the shooting left bird dead and michael smathers paralyzed.olice say no gun, no weapon was found in that truck. kendall calmly called 9-1-1. >> how you doing? >> there's a shooting. >> was anyone shot? >> yeah, two people are shot. >> where's the gunman now? >> i am the gunman, i'm the security officer here. >> reporter: security guards, even though many look like police officers, by and large, don't have arrest powers and don't report to the public. an investigation by cnn and the center for investigative reporting finds the armed security guard industry is kind of like a wild west when it comes to oversight. you could become an armed guard in 15 states with no firearms training. nine states don't bother to run fbi criminal background check. 27 states don't even check to see if someone is banned by federal law from carrying a gun. unlike police officers, the requirements to become a licensed armed guard across the u.s. can be so lax, in kentucky, you can become an armed guard simply by arming yourself and calling yourself one. >> there's no t

he fires at least 12 shots, hitting byrd eight times including four shot in the back michael smathersd in that track. kendall called nine. >> was anyone shot? >> two feel were shot. >> where is the gunman now? >> i am the gunman. i'm the security officer. >> what happened? >> he threatened to shoot me. >> security officers don't have arrest powers and don't report to the public. an investigation by cnn and the center for investigative reporting finds that it is kind of like the wild west when it comes to oversight. you can become an armed guard with no firearms training. many don't even check to see if someone is banned. the requirements can be so lax in kentucky you can become an armed guard simply by arms yourself and calling yourself one. >> there is no training or licensing question quirement. a security company simply needs a business license just like the flourist down the street has. but instead of selling flowers, they're selling guard service. >> veterans run a security guard training school. they blame security firms more interested in making money than paying for proper tra

the shooting left byrd dead and michael smathers paralyzed. no gun, no weapon was found in that truck. kendall calmly called 911. >> there was a shooting at club rol-lexx. >> was anyone shot? >> yes. >> where is the gunman now? >> i'm the gunman. i'm a security officer. >> reporter: by and large, many security guards don't have arrest powers and don't report to the public. an investigation by cnn and the center for investigative reporting finds the armed security guard industry is kind of like the wild west when it comes to oversight. you can become an armed guard in 15 states with no firearms training. nine states don't bother to run an fbi criminal background check. 27 states don't even check to see if someone is banned by federal law from carrying a gun. you can like police officers, the requirements to become a licensed armed guard across the u.s. can be so lax, in kentucky, you can become an armed guard simply by arming yourself and calling yourself one. >> there's no training requirement, there's no licensing requirement. a security comp