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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Thursday, April 29th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning, a gunman who went on a shooting rampage in Los Angeles on Tuesday,

killing two people and wounding two others, had an arsenal of weapons at his home and possessed

a legally purchased AR-15 semi-automatic rifle law enforcement sources told the Times as more

details about the incident emerged. The gunman, who was fatally shot by police after a standoff

on the 91 freeway in Fullerton was identified

by the Los Angeles Police Department as 49-year-old Carlos Lopez. On Tuesday, LAPD officials

said they recovered a handgun they believed was used in all of the shootings. Police were

investigating whether the weapons found at the gunman's home were legal. The man's motivation for spraying

bullets at five different

locations remains unclear. It does not appear that he knew the victim's sources said. The LAPD

is investigating whether the shootings were hate crimes since two of the victims were Asian,

one of those who died and one who was grazed in the head by a bullet, but no determination has

been made. The gunman began his rampage just before 1 a.m.

Tuesday, firing multiple rounds at a man inside a car. About 10 minutes later, the gunman pulled up

to a Starbucks drive-through, where he backed into a car, then pulled up alongside them an open fire

on the young couple, killing the husband and injuring the wife. Within 15 minutes, the gunman

traveled about 20 blocks where he shot and killed an

Uber driver. The gunman shot at people in two other cars before fleeing from Los Angeles police

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