>>> POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT WAS
SHOT, AND NOW THEY'RE LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND WHAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED HIM.
CNN'S GEORGE HOWL REPORTS.
>> Reporter: SO YOU SPOKE WITH
HIM BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED?
>> YES, I WENT TO THE STORE
WHERE HE WORKED TO PURCHASE SOME
ICE.
WHEN I WALKED IN, OF COURSE, AS
HE USUALLY DOES, MAYOR, HOW ARE
YOU DOING?
I SAID, I'M FINE, HOW ARE YOU?
>> ST. JOSEPH MAYOR EDWARD BROWN
SAYS THE STANDOFF THAT ROCKED
THIS TOWN CAME OUT OF THE BLUE.
BROWN SAYS HE KNEW HE ONCE
ATTENDED LSU, BUT MORE RECENTLY
WORKED AT THE GAS STATION HI
FAMILY RUNS.
POLICE SAY HESS FATHER IS FROM
YEMEN, BUT AHMED WAS A