NEW: The suspect who allegedly gunned down seven people and injured more than 20 in western Texas appeared to have exploited a loophole in federal gun regulations to obtain the AR-type assault rifle he used, multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News.
The suspect who allegedly gunned down seven people and injured more than 20 in a Labor Day weekend massacre in western Texas appeared to have exploited a loophole in federal gun regulations to obtain the AR-type assault rifle he used in the rampage, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News on Tuesday.
"The background check was run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The NIC system did work. He applied to get a gun. He was denied a gun," Wester said at a news conference on Monday, but declined to say why Ator was rejected.
"Frankly, the dispatchers, the call takers, couldn't figure out what he was talking about," said Combs who added that the FBI tip line gets 800,000 calls a year. The shootings unfolded at 3:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, about 15 minutes after Ator called the FBI's National Tip Line, Combs said.
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