Betts was the gunmans own sister. They arrived to the area together before he went back to the car and came back with a gun. Ainsley in El Paso Police are turning to domestic terrorism and investigation there of deadly massacre. Jonathan serrie is live on the ground in texas for us, good morning. Good morning to you. The alleged gunman is being held without bond being charged with capital murder in connection with the deaths of 20 people in a walmart in the Shopping Center you see behind me. Meanwhile, federal authorities are investigating whether the defendant authored an anti immigrant online post as they consider domestic terrorism and hate crime charges. And the fbi is interviewing acquaintances of the defendant in the dallas area. Heres why. Interviews were putting the investigation together to be able to determine if he was was part of a group or working with other individuals that were planning any future attacks. At this point we dont have any credible intelligence saying that
patrice. first tell us about brian? brian, he was a very quiet child. always to himself. and among himself he was the one that would always make them laugh always be the one to stop a fight you know. rachel: a gentle child a gentle boy. seems like such a wonderful young man. our heart really breaks for you. the city of new york has put a lot of emphasize on covid. in fact more children have died of gunshot wounds than of covid of new york city. what is your message to the mayor of new york and to just new york city officials in general? well first around foremost i must say that i am very outraged about the amount of shooting and killing that has been going on in our neighborhood and in our
income neighborhoods. parents should never have to bury their children. this is becoming more and more prevalent each day. i believe that this committee should come up with a viable solution to prevent further deaths of innocent children due to the amount of guns on the streets. rachel: thank you. i would like rachel: thank you. i want to get, i want to get to joseph. joseph, if you raid the new york times and other media they will say that this increase in violence among young people is because of the lockdown. what do you think is the reason that we re seeing this increase in violence this year? it is really substantial. well first of all my hard goes out to her family and families just like hers. her son could possibly be here today wasn t for policies, defund the police, bail reform.