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Aurora shooter Gary Martin had his gun license strip after a felony conviction was discovered when he applied for a concealed carry card. He lost his card but still kept his gun. And that gun was used to kill 5 people and wound 5 police officers Friday.
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said authorities are now investigating which law-enforcement agency was responsible for following up with Martin after he lost his license and why he still had a gun five years later.
The criminal background check done when Martin applied for his gun license did not find his felony conviction. It wasn't until he was fingerprinted for the concealed carry card that it popped up in his background.
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said the shooter's felony conviction wouldn't necessarily show up in background check the Illinois state police conducted before wrongly giving Martin a gun license.
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