bollin is accused of wounding a trooper before he was arrested at his home.t trooper is in stable condition. all right, now to testimony from a key witness at derek chauvin's murder trial: the medical examiner who ruled george floyd's death a homicide. now, his testimony is important because chuvin's lawyers were hoping it would bolster their claim that drugs and heart issues were to blame for floyd's death. cbs' jamie yuccas reports from minneapolis. >> reporter: tonight, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on george floyd took the stand. dr. andrew baker told jurorsr that while heart disease and drugs played a role, it was the interaction with police that caused floyd's death. >> the law enforcement subdual restraint and neck compression was more than mr. floyd could take by virtue of those heart conditions. >> reporter: on the death certificate dr. baker listed the drugs found in floyd's system and heart ailments as contributing conditions, not causes. >> mr. floyd's use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck restraint. his heart disease

. >> he is identified as larry bollin. this moment, he is in jail charged with murder, but they're still actively searching for a potential motive around 2:30. when the gunshots were first reported at that business. by the time that police arrived they found several victims in that building. bollin had since flaed in a vehicle and state troopers gave per suit to a near by down. one trooper trying to apprehend the suspect at that place when he opened fire yet again striking that deputy who, at this point in time, that trooper, rather, is inside this hospital doing his best to recover. we know he is in serious but stable condition. in the meantime the atf is on the scene at that business trying to gather evidence and build their case as much as possible. employees described bollin as a kwee yet but humble plan. early checks into his general history involve no significant crime. more to come in this investigation and a tragic scene here in bryant. steph? >> take us to south carolina. any idea why this happened? what are inves

. >>> our top stories this morning -- investigators have charged 27-year-old larry bollin in a texasrampage. one person was killed, six people were wounded including a state trooper. officers say the suspect is an employee of the cabinet business where the shooting happened. a motive has not been determined. >>> and new covid cases are up across the country, even as millions get vaccinated every day. more than 79,000 new cases were reported yesterday in the u.s. the cdc says the most common source of the spike is the uk variant. >>> there will be events this weekend nationwide to mark holocaust days of remembrance. and for some survivors, keeping in touch during the pandemic has been challenging. michael george shows us how one organization is helping out. >> reporter: meet rita pollock. >> hi -- >> reporter: and henry musock. >> why is this different -- >> reporter: they're regulars at self-help community services virtual senior center, an online gathering place where they laugh and learn. >> i love the art classes. i love the music classes. >> it's a wonderful thing for people like

. >> reporter: the suspect identified by police as 27-year-old larry bollin, taken into custody nearly hours after he allegedly fired his first shots. police have not commented on a possible motive but his family says he was involved in an ongoing dispute with group of co-workers. exclusively telling abc news in a statement, please do not judge the situation until you hear all the facts. that state trooper is in serious, but stable condition this morning, and the gunman, he was unharmed. he is now facing a murder charge and he's being held on a million dollars bond. >>> we are now going to turn to another unfortunately mass shooting. and another community now searching for answers, this one left five dead in south carolina including a prominent doctor and three of his relatives. the suspect, a former nfl player. will reeve has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, the search for answers. authorities trying to determine what drove former nfl player phillip adams to brutally gun down six people, killing five. >> how many shots did you hear? >> about 20. it's automatic. i think there's t

larry bollin arrest and charged with murder. the 27-year-old was an employee at the warehouse where he opened fire the man killed in the massacre identified as 40-year-old timothy smith. the family is in shock four others were injured, including two critical the gunman shot a texas state trooper while he was trying to arrest the suspect officials say the trooper remains in critical but stable condition. >>> in south carolina, investigators are trying to figure out what led a former nfl player to go on a shooting rampage before he shot and killed himself he killed dr. robert leslie, his wife and their two grandchildren. a fifth victim also found dead outside the home a sixth person in the hospital with serious injuries. in an interview last night, a congressman offered a possible motive for the shooting that he says he received from the police the congressman said, law enforcement told him the doctor was treating adams and stopped giving him his medicine and that was what triggered the killings. a county sheriff says he cannot co

they do say the suspect in yesterday's shooting identified as larry bollin, an employee at the company into custody. a state trooper was shot and wounded while pursuing him. from march of last year to this year, there was only one public mass shooting to the u.s. according to the database compiled. in the span of six days two public mass shootings in atlanta and colorado. >> is the whining down of the pandemic making mass shooting more? >> reporter: the texas shootings came after biden announced executive actions on gun control. kits that people can buy to build untraceable guns at home. >> anyone from a criminal or terrorists can buy this kit. >> reporter: biden's executive action have limited impact. analyst says he got an uphill to climb to get tough on guns. >> it is going to be difficult to put forward major assault weapons banned in the united states. president biden wants to ban high-capacity magazines. there is little appetite among republicans or democrats in congress to enact stricter gun laws. wolf. >> brian, thank you, we'll have more news after this. # that's why i go with

police have identified him as 27-year-old larry bollin. police say he's an employee at the facility and has been charged with murder. >> everybody is shocked because the guy was a very peaceful guy and calm. he was very calm all the time. >> reporter: amelia rodriguez, a worker at the facility, described the hectic atmosphere as the shooting broke out. >> it was like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. it was like living a horror movie. >> reporter: investigators have yet to determine a specific motive for the shooting. in the meantime another tight-knit community is left struggling to find answers. >> we live in this nation that got all of the blessings and i don't know what just happened. i don't get it. >> we do know that the trooper is in stable condition right now and the other four victims are still considered in critical condition. we also just received new information on this case. larry bollin, the suspect, is being held in a local jail on a million dollar bond. he's been charged with one count of murder but it's likely he hb back in co

say the shooter worked at that cabinet warehouse, and overnight identified him as 27-year-old larry bollin. they have not released a potential motive, but he has been charged with murder. it comes just hours after president biden addressed the issue of gun violence. >> today we're taking steps to confront not just the gun crisis but what is actually a public health crisis. >> reporter: before the shooting, texas governor greg abbott pushed back on the president's actions calling for legislation to make texas a second amendment sanctuary state. in a statement released after the shooting, abbott praised the swift response by law enforcement adding the state would assist in any way needed to help prosecute the suspect. as investigators now search for what led to this attack, people in bryan dealing with what's become an all too familiar situation. >> we live in this nation that got all the blessings, and i don't know why this happened. >> reporter: and this morning we are not even halfway through the month of april and a group that tracks gun violence says this is now the 14th mass shooting i