Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, october 28th. Im amara walker. Ikt victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Any minute now well get an update on the Mass Shootings in maine, 18 people were killed, we will bring it to you as soon as it begins but for now, here is what we know. The accused shooter is dead. Police found his body last night, not far from his workplace. And investigators said that he left a note behind, that indicated that he did not expect to be alive by the time that note was found. The city of lewiston can focus now on saying goodbye to those who were lost in the shootings. All 18 victims have been identified. They include a father and son, while bowling, a married couple and members of the Deaf Community competing in a corn hole tournament. Shimon prokupecz is in lewiston, where the News Conference is about to begin. Reporter were waiting here, any minute, we should see the Police Chiefs from the Lewiston Police department, we believe and the Lisbon Police d
me, two times that there were discharges on set. you know, it is not just me that saw this, it was the entire crew. it was our star and our film that had actually yelled out about the unannounced discharge. so it was comments like that that are of interest to investigators. finally we re learning more about evidence. we obtained search warrant information showing that in addition to that actual church itself where the shooting took place, investigators also searched a vehicle, the prop truck and according to the search warrant returns they found numerous weapons and rounds of ammunition and a lawmaker official tell me they don t know yet know if the ammunition clues live rounds such as inside of the actual building. i m told that ammunition has been sent to the fbi for analysis to help them answer that question, whether there were additional live rounds in the vicinity of the production.
chris? reza, thank you very much for the reporting. we ll show you something that the fbi says is painful but important. video that shows just how mentally ill aaron alexis was when he attacked the innocent at the washington navy yard. surveillance video shows alexis stalking the hallways and people in the distance, running for their lives. the fbi says the video brings the shooter s motive into focus. for more we go to joe johns in washington. good morning, joe. reporter: good morning, chris. we have the new video and photographs along with search warrant information. much of the evidence pointing to the signs of mental illness in the case of navy yard shooter aaron alexis. it tells the authorities he wasn t targeting anyone in particular and now there are some real clues on what drove him to do it.
the images are chilling. you can see aaron alexis running through the hallways of the washington navy yard last week with a sawed-off shotgun determined to kill form the fbi released the surveillance video along with new confirmation that he was delusional and hoping to end his torment. here s our crime and justice correspondent joe johns, he s taking a look at the pictures, the videos that have been released. we now have pictures, video as well as search warrant information, all that sort of pieces together what we know about those times leading up to the shooting at the navy yard. but the bottom line is, we still don t know a lot about aaron alexis, because it doesn t make any sentence. the fbi released gripping surveillance video, as he drives into the yard with the rented prius. the cameras pick him up, as he
investigating the death of a small baby who attends oprah s school. no charges have been brought in the case. the investigation is ongoing. a federal judge says it cannot be released because the investigation is ongoing and more charges might be filed. media outlets are trying to get access to the pictures and search warrant information. a firefighter who refused to respond to the tucson shooting is giving more detail. he was distracted on what he thought the attack would do to the country. he thought it was best if they went without him. they had to pick up a replacement on the way, delaying their arrival on the scene.