NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins said on the “Morning Joe” panel Tuesday that the Fourth of July parade shooting is “not tied” to former President Donald Trump.

Police detained suspected shooter Robert E. Crimo, 22, after the attack that killed at least six people and injured over 20 others. Collins said the former president is not to blame for the shootings after reports circulated that the suspected shooter attended a Trump rally dressed as the character from the “Where’s Waldo” children’s books.

“The one thing that combines all these things is ready access to weapons,” he said. “This guy had ready access to weapons. That’s the one thing. He had ready access to a machine that could kill a bunch of people in a short period of time. You’re not gonna be able to stop this on a rhetorical level, this guy posted on Spotify, Discord, a bunch of websites that you and I would never hear of,” he began.

“You can’t drill this down to one specific traditional political subculture,” he continued. “I know a lot of people want to point out that this guy was a Donald Trump fan.