Feldman: FBI looking for motive in LAX attack

CNN's Charles Feldman

(CNN) -- Searching for a motive in Thursday's fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, investigators Friday issued a call for information from those who may have known the man they identified as the gunman.

An FBI official said Hesham Mohamed Hadayet -- the Egyptian blamed for the shooting at the airport's El Al ticket counter -- apparently "went there with the intention of killing people. Why he did that is still undetermined."

CNN's Wolf Blitzer discussed the investigation into the attack, which killed two people and wounded four, with Correspondent Charles Feldman in Los Angeles.

BLITZER: Charles, what's the very latest?

FELDMAN: Well, the latest, Wolf, is the FBI is still trying to find out whether this was a terrorist act, in the sense that he was part of some group or had some political cause behind his actions, or whether or not this was the action of a lone and crazed gunman.

What we do know about him is that he earned his living here in the United States owning his own limousine service. He drove a limo and was licensed to drive a limo. He had a wife and a child, and both of them apparently went to Egypt last week. Now, it is unclear whether this was a planned vacation or whether or not, for whatever reason, he sent them off.

The other thing that's emerging that's rather interesting, according to the FBI, is reports of domestic problems that he may have had with his wife and perhaps other relatives here in California. Apparently, the local police in Irvine, California, were called to the residence on multiple occasions because of domestic disturbances. (It is) unclear what the nature was and unclear whether or not that played any role in terms of a possible motive for his attack.

One of the things, though, that the FBI said -- and made very clear -- is that while it is not sure whether or not this was or wasn't a terrorist attack, it's also not sure whether or not this was a hate crime.

Now, the FBI says, Wolf, that as far as they can determine, he was not on any FBI or FAA -- Federal Aviation Administration -- watch list, nor was he apparently on any watch list for any other law enforcement agencies across the world. The FBI is working though very closely with the Egyptian law enforcement agencies to try to find out more about him.

And they are appealing, Wolf, to people all over in this country and elsewhere with any information about him, to please come forward and contact the FBI in the United States to help them try to figure out what was behind this attack yesterday and most important whether or not there is any reason to believe that this was part of some broader plan or some terrorist attack.

BLITZER: At this stage, Charles -- and I know you've been doing an incredible amount of digging with your colleagues out there -- any evidence he was involved in any political groups, any religious groups, anything that might point to some sort of organized behavior around him?

FELDMAN: Not thus far. I know that they confiscated a computer from his home and some other electronic equipment. And about an hour ago, they were still awaiting a judicial search warrant in order to go through those computer files, and they're hoping that perhaps somewhere in the computer would be some information that would answer the very questions you've just raised. But so far, no indication that he was particularly political.

The only thing, of course, was that no, he had a bumper sticker that was on the door to his house -- which apparently had been on the door and then off the door and it was back on the door yesterday -- and all it said was, "Read the Koran."