be there. cnn s josh campbell is on the scene in allen, texas. josh, we are seeming to get a clearer picture about this killer s incredibly disturbing, the plans that he made. that s right, brianna. shortly after this massacre occurred on the weekend, a law enforcement source told me that authorities started to zero in on right-wing extremism, as a possible motive. he had a very troubling social media presence, i was told. we re now seeing some of those posts from ou
just minutes from now we re expecting to hear from officials in allen, texas, they will update their investigation of the outlet mall shooting that killed eight people. it comes as we learn more about the gunman it s disturbing social media activity. i want to show you images investigators say he posted in recent weeks seeming to reveal an obsession with nazis, weapons and mass shootings. what you re looking at is a long gun and hand gun on what appears to be a bed. there are multiple boxes of am mu nice too and below the shooting range target full of holes. here the body armor vest that authorities say he wore during the shooting and you ll notice the patch right in the center that reads rwds that is an abbreviation for right wing death squad, perhaps a hint at the shooter s motivation and allegedly posted these photos. that on the left is the picture of the mall in the weeks before the shooting and then on the right, a screen shot from google