11.   Braun added he had no firsthand knowledge a weapon had been found.

12.   A search would have found the weapon and averted the killing, he said.

13.   Aikman just sits back in his rocking chair and takes his time finding his weapons.

14.   But Inspector Michael Collins, a police spokesman, said investigators who went to the scene of the shooting did not find a weapon on or near Diallo.

15.   But one Israeli soldier said they found fewer weapons than expected.

16.   But no suspects were arrested and no weapons were found in the hours after the shooting, the police said.

17.   But no weapon was found and Luken told reporters on Tuesday that ranking officers were privately expressing doubts.

18.   But no weapon was found and Mayor Charlie Luken told reporters on Tuesday that ranking officers were privately expressing doubts.

19.   But the case is hampered by the fact that no body or murder weapon has been found and no witnesses to the kidnapping or the killing have been produced.

20.   But they admit few illegal weapons were found.