BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN HOST: Breaking news out of Texas. We have just learned that the gunman responsible for that mass shooting spree over the weekend had previously failed a gun purchase background check. He killed seven people, injured 23 before police killed him during an intense gunfight Saturday afternoon. Let's go to CNN's Scott McLean who is there in Odessa. Scott, what else do we know?</s>SCOTT MCLEAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Brooke, we know this 36-year-old suspect was fired from his job at a trucking company on Saturday. What we found out today though was that that firing got quite ugly to the point where both he and his employer called 911 because of this dispute. Now, before police actually showed up to respond, the shooter had actually left. About 15 minutes before the first shots were fired, he actually called the FBI's national tip line, and it is not the first time that he had done that. He had left a rambling nonsensical voicemail about the so- called hardships that he had gone through. The trooper that pulled him over 15 minutes later for this routine everyday traffic stop did not know about the issue, about his firing, and that law enforcement actually wanted to contact him. The FBI talked about the house they just finished searching, they said it was reflective of his mind. Small, dirty and really showed you the downward spiral that he was on. The FBI said that this case was unique because the shooter was mobile but in virtually every other way it fits a lot the same descriptions of these mass shooters -- Brooke.</s>BALDWIN: Scott McLean, thank you for those new details. We'll stay on that. Also of course we're covering the breaking story that this hurricane category four Hurricane Dorian. Quick break. We're back after this.
Texas Shooter Previously Failed Gun Purchase Background Check.