close the loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows without background checks. martin luther king iii, family members and victims of the tragedy in tucson and other victims of gun violence joined bloomberg at the news conference. one by one they described how guns changed their lives. my son, glenn, was killed buying bagels and coffee in a local store. my son shot and murdered. mugged and shot by 16-year-olds. my daughter emily was shot twice in the back of the head on april 16th, 2007 at the virginia tech tragedy. i lost my daughter on mother s day. something has to be done. tom mauser also there, spokesperson for colorado cease-fire. his 15-year-old son, daniel, killed in the come llumbine massacre. first of all, i ve got to ask you, about the shoes that you have here. yes. these are the shoes that my son was wearing that day at column buy april 20, 1999.
losses. my son glen was killed while buying bagels and coffee in a local store. my son was shot and murdered. i was mugged and shot by 16-year-olds. my daughter was shot twice in the back of the head on april 16, 2007 at the virginia tech tragedy. i lost my daughter on mother s day, something has to be done. reporter: martin luther king also spoke out about losing his father to gun violence. the reverend was just 10 years old at that time. police are on high alert at transportation hubs all over russia following a deadly explosion at moscow s airport. the russian president blamed the attack on terrorists. investigators suspect a suicide bomber set off the explosives inside the international arrival toll at that airport. it s russia s largest. at least 35 people were killed, 130 others are hurt. set the scene for me now, what s happening at the airport as we
the two of them that they knew one another or had encountered one another prior to the shooting. trace: at the same time, we now know that officer was a 39-year-old father of five who joined the force just months after the 2007 virginia tech tragedy. doug mckelway is live at the virginia tech campus in blacksburg with the latest. doug, what else do we know about the suspect here? well, we have learned that he is the man who car jacked a 2011 per sadz suv from rat ford, virginia about 15 miles south of here. on webs of this week, apparently this car was parked in front of a real estate office in rat ford. the man went into the rae office brand doishing a handgun, demanding the keys. got those keys and hopped in the mercedes suv and took off. that car was not discovered until yesterday. it was found here on the campus of virginia tech. aside from that incident it turns out that he he had very relatively insignificant record at least that we have been able to determine in the few minu