journal, but aguilar was aware that he had mental health issues. we learned this as we learn of a mysterious trip ing a aguilar m here to burtonsville on the morning before the mall murders. >> reporter: college park in prince george's county and burtonsville in montgomery county, and the columbia mall is in howard county, and three pivot points in darion aguilar's life on the day of the murderous attack on the mall. 4704 hollywood road, the aguilar home in college park. 5:15 saturday morning, the police say that aguilar tells his mother that he is leaving to walk to the his job at the dunkin' donuts, and aguilar works at the dun kkin' donuts about a mile from the home on the other side of the beltway near the ikea store. aguilar did not show up for work that morning, and instead, he ended up here in burtonsville, and why did he come to burtonsville? did he keep his gun stashed somewhere around here? we don't know for sure. but we do know this, later that morning he took a cab. the destination -- the mall. 10:15 saturday morning. that is the time t

we also know that aguilar kept a journal, and that could hold a clue to what set him off. erika gonzalez joins us with new information about the investigation. erika? >> reporter: and doreen, what is it? what is it about this journal that we do not know? and there is more. but police are not revealing it while they're in the midst of this investigation. when howard county police released this photo of gunman darion aguilar, they say they got a number of calls, conducted a number of interviews. when the mall reopened today, again, people came forward with insight into the shooting. you feel okay about coming back to work? >> i feel okay. i just hope it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: but in all those pieces, still no motive. >> you would never expect him to do what he did, you know. >> reporter: these are some of aguilar's former peers. >> you wouldn't think something like that would come out of him. he wasn't someone you would suspect. >> reporter: we learned he has no history of mental illness within the state of maryland. now, police tell us that for at least the next

about aguilar's motive for attacking people at the columbia mall. she does not believe he knew either briana benlolo or tyler johnson. >> if you were to go in his room, you would see what a gentle sweet kid he was. he's never, never had a gun before, never been interested in guns, never been interested in anything like that. i don't know what happened. i just don't know what happened. >>> the d.c. police department facing three lawsuits claiming civil liberties violations including wrongful death, use of excessive force and racial profiling. the suits specifically target the troubled 7th police district. >> the metropolitan police department of the district of columbia is violating the constitutional rights of citizens in the district. it's violating the constitution al rights of those persons who come to visit in the district and in many instances it's violating the constitutional rights of young african american men and even outright engaging in racial profiling. >> the lawsuits center on the police shooting death of 34- year-old clement sweatson

they are not finished scouring aguilar's computer and the cell phone. so far, there remains no evidence that aguilar knew either victim. 19-year-old tyler johnson of ellicott city, maryland, or 21- year-old single mom of college park. but curious parallels in the lives of benlolo and aguilar add to the mystery. the pair lived just five blocks from each other in college park. both attended schools in anne arundel county and both families have ties to colorado springs, colorado. yet investigators have no evidence yet that their paths ever crossed before the shooting at the columbia mall. and police sources are not encouraging speculation. meanwhile, victims friends have turned to social media to organize their response. memorial gathering are being planned at the columbia mall and outside a high school in colorado springs. and skate boarding enthusists are planning a ride to remember the friends who worked at the boarded up skate board shop at the mall. >> early in this investigation, investigators did seize a journal here at aguilar's home. it did contai

there was no answer at the college park home aguilar shared with his mother.s accepted to montgomery college where he planned to study environmental science. but he never enrolled. while police continue to investigate this tragedy, the mall in columbia will open tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. with an increase security presence. andrea mccarren, wusa9. >> now people that live in darion aguilar's neighborhood, they did not know the man well, but they are stunned at what he did. aguilar lived just several blocks from the 21-year-old victim brianna benlolo. as cops swarm the area searching where aguilar lived, a neighbor took notice. >> they had blocked the street off right behind my truck there. they were walking up and down the street from 9:30 until 10:00. i finally went to bed and then heard all these doors open and closing, looked out and they were more coming down the street. i mean i've never seen so many policemen. >> it's sad that someone kind of snapped and decided to shoot people. it's not a way to solve your problems. >> that is hurtful. their lives just wiped

police searched this home where aguilar lived with his mother.recovered more ammunition and evidence including a journal he kept. >> he expresses general unhappiness with his life. >> reporter: aguilar's mother told a baltimore radio station she can't figure it out. she said he was a gentle boy. neighbors are shocked. >> i started shaking for one thing. it's so sad. >> reporter: police don't think aguilar had any previous run-ins with the law. now, when the mall reopens at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon people will be able to sign memory books and float fountains for the victims. zumiz will reopen. >>> his advisers say mr. obama is prepared to take unilateral action between rich and poor if necessary. alex burns of politico says this will likely be a speech of contrasts. >> democrats are expecting barack obama to use this speech to set up the big differences between the two parties heading. what they view as sort of robust executive energy, focused on issues of economic fairness and income and equality versus a very slow moving gridlocked republican ca

now, here's what else we know about aguilar. police say the 19-year-old legally purchase add 12-gauge shotgun last month. he had no criminal history. police say they still have no motive in shooting, no connection between aguilar and the two victims that were killed. a woman who says she is aguilar's mother spoke with reporters through the phone of a family friend. take a listen. >> there's never -- never had a gun before. never been interested in guns. never been interested in anything like that. i don't know what happened. i just don't know what happened. i don't know what happened. i feel for those other parents, too. i do. >> reporter: now, aguilar's mother did file a missing person's report for her son on the day of the shooting. prince george's county police came to his home, found his journal and said some of the entries were worrisome and tracked his cell phone to columbia mall, which at that point, when they showed up, it was a crime scene. live in college park, maryland, melissa malay, news4, back to you. >> thanks. >>

that's because darion aguilar went to the mall often. detectives are hoping anyone who came in contact with him will come forward. we also know aguilar was having mental health issues and wrote than in his journal. and the other development comes from the cabdriver who took aguilar to the mall on saturday. erika gonzalez is working on that part of the story. >> reporter: it could very well be a critical clue in this investigation tonight. barwood cab company says one of its drivers dropped aguilar off here at the mall and then called police. what compelled him to do that? plus, the one thing detectives say they have ruled out of this investigation. we'll have those details coming up in just a few minutes. >>> a scare for some shoppers at the westfield montgomery mall in bethesda tonight. a man who allegedly threatened others while claiming he was armed was taken into custody there. police say they were called to the montgomery mall just before 7:00 because the man was acting suspiciously. officers say he had no weapons when they searched

police say darion aguilar shot two people and then himself. detectives are trying to figure out what connection, if any, aguilar has with the victims. officers served a search warrant at his home. among the items seized, a journal expressing unhappiness in his life. tonight, we are hearing from a young man who went to school with aguilar. tom is outside the columbia mall with what that friend had to say. he and another friend we communicated with absolutely could not believe this. columbia mall is set to open tomorrow afternoon at 1:00. tonight, it is still a crime scene. officers are still on scene and they are trying to figure out what the motive was in this shooting. tonight, howard county police say, at this point, they have not been able to establish any relationship between the shooter and the two victims. >> there is still speculation that there is somehow some romantic involvement in this thing. we have not been able to establish that. i am not sure where that information is coming from. >> tonight, we are learning more about the shoot

familyrday, aguilar's reported him missing. it was discovered by police that he was the apparent shooter. at columbia mall, i am tom roussey. ken allman says there will be two most -- to memorial sites at the mall today. one will be near the starbucks and sears in the second site will be at the center or by lord and taylor. >> it seems like the freezing temperatures will not leave us alone. thought you're going to get another break, another arctic blast is heading this way. >> you thought this was bad? it is about to get worse. air of the coldest season, and arctic blast, expected to rival the polar plunge felt this month. with wind chills between 30 and 60 below zero. freezing rain, sleet, and snow expected as far south as texas. a winter storm watch is issued for all of the gulf coast states tomorrow. are forcing parts of chicago to close a. blinding snow is in north dakota. treacherous conditions outside detroit caused a massive 33 car pileup. now, the races on to clear the snow before turns to ice. >> it will be a hard free

he started pinging aguilar's phone. he followed it to the mall at columbia, but aguilar, of course, was already dead inside having shot himself and two other people and still no one knows why. lesli, back to you. >> that may be the hardest part of this, bruce, thank you. >>> gunman in our nation's malls sadly becoming all too common. a week before christmas, a man opened fire inside a mall in new jersey and at that time, we asked scott broom to take a closer look at ways to improve security at all the malls and the story is just as relevant now as it was then. >> this is a really unresolved -- >> he used to be in charge at israel's airport, now a security consultant here in the washington area. >> there should be a presence of armed security officers. >> calling on american malls to make armed security officers on site mandatory and back them up with sophisticated video systems. >> we have to be able to detect the fact that there is an attack, very, very quickly and understand exactly who the shooter is in order to act

curious parallels in the lives of benlolo and aguilar lead to the mystery. the pair lived five each other in college park. both attended schools in ann arun dell county in the past and both families have ties to colorado springs, colorado, yet investigators have no idea if their paths crossed. police sources are not encouraging speculation. in college park, scott broom, wusa9. >> a germantown woman charged with murdering two of her children and trying to murder two others has been transferred to a state psychiatric hospital. monifa will undergo further testing there. prosecutors say sanford and her friend avery stabbed to death two of avery's small children and wounded two others earlier this month in the germantown home they shared. the women were trying to perform an exorcism. >>> washington state congresswoman, kathy mcmorris rogers will deliver the official republican response to president obama's state of the union. coming up next, we'll explore how she and other members of congress feel about the president being willing to >>> welcome back to capitol h

aguilar, he gets into the cab, and he walks away. when you heard that he was the gunman? >> well, that was actual ly ver, very surprising. very, very surprising, because he did not seem like the type of person that would just randomly shoot people. >> and darion aguilar went to the mall, and hung out for an hour, and went on a shooting spree inside of the zumiez's store, and he shot and killed two store employees before turn turning the gun on himself, and now when aguilar bought the shotgun last month at this store in rockville, there was an unidentified man with him, and could that be the same man that he was with here at wendy's last saturday morning? so did aguilar have help? howard county executive ken ullman on that coming up at 6:00. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. >> and tomorrow morning a moment of silence inside of the columbia mall to honor those two victims and the mall plans to hand out white label lapel ribbons to the customers when they arrive. brianna benlolo and tyler johnson worked at the zumiez's ska

and now this is the aguilar home in college park. and 5:15 in the morning, aguilar says he is leaving to walk to his job at the dunkin' donuts. aguilar works at the dunkin' donut s about a mile from his home on the other side of the beltway near the akia store. and aguilar did not show up for work that morning, an instead, he ended up here in burtonsville. and why did he come to burtonsville? did he keep the gun stashed somewhere around here? we don't know for sure. but we do know this, that later that morning, he took a cab, and the destination, the mall. 10:15 saturday morning, that's the time that police say that aguilar arrive d at the mall. he hung out there for about an hour before he began his shooting spree. and he could have opened fire anywhere in the mall, but he chose the zumiez's store for the murder scene, and sioux michimy sumi -- zumies's store, a skater shop. they say that the manager brianna bensolo died of multiple gunshot wounds as did another worker tyler johnson and the sho shooter damion aguilar died of a self-

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the shooter's name, darion marcus aguilar. we're digging through online profiles to get more information. we're going to let you know developments as their coming through. >> high temperatures today in the low 30s. another arctic blast is weights. four hours on the slopes. and two hours doing this stuff. which leaves me approximately two minutes to get my banking done. so i use the citi mobile app to quickly check my accounts and pay my bills. which leaves me about five seconds to kick back. that was nice. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. >>> we are staying on top of breaking news we are following this morning regarding the shooting at the columbia mall yesterday. police have identified the gunman, 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar from college park. he fired six to eight shots in the mall yesterday killing two employees at the zumiez skater shop inside the mall. >> they haven't been able to pinpoint if there was any type of relationship between the shooter and the victi

both times aguilar visited the shop he was accompanied by a friend. today at the scene of the shoot a makeshift memorial not far from the place where 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson were shot to death by aguilar. columbia mall reopened this afternoon for the first time since the shooting, though the store where the shooting occurred was boarded up until further notice. customers said it was a sign of the times. >> and it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: police are still searching for a motive. they say aguilar's journal told him something about his state of mind but not about his plans. >> we retrieved a number of items of evidence, and included in that was a journal. in the journal there are writings that it's clear that he's unhappy with his -- his life and where he is right now. >> reporter: okay. but -- but no clear indication as to a plan or to a motive or anything like that? >> no, and, again, i've not seen the journal. investigators are still working through that, but nothing to point us to a motive. >> reporter: afte

. >> darion marcus aguilar is the shooter. >> glor: maryland police announce the name of the 19- year-old behind yesterday's mall shooting, but why did he do it? jeff pegues reports. >> more than 300 sickened on a cruise ship, terrell brown tells us the center for disease control is now investigating. and the super bowl battle, one week away, don dahler says host new jersey believes new york is getting too much of the credit. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, everyone, jeff glor with the western edition of the broadcast, and the bitter cold feels like a broken record. more arctic air is set to blast across the midwest, south and northeast this week. in chicago, where the temperatures are expected to reach 11 below tomorrow and not get above zero until wednesday, public school has already been canceled tomorrow, 400,000 students affected. this is royalton, minnesota, a blizzard is already on the ground there, a blizzard warning has been issued in four states, including minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, and iowa. the national weather ser

weeks later aguilar returned for another box of shotgun shells. but the big question still remains. why did he open fire in the first place? joe johns is in columbia, maryland, with the very latest. >> reporter: saying he wanted something for home defense, darion aguilar legally purchased a mossberg .520-gauge shotgun and 48 shotgun shells. the owner of the united gun shop tells cnn there were no red flags. both times aguilar visited the shop he was accompanied by a friend. today at the scene of the shoot a makeshift memorial not far from the place where 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson were shot to death by aguilar. columbia mall reopened this afternoon for the first time since the shooting, though the store where the shooting occurred was boarded up until further notice. customers said it was a sign of the times. >> and it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: police are still searching for a motive. they say aguilar's journal told them something about his state of mind but not about his plans. >> we retrieved a number of it

weeks later aguilar returned for another box of shotgun shells. but the big question still remains. why did he open fire in the first place? joe johns is in columbia, maryland, with the very latest. >> reporter: saying he wanted something for home defense, darion aguilar legally purchased a mossberg .520-gauge shotgun and 48 shotgun shells. the owner of the united gun shop tells cnn there were no red flags. both times aguilar visited the shop he was accompanied by a friend. today at the scene of the shoot a makeshift memorial not far from the place where 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson were shot to death by aguilar. columbia mall reopened this afternoon for the first time since the shooting, though the store where the shooting occurred was boarded up until further notice. customers said it was a sign of the times. >> and it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: police are still searching for a motive. they say aguilar's journal told them something about his state of mind but not about his plans. >> we retrieved a number of it

tonight we're learning more about the gunman, 19-year-old darion aguilar of college park. police say he walked in and opened fire in the zumiez store. police believe aguillar turned the gun on himself. two federal law enforcement officials say the incident appears to be domestic in nature but howard county police have not confirmed that. david culver has more about the gunman but we begin first with derrick ward outside the columbia mall. derrick? >> reporter: as you said, there will be a news briefing from howard county officials. if it happens during the course of my report, we'll break away and bring you that news conference. if you take a look behind me, there's less of a police presence than their has been for quite a while. there is a command vehicle here. i can tell you at the other entrance there was commercial cleaning vehicles. this is about reclamation, reclaiming this mall for the customers and merchants. they are trying to get back to something approaching normal. there was a trickle of people returning the the mall to pick up their cars and returning to an ad

he is identified as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar of college park. this comes hours after investigators spent the night serving a search warrant at his home. news crewthe only there as police seized weapons, computers and other items, including a diary. the mall will reopen tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. and two memorials will be held as well for the victims, brianna benlolo and tyler johnson. a press conference wrapped up moments ago outside the columbia mall. richard reeve is there with more. >> the big headline today was the naming of that 19-year-old gunman. he only lived a couple of blocks from the female victim. no relationship according to police right now. still no motive in this case. an interesting find, a journal in the gun man's house. >> earlier today we did serve a search and seizure weren't on the shooter's house. we did retrieve documents and warrant on- seizure the shooter's house. we did retrieve documents and computers. there is a journal. he does express general unhappiness with his life. >> our care more was there as police -- crew was th

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they say aguilar bought that shotgun legally at a store in maryland last year. he didn't have a criminal record. authorities say he did leave behind a journal in which he expressed depressed feelings. while this investigation continues, this mall will reopen tomorrow afternoon. lester? >> chrkristen welker in columbi thank you. >>> in eastern europe, the violent revolt against the government of ukraine deepened today as opponents of the president took over another building in the capital and rejected his offer to include members of the opposition in his government. nbc's ian williams has the latest tonight from kiev. >> reporter: it was before dawn that protesters surrounded and then took over, fighting against security forces using it as a base. by daybreak the battered building was theirs to clean up. p protesters are now in control of five official buildings across kiev. they've also stormed government buildings in at least a dozen other cities across ukraine. on a hill close by, thousands then gathered for the funeral of a young protester, who died in clashe

we understand aguilar was a sporting enthusiast. his advisers say mr.bama is prepared to take unilateral action between rich and poor if necessary. alex burns of politico says this will likely be a speech of contrasts. >> democrats are expecting barack obama to use this speech to set up the big differences between the two parties heading into the 2014 elections. what they view as sort of robust executive energy, focused on issues of economic fairness and income and equality versus a very slow moving gridlocked congressional republican caucus. >> following his speech the president will travel to maryland, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and tennessee to promote his proposals. >>> and the family of marlise munoz is prepared her funeral after she was taken off life support at a texas hospital. munoz who was pregnant was declared brain dead in november after her husband found her unconscious at home. the hospital kept her on life support for the sake of her fetus. her husband sued the hospital and friday a judge ruled in his favor. she was removed from life suppor

here is what we do know at this hour sh hour, the friends know the shooter, and darion aguilar say he was a good kid and no criminal background. and the crews made calls to find out where he purchased the gun and did learn that he passed a background check. and today, the governor edward o'malley visited the mall to make it clear that it is safe and open for business, so nowen 48 hours later, there is no clear indication as to the motive of the murder-suicide. >> right now, the memorials of the mall shooting victims are growing. there are flowers in the food court fountain, and condolence book, and outside there is a sign that says "forever in our heart" and there will be a candlelight vigil for the two victims thursday. >> we are finding out more about the victims. johnson was 25 and a graduate of centennial high school, and recently moved to mt. air ri, and bensolo had moved to college park a short time ago. and we go to the latest with tracee wilkins. >> we have not heard from the home, but this is the house where he lived with his mother, and this is where where prince george's co

this was filed shortly after the shooting by aguilar's mother. prince george county police took the call. they read the journal and got worried he tracked his cell phone and it led him to colombia mall which was a crime scene. the investigator turned the findings over to howard county police who is his mother spoke to reporters through the phone of a family friend. >> he's never, never had a gun before, never been interested in guns, never been interested in anything like that. i don't know what happened. i st kw what happened. i don't know what happened. i feel for those other parents, i do. >> we checked and found aguilar had no criminal history. he bought the 12 gauge shotgun legally last month and the family friend says he was just promoted as a manager at a local dunkin donuts. police say the motive behind the killings still a mystery tonight. >> we're learning more about the victims of this tragedy. tonight, family members of 25-year-old tyler johnson are breaking their silence. darcy spencer spoke with johnson's uncle tonight. she joins us

police say 19-year-old darion aguilar took a shotgun with him. entered and went downstairs to a food court. he returned, left an hour later, and started shooting. shoppers barricaded themselves inside the mall. police say aguilar shot and killed two employees before taking his life. those victims identified as 21-year-old brianna benlollo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. >> right now, we don't have any type of known relationship between the shooter and our victims. not saying there's not one. we just haven't uncovered one. that's why our investigates are working very hard to uncover. >> police say they received a missing person's report from aguilar's mother two hours after the shooting. they found a journal at home that expressed general unhappiness but left no clues about the murders. the mall is expected to reopen this afternoon. >>> braulgts and record-breaking temperatures are slamming parts of the country. for the next days or so it will range from teens to below zero. minneapolis, 43 below. minus 23 in milwaukee. and chicago's public schools

he's been identified as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar.igging into his background investigating whether he even knew the people he gunned down. we go to columbia, maryland for more. >> reporter: chris, police said last night they found a journal in aguilar's home and he was generally unhappy with his life but they still have a lot of investigating to do to determine what led him to go this far. howard county police identified 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar as the shooter in the latest outbreak of gun violence to shock the country. armed with a shotgun and a lot of ammunition he terrorized maryland's columbia mall taking two other young lives before his own. 27-year-old chris came face to face with the gunman and described the scene but didn't don't identified. >> he shot her. then 10, 15, maybe not 10 seconds later i heard the second gunshot. basically just like scrambled out of the store on my hands and knees right by the male employee was down on the ground. still alive. >> those two victims are 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year

it shows that he was unhappy, but not why darion marcus aguilar killed two people or if he knew them. investigators are trying to figure out his motive for murder. >> police say 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar took a cab to this shopping mall, was dropped off at 10:15am and was heavily armed with a shotgun, ammunition and backpack filled with home made ex-cleasives. an hour later he entered a skateboard shop and opened fire on two people, killing both before turning the gun on himself. police are trying to understand why darion marcus aguilar took the lives of brianna benlolo and taylor johnson. both worked at zumiez, the state shop. >> we have not been able to verify a relationship at this point between him and either of our victims, we can't establish there is one or there's not one. it is an open question. >> not much is known about the victims or the shooters on what appears to be the facebook page. one of the victims brianna benlolo says she's a mum and assistant manager at the store. five others were insured at the mall. only one was shot. they have all been released from hosp

aguilar fired six to eight shots, investigators said, killing johnson and benlolo. the gunfire injuring another one in the foot on the floor below. >> people started running. they said somebody's down there and he's got a gun. i heard at least eight to ten gunshots. >> reporter: as witnesses ran away in the chaos, authorities say he then killed himself with a mossburg .12 gauge shotgun he bought last month in neighboring montgomery county. police finished searching the mall early sunday morning, but it remains closed. when the mall reopens tomorrow at 1:00, there will be two memorial sites established for the victims. howard county executive ken allman says he will be there at 1:00 to have lunch when the mall reopens in the food court. miguel? >> erin mcpike, thank you very much. >>> on the phone with me now from columbia, maryland, is evelyn mcdonald. evelyn and brianna benlolo were close friends. evelyn, our condolences for your loss. thank you for chatting with us a little bit. how are you doing? >> it's just so shocking. it's just a complete tragedy. it's a horr

police say aguilar shot and killed two employees before taking his own life. those victims identified as 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. >> right now we don't have any type of known relationship between the shooter and our victims, nothing -- not one. we have a couple -- and that's what our investigators were working hard at right now to try to uncover. >> police say they received a missing persons report from aguilar's mother two hours after the shooting. they found a journal at his home which they say expressed general unhappiness, but left no real clues as to the motive. the mall is expected to reopen this afternoon. >>> brutal and record blasting temperatures are slamming parts of the country. for the next two days or so, they'll range from the teens to below zero. windchills even worse. minneapolis, 43 below. minus 23 in milwaukee. and chicago's public schools are closed today. hundreds of flights already canceled. that brings us to nbc's wendy woolfolk who is live fours r us chicago at the navy pier. good morning. >> reporter:e

police have not found a link between aguilar and the victims, but they did find a journal in which aguilarhis life. report reporter megan mcgrath is at the scene with more. megan? >> reporter: good morning, brian. in just a few hours, 1:00, columbia mall will open for business again, that's just roughly 48 hours after shots were fired inside the mall, leaving two employees dead and sending shoppers scrambling for cover. police are still trying to figure out the motive behind all of this, why 19-year-old darion aguilar brought a shotgun and a backpack with homemade explosives to the mall. so far, investigators have not found any connection between aguilar and the two victims, brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. while the motive is unclear, we are learning more about the gunman. on saturday, the day of the shooting, aguilar's mother reported him missing. there was a journal found at his home. police aren't releasing much information, they will only say that aguilar expressed general unhappiness with his life in that journal. we are also learning that the shotgun used in this was b

. >> of the big question is around this man -- terry and aguilar -- darion aguilar. police say they are baffled. it is normally easy for police to figure out a motive in connection between the shooter and his victims. that is not been the case in this case. tonight inside columbia mall, people through flowers and the fountain as part of the memorial set up for the victims of saturday's shooting. outside the mall, there is another memorial. many stopped to pay their respects. proud.re just so called him at loving man. she says saturday was a nightmare. >> it became clearer that things were zoning in on her family. -- our family. >> police are struggling to find any possible connection between the shooter and blake high school graduate darion aguilar shooter and the victims. one they are looking at is how close one of the victims lived near him. if you drive a two minutes, you come to the home in the same never good where benlolo lived. >> it has been hard. >> although the mall reopened, zumiez store is boarded up. people need more time. >> i will be antsy about walkin

aguilar did what he did.15 yesterday, he said -- police say he went to the mall and then carried out this attack. our erin mcpike is live on the ground there in columbia, maryland. erin, what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, miguel, you may see it there. the police chief said at a press conference within the last half hour that they were releasing aguilar's official driver's license photo. they also said that he had no criminal record. but when they searched his house last night, they did find a journal in which he expressed general unhappiness for his life. >> so -- and -- are we expecting any other updates from police tonight, erin? >> reporter: not tonight. they said to stay tuned to their facebook page and their twitter account, but no more press briefings tonight. we do know that the mall is reopening at 1:00 tomorrow. and they are establishing two memorial sites for the victims there. >> rough, rough, rough. thank you very much, erin mcpike, in columbia, maryland, for us. >>> now, with the super

but with aguilar, they said they didn't have any questions about him at all. in fact, when the atf called and said that the shotgun used in the murders up in columbia had been purchased at united gun shop, they figured he must have been shot or something himself and had the gun stolen because they couldn't conceive of this mild mannered 19-year- old going and doing something like that. his mother spoke to our partner, wnew. she said the same thing. he's a vegetarian because he didn't want to kill animals. never had guns in the house where i'm standing. she was completely mystified, horrified, in tears about what had happened. back to you. >> everyone seems to be stunned. somebody missed something. but nobody knows what just yet. we're going to continue to follow the columbia mall tragedy very closely. we'll have the latest information during the 7:00 p.m. newscast, plus you can log on to our website, wusa9.com for full coverage 24 hours a day. >>> breaking news now. a 10-year-old girl has been rescued after she fell down a 30-foot well. that's in pasadena, mar

a review of surveillance video shows that aguilar took a cab to the mall yesterday morning.ted about an hour then went to the store that's located on the second floor and opened fire. a 27-year-old customer who didn't want to be identified said he came face to face with a gunman after he fatally shot 21-year-old briana benlolo and tyler johnson. >> he shot her. then 10 seconds later i heard the second gunshot. i basically just scrambled out of the store on my hands and knees. right by the male employee who was down on the ground, still alive. >> reporter: police say aguilar legally purchased the 12 gauge shotgun last month and that he was carrying a large amount of ammunition as well as two homemade explosive devices. a family friends described him as shy, in fact, so sensitive that after watching a documentary on animal cruelty he became a vegan. >>> supporters of protesters in ukraine demonstrated today. the bay area action came as thousands took part in a funeral procession for a 25- year-old protester shot to death on wednesday. he is one of at least three protesters kil

police revealed that aguilar spent a lot of time at the mall in small groups. officers are taking a close look at the gunman's journal. detectives say it is clear that aguilar knew he was having mental health issues. what the journal does not address is whether he knew the victims. >> a d.c. woman shares her terrifying story of being beaten and robbed in broad daylight. this attack happened sunday afternoon in northwest. the victim tells us she felt someone was following her. moments later, the man grabbed her purse straps and threw her to the ground. >> i just froze. he punched me. if he did it to me on sunday afternoon in broad daylight, he will do it to somebody else. >> a neighbor who saw that man moments after the attacks as he recognized him as someone who is in that area all the time. police tell us they have not made any arrests. >> an investigation within the fire department is growing after a deadly sequence of events. an elderly man suffers a heart attack in a parking lot across the street from a fire station and no one comes to help. the victim's da

aguilar was the manager of dunkin' donuts. he had no criminal record. investigators say he killed himself after opening fire and forcing the mall into lockdown. they're still looking for a motive, but they say they did find aguilar's journal. it expressed some "general unhappiness with his life." >>> this morning, they are taking test samples from the royal caribbean cruise ship after more than 600 passengers and crew members got sick. officials with the centers for disease control boarded the explorer of the seas yesterday. many people are suffering from diarrhea and vomiting, symptoms similar to the norovirus, but they say it is still unclear what exactly is making the people sick. the ship is cutting its ten-day voyage short and will return to new jersey on wednesday. royal caribbean says once the ship returns, it will undergo another aggressive sanitizing procedure. >>> it's a busy week in washington. tomorrow, president obama will outline his goals and priorities for the next few years in the fifth state of the union address. today, congress is sch

and why did aguilar go to burtonsville? police say that is part of the ongoing investigation. and why did aguilar pick the zumiez store for the crime sc e scene? police say that they are still investigating. back live now at the columbia mall outside. and people continue to gather for this candlelight vigil. it is expected to begin any moment now, and we will be back at 6:00 with some of the words from the speakers here tonight. live in columbia, pat collins, new news4. >>> now to new developments following the death of a man who collapsed steps away from a d.c. fire station. and the victim's family claims that the firefighters refused to help him. tonight, that city is taking action and news4's chris gordon is live on long island avenue in d.c. chris? >> well, the officer in charge on saturday has been relieved of her duties in command here at the fire station on rhode island avenue, and a number of sources in the district government and fire department have identifyie her for us as lieutenant kaline davis, and she has bee

-year-old darion marcus aguilar took a cab to this shopping mall, was dropped off at 10:15. he was heavily armed with a shotgun, ammunition and backpack. an hour later he entered a skateboard shop on the second floor and opened fire on two people, killing both before turning the gun on himself. police are trying to understand why darion marcus aguilar took the lives of 21-year-old brianna benlolo, and 25-year-old taylor johnson. >> we can't establish a relationship between him and any of the victims. >> not much is known about the victims or the shooter. on what appears to be her facebook beige brianna benlolo says she's a mum and an assistant manager at the store. five others were injured at the mall, only one shot. they have been released from an area hospital. while police are searching for answers, a memorial facebook page has been posted for the two victims. >> a court helps a family close a difficult chapter. a texas hospital ordered to allow a pregnant mother to be taken off life support. >> gone are the cameras, gown are the lawyers fight -- gone or the lawyers fight

aguilar did what he did. very quickly we learned something very new from the howard county police department. here is what that is. that morning of the shooting, 1:00 in the afternoon, aguilar mother telephoned the prince george's county police department. the prince george's county police department is one county from over where columbia malice, and told the police her son was missing and really worried about their safety. the police went out to the house, looked at jou only that the mother informed them of something else saying responding officer say, hey, we need to find this guy right away because he could be potential danger or himself to others. what was that information, patti ann, that the mother must have told police? i believe it was the fact that this guy had a shotgun and lot of ammunition. guess what, it was missing that saturday morning. that is why she called the cops. i think this is all starting to unravel now. we're getting a better understanding why mr. aguilar did what he did. the question

scene of a deadly shooting over the weekend will open later this morning. 19-year-old darian marcus aguilar walked into that mall sunday morning and fired, killing two people before killing himself. >>> i'm mark kelley live in belmont. a carlston high school graduate is facing federal charges in morning. coming up, where he was arrested and what neighbors have to say about him. >>> today music fans will be talking about the likes the performances and the fashion at this career's grammy awards. who pulled off the big surprise, coming up. >>> finally the battle with your kcbs traffic. we have traffic over at the bay bridge toll plaza. feeling like a monday westbound traffic backed up from about the end of the east parking lot. you can see from these live pictures traffic is inching along there. once you pass the toll plaza traffic does okay for that westbound drive heading into westbound san francisco. slowing for the altamont pass, you are looking at live pictures of 205 leading toward the altamont it is bumper to bumper, that slow traffic stays with you through the pleasanton area. leaving

outside the mall today visitors are still stunned by the shotgun attack by aguilar here. >> you can't walk past the memorial without having tears. it's really sad. >> how do you protect yourself from something like this? you don't anticipate that. i just feel so sorry for her. >> i'm still kind of down, but i have faith in our community that we'll be able to get past this. >> reporter: tonight's memorial gathering was organized on facebook by young people who aim to start a memorial fund for briana benlolo's 2-year-old son. skateboard enthusiasts are planning a ride andersen 10 park in columbia saturday and -- around centennial park in columbia saturday and there was a memorial for brianna today. outside the mall many have flowers and candles in their hands as they prepare for this memorial moment in a few minutes. as the young people mourn here tonight, i want to update you on the investigation. investigators confirm they are still trying to piece together a timeline of what happened leading up to this shooting tragedy on saturday. the shooter was seen leaving his home in college par

police say aguilar showed up at the mall on saturday. he had a 12-gauge shotgun.d the mall for about an more, then went to a store on the second floor, a skate shop, ski and skate shop, and he opened fire, killing 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. >> with tyler, we have lost a kind, positive son, who reached out to help others in need, and he made a difference. this is so unbelievable. our prayers are with him, the other victims and all the people who have been touched by this selfless violence. >> aguilar died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and apparently, he left behind a journal describing his unhappiness. he apparently bought the gun legally back in december. that mall is set to reopen this afternoon. >> so sad. >>> now to breaking news overnight that could seriously affect your next flight. safety checks are being ordered for hundreds of boeing 767 jets. the faa says there could be problems with the planes' tail sections that could possibly cause the pilots to lose control of the aircraft. it is important to note, there have not b

on saturday 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar walked into zumiez and fired. the victims are brianna benlolo and tyler johnson. he took his own life. they found the shooter's body next to a 12 gauge shotgun. they found a bag with homemade explosions. a woman who identified herself as aguilar's mother spoke to people by telephone. >> he's never, never had a gun before. never been interested in guns. never been interested in anything like that. i don't know what happened. i just don't know what happened. i don't know what happened. i feel for those other parents, too. i do. >> police say that aguilar bought the gun legally in maryland last year. he did not have a criminal record and did leave behind a journal. the mall is expected to reopen for business coming up later today. >>> all right. there is some more bad press for cruise ships out there. a royal caribbean trip will end early. this is after 600 people have shown symptoms of the neural virus on board. they departed on wednesday from new jersey. health officials boarded the ship on sunday. the ship will be

offer say darion aguilar killed two people before taking his own life. columbia mall is set to reopen tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. seth has more. >> police have now put a name to the man. >> darion aguilar is the shooter. ande took a cab to the mall walked around for about an hour before approaching a skateboarding shop, where he used a shotgun to kill two employees. andear-old mother brianna tyler. >> no known relationship between our shooter and are victims. >> police efforts were hampered by worries that the shooter had explosives. witnessednever anything like this in my life. >> survivors are still reliving the terrifying experience. >> it was so close. you knew that there were gunshots. >> people started running and screaming and then i heard it again. boom, boom, boom. shoppersthinking by may have saved lives. >> we put everyone in the back room and lock the doors until the swat team came. >> we crouched on top of the so that we would not be seen in the dressing room. >> family friends told abc news they are just as surprised as anyone. >> darion was a go

police are still trying to understand why aguilar took the lives of 25-year-old tyler johnson and 22-year-old brianna benlol benlolo. >> we can't verify a relationship at this point. it's an open question. >> reporter: beyond that, little is known about the victims and the shooters on what appears to be her facebook page, one of the victims brianna benlolo says she's a mom and assistant manager at the store. five other people were injured at the mall. only one was shot. they have all been released from an area hospital. while police search for answers, a memorial facebook page has been posted for the two victims. al jazeera. >>> a pregnant woman who lapse into a vegetative state last year has been removed from life support. john peter smith hospital in texas issued a statement on sunday saying they would follow a court order to disconnect the machines keeping munoz alive. she was 14 weeks pregnant when her us found her unconscious in november possibly due to a blood clot. both the hospital and family agreed that the ruling meant she met the criteria to be brain-dead. >>> edward snowde