a.c. 360 starts now. the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas, 17 young people murdered five years ago in parkland, florida. today parkland is back in the news but not as an example of how far we ve come in making such massacres a thing of the past. instead it s a reminder that the sister and brotherhood of mass shooting victims, survivors and bereferred is always growing. the families and loved ones of three michigan state university joined that number. it was neither the first nor the 61st such killing this year. according to the gun violence archive it was the 67th. 67 shootings with four or more people shot or killed. the number 68 happened today with four wounded outside a high school in pittsburgh. before we talk about the larger story, though, here s what we know about those who were killed in michigan. alexandria verner was inary junior year and came from the small town of clawson. her high school principal said she was an excellent student and played three s
good evening, this was already a sad and difficult day for survivors at marjory stoneman douglas high school. , 17 young people murdered five years ago today in parkland, florida. today, parkland is back the news but not as an example of how far we ve come in making such massacres a thing of the past. instead, it s a reminder that the sister and brotherhood of mass shooting victims and survivors is always growing. today s, loved ones of three michigan state university students join that number, after a gunman opened fire last night shooting eight students country them. it is near the first nor the 61st shooting this year. it. according to the gun violence archive it was a 67th mass shootings with four more people shot or killed. in fact, number 68 happened today, with four wounded outside a high school in pittsburgh. before we talk about the larger school though, here s what we know about who was killed in michigan. alexandra verner was in a junior year, and came from the s
he also says his son struggled with mental health issues. anderson. adrienne, thank you. new asal nis from the washington post finds more than 338,000 kids in this country have been exposed to shootings at some point from kindergarten through 12th grade since 1999. 338,000. we re joined by cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe. andrew, obviously still a lot we don t know about this latest shooter s motivation. we do know he pleaded guilty to a firearm charge back in 2019. one source says he purchased two weapons in the state of michigan in 2021. does it strike you as odd he was able to make that present? yes, we don t have quite enough facts to sort through this perfectly but what i can tell you, on the federal level, his firearms conviction for a misdemeanor would not have prohibited him from purchasing a firearm. the disqualifier in the brady act is having been convicted of
would not have prohibited him from purchasing a firearm. the disqualifier in the brady act is having him convicted of a felony. and he was initially arrested for a felony, but later pled that down to a misdemeanor. so that would not have stopped him. the question is whether or not he violated any michigan state lost. there is a requirement for anyone purchasing a pistol in michigan to have a pistol purchase, or purchase license, that s issued by your local sheriff or some other official. and it s not perfectly clear to me whether or not that misdemeanor conviction would have disqualified him on that grounds. the shooter had a rambling no in his backpack that referenced other mass shootings, it mention two schools in new jersey, also claiming they were, quote, 20 of him. you and i talked about this many times before. often these shooters have studied other mass shootings, or they look up to other mass shooters, or they re disturbed and sort of drawn to this. there is no question abo
his father calling him evil angry after his mother died. why is the system still unable to connect this piece of information with this piece of information and say this man should not have a gun? sure, so it comes down to those regulations that are enshrined in the brady act of 1993. that sets the parameters for how background checks are done for gun purposes. michigan is one of most states that relies on the fbi to conduct those background checks. in this case, on the facts that we know from the reporting about this man, the arrest for felony gun possession had they convicted him of felony gun possession, might have prevented him from ever legally purchasing a firearm again. looks like they pled that charge to a misdemeanor, and a misdemeanor conviction is not enough to prohibit you from buying a firearm. it looks like it was a term in his probation he was not allowed to have guns while he was on probation. as you mentioned, he completed that probation, so essentially after that dat