victims and possible leads that investigators are following? reporter: what we know of three who were killed in the shooting on monday is that they were three women in their 70s. according to a former state representative, one of those women leaves behind five children. we know, as you pointed out, six people were wounded, two police officers. we are told the officers are in stable condition. we haven t been told much about the condition of the others. what we can tell you in terms of the leads investigators are following is not much. they have been very tight-lipped about their investigation. they did tell us that this person, this suspect, was 18 years old. that he was randomly shooting throughout the neighborhood. that he had three different types of weapons. one they believe was an ar-style weapon. he was killed within five minutes of the time police got the call and they put down the shooter. it is part of an american tragedy. there have been 225 mass
how much ammunition did he have? you could give us a picture of that. so, we know that he had a long gun, an ar-style weapon. and that was the main weapon that did he utilize during this shooting. he additionally had a second handgun. i have not been briefed on the specific type of handgun but we know it was a handgun and i should have those facts later on today also. anything you could tell us about a social media footprint, that is obviously key in trying to understand motive? absolutely. so not a lot i could say there. however it is one of the investigative techniques that our detectives are going down. and you re absolutely right, oftentimes social media or other types of digit footprints are very important in these type of investigations so we re pursuing those. and they really are key, on times in us determining, in this particular case we want to know if this was a buy as motivated
the horror of that weapon leaving only the sneakers to help authorities identify her. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that. reporter: mcconaughey, a proud gun owner, going door-to-door on capitol hill lobbying for reform. echoing the words heard earlier today from the families devastted by the massacre at the tops supermarket in buffalo. the suspect in that shooting also an 18-year-old who bought an ar-style rifle after his 18th birthday. the son of 86-year-old ruth whitfield testifying before congress. my mother s life mattered, and your actions here today would tell us how much it matters to you. we cannot forget that buffalo community, the uvalde community and so many of these communities that we have been reporting from in recent weeks. and rachel, back up live on the hill tonight, and rachel, you and the political team on the hill reporting a potential, and
uvalde, texas. it was an ar-15-style weapon used in sandy hook. 20 children, six adults killed. in parkland, 14 students, three adults killed. and at that buffalo supermarket where ten were killed, authorities say the gunman bought that ar-15-style rifle days after his 18th birthday. in fact, 18-year-olds can legally purchase ar-15-style rifles in 43 states. tonight, no republican senator has publicly supported raising the age to 21. but in texas, some of the surgeons who treated children rushed in from uvalde also ask, why not raise the age? dr. ronald stewart saw what that ar-15 did to these children and sadly, he s seen it time and time again. at close range, with a small body, it s it s incredibly destructive. and matt gutman with us tonight from texas. and matt, you were reporting in that you had many conversations
there at the texas gun show. many talks with responsible gun owners there and there were several moments of rare agreement on this idea of raising the age on ar-15-style rifles from 18 to 21. reporter: it went from the organizer, david, to this mother, felicia, who was there with her two sons shopping for a handgun, who say that owning an ar-style weapon at 18 is just too young. but there did seem to be unanimous support for some sort of mandatory education just as t there is for a driver s license for anybody who wants to buy an ar-style weapon, david. thoughtful conversations you had there, matt, thank you. we should mention our reporting on guns in america will continue right here on abc news. later tonight on nightline, and of course, streaming all evening long on abc news live. tomorrow morning, our special report on the network. a live congressional meeting. among the people the nation will hear from, a young girl, a student who survived in that