the russian defense ministry is now saying these stories and more on cnn news, central. alright we ve learned that louisville bank shooter left behind too lengthy notes, and they seem to reveal why he opened fire on his co workers earlier this month, enforcement sources said one note was found in the gunman s home, the other found on him at the scene on april 10th. the shooter killed five people and injured several others, including a rookie police officer who was shot in the head. he still remains in the hospital. police then killed the shooter. the notes revealed that part of his goal was to show how easy it is in america for someone with mental illness to get ahold of an assault weapon. after the shooting, the gunman s family acknowledged he struggled with depression, but he was able to legally purchase an ar 15 style rifle just seven days before the attack. kentucky is known to have some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country perspective, gun buyers only need to
logic, but to him it was extremely logical. and we know from his family that he was on medication. he was struggling with depression. but there is a certain amount of logic in the point he was trying to make if he just told his therapist, i bought a gun and i m thinking of hurting myself. he would have been institutionalized. probably put somewhere based on a civil commitment order, but that s not the law. he s trying to address . what he is trying to point out is that, uh in content lucky there s a situation which to him is not tenable. he wanted to regain control over his own life while sending this message because in kentucky there is absolutely no law prohibiting buying a gun. if you have a mental health disorder, and he proved that by buying one if you have a violent misdemeanor conviction if you ve been convicted of domestic violence, or if you have a substance abuse problem, he was sending a message. in the only way he felt he could make us listen and to a certain point he has s
required to change their names and mascots. it s a long awaited vote, state education officials decided that schools must now agree to eliminate indigenous related imagery by the end of the school year or risk losing state aid. cnn s polo sandoval is joining us now in person so good to see you. how did this vote come about? you know, this has actually been decades in the making of you here, too, from some of the native american groups long before we start developments with the nfl with major league baseball, we all remember how that worked out there and how that panned out. but basically what you have now is the state s board of regions that made that unanimous vote earlier this week banning any sort of indigenous names, logos , mascots, and that s supposed to kick in if the beginning of the fall of 2024 when you actually hear from some of these community members you there is some division in some of these communities. but when you hear from the national congress of american indians, t
huge crater. we have pictures of the creator right there. you can see how big that crater is also said to have damaged several apartment buildings. cnn s ben wedeman is in key for us this morning with the latest the russians call it a midair emergency and accident, ben. well perhaps it was john, but it certainly isn t embarrassing one. it happened at 15 minutes after 10 pm last night when an s u 34 twin engine fighter bomber dropped some sort of bomb. we don t know what kind of on the street and very busy street in the middle of belgorod. it s a city of 400,000 people. you see the bomb go off on the sidewalk. the strength of the blast caused a car to fly up and land on an adjacent roof, according to the mayor of that city, two women were injured, and now the ukrainians and reacting. one official put out a statement