casey stegall joins us from texas. it sounds like the suspect s wife is in jail as well. yes. it s possible. we know more people are behind bars as well as you heard the sheriff saying that was a little bit of a surprise to us. although there was some indication last night that if they find out people were aiding and abetting, hiding this criminal as this manhunt was underway that those people could face charges so that s possible as well so we just got that update from officials over in liberty county. they just wrapped that up. all of the a agencies involved also taking a little bit of a victory lap. now that the manhunt is officially over. and with little fanfare, i might add. the 38-year-old alleged gunman didn t put up a fight. francisco oropesa found hiding under a closet in a pile of clothes not far from the crime scene itself. the suspect will appear before a court later today by video conference from jail. this all came to an end after a tip was called in and then
purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. an assault weapon is a weapon of war with no place, no place in a civil society. after back to back mass shootings, republicans are looking elsewhere for answers. just in the last two days, gop senators ted cruz and ron johnson and former president donald trump floated a laundry list of reasons for the country s mass shooting epidemic. here they are, they include video games, social media, wokeness, critical race theory, absent fathers, declining church attendance, too many doors at schools, and the list goes on and on. but one thing not on their list is the one thing that is unique to the united states of america. hundreds of millions of guns and minimal restrictions for acquiring them. to be sure, gun violence in the u.s. is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted solution, but gop leaders are willing to consider every facet, except this glaring one. this debate is raging as a devastating picture emerges about tu
this all came to an end after a tip was called in and then a little more than one hour later, officials say a very dangerous man was off the streets, taken out by specialized border patrol tactical teams and what s more, as we have said, more people are now behind bars with this. several arrests. is it 2? 3? 4? i m not going to go into that right now because others are hinging on what s going on right now. so it s in progress. have the other people that have been arrested, have they been booked into the jail already as well? some have. we hope to flush more information out today. governor abbott taking this chance to criticize biden s border policy. now we know that the suspect was in the country illegally. five people, remember, died after eyewitnesses say the suspect fired an assault-style weapon on a group of church members holding a weekend retreat. among the victims, 9-year-old
willing to consider every facet, except this glaring one. this debate is raging as a devastating picture emerges about tuesday s massacre in uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. it is now clear mistakes were made and warning signs were missed. cnn has learned in the weeks before the massacre at robb elementary, the gunman was posting rape threats on social media and flat out saying he was going to carry out a school shooting. that key detail emerged just hours after texas law enforcement admitted to critical mistakes in response to the shooting. cnn is also getting new information about how authorities ultimately engaged with the shooter on tuesday. specialized border patrol agents entered the classroom with a shield and the gunman emerged from a closet and began firing at them. cnn s jason carroll has more on the time line of events. i was misled. i am livid about what happened.