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Coverage dated October 27, 2022

FBI background check stops gun sale to St. Louis school shooter

Headline from FOX 6 Milwaukee

Authorities said a 19-year-old shooter who killed two people at a St. Louis high school bought an AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check prevented him from buying a gun from a licensed dealer.

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  1. FOX 6 Milwaukee

    FBI background check stops gun sale to St. Louis school shooter (opens FOX 6 Milwaukee)

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    FOX 6 Milwaukee's feed description

    Authorities said a 19-year-old shooter who killed two people at a St. Louis high school bought an AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check prevented him from buying a gun from a licensed dealer.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    St. Louis Shooter Got Gun From Private Seller After FBI Background Check Blocked Sale (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    The gunman who shot and killed two people at a St. Louis high school purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check stopped him from buying a weapon from a licensed dealer.

  3. KVIA El Paso

    St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Elizabeth Wolfe and Raja Razek, CNN The gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in a school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday was flagged by an FBI background check but was still able to purchase the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack from a private seller, police sa…

  4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    FBI background check blocked gun sale to St. Louis shooter (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Police say the 19-year-old gunman who shot and killed two people at a St. Louis high school purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check

  5. Los Angeles Times

    FBI background check blocked gun sale to St. Louis school shooter (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The 19-year-old who killed two people at a St. Louis high school was blocked from buying a gun from a licensed dealer after an FBI background check.

  6. Bearing Arms

    Were police notified after St. Louis school shooter failed background check for gun purchase? (opens Bearing Arms)

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    Bearing Arms's feed description

    Police in St. Louis, Missouri announced on Thursday that the 19-year old who murdered a teacher and student at his former high school this week had purchased the rifle used in the attack from a privat...

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