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Colorado gun control: Governor signs two new laws

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    Trace Gallagher reports from Los Angeles

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Well the man -- on for whoever shot and killed -- head of the Colorado department of corrections when the victim into the front door of his home.

And the shooting came just hours before the State's governor signed -- -- tough gun control law.

It happened and upscale neighborhood is described to us in the town of monument which is between Denver and Colorado Springs.

The suspect reportedly shot Tom Clements right in the chest a family member -- called 911 and when the cops got there they -- -- nearby woods -- dogs.

But the evidence suggests to them that the gunman may have jumped in a car after the shooting.

And as for a suspect's description or motive investigators say they really don't have much.

Because.

The fact that mr.

Clements served in the position that he did.

As the executive director of but Colorado department of corrections.

We're sensitive to the back to the fact there could be any number of people who may have a motive for wanting to target him for a crime such as this.

Of course gun violence has been a major issue after the deadly attack it -- to look elementary in Newtown Connecticut and last summer's movie theater massacre in Aurora Colorado.

Today the democratic governor there John Hickenlooper signed the bills which banned in ammunition magazines that hold more than fifteen rounds.

And require background checks for private and on line gun sales.

Every Republican in the State's house and senate voted against those background checks.

Trace Gallagher -- with more in on the investigation -- this car in the neighborhood what what more do we know about that.

-- no -- about fifteen minutes before the 911 call came in saying that complements had been shot a neighbor actually walked outside and saw black sedan either Lincoln or Cadillac and it was -- one street over from complements house the car was still running but it was vacant and then five or six minutes later the very same neighbor came out and saw the car drive away he did not get a license plate number.

But he's not the only one who sought here's police.

We did receive three or four additional phone calls.

From a local residents to confirmed also seeing.

That vehicle and were primitive or provide some of the information regarding their sightings as well again in this same area with a very similar description for that vehicle.

So that piece of information continues to be very interesting to us something that we hope to learn more about.

At the same time police are looking for a woman who was actually walking through that neighborhood about the very same time they'd like to talk to her -- about what she might have seen in that neighborhood to Trace what's this on a possible Saudi Arabia connection.

There's a Saudi national who lives in Colorado -- back in 2006 he was convicted of sexually assaulting his housekeeper essentially of keeping her as a sex slave for years he was sentenced to 28 years to -- the sentence was then lowered to eight years but Saudi officials were -- -- that he was convicted at all in fact Colorado's attorney general actually had to meet at one time with King Abdullah.

To calm tensions down now the Saudi national then requested.

To serve the remainder of his sentence in Saudi Arabia and last week.

Complements.

Denied.

That request police are not saying these are connected at all.

But they are saying that right now everything is on the table shut Trace Gallagher live Trace thank you.

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