this press conference i handed over to mehdi hassan. hello alicia. a horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police preface conference on the shooting in california. that is going to be a very important press conference, is it not? it is going to be a very important press conference. a lot of big questions, still outstanding. many of course, the question of public safety. you heard representative chu saying she had people coming up to her all day saying can i send my kids to school? can i go to another event that is there, trying to reassure them. then of course questions about motive, what was it that was driving the suspect here to commit this horrific act. and then there is still a lot we don t know, matty, about the victims. we know that there are ten people dead, five were men five are women, we know that there are going to be ten more injured. but beyond that a lot of questions. we don t know enough about the victims. w
whether we will ever have a seat at the table. truly profound question. karoun, thanks so much for time tonight. that is it for american voices. i m alicia mendes, as we continue to follow this breaking story, and this press conference. 100 over two hello mehdi. hello, alicia. horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police press conference on the shooting in california. that is gonna be a very important press conference. it s good beaver in portland press conference, a lot of big questions still outstanding. mehdi, of course, this question of public safety. you heard representative shoe saying she had people come up to her all day saying, can i send my kids to school? then i go to another event that is planned. trying to reassure them. and then of course questions about motives i what is driving the suspect to commit this horrific. act and this a lot we don t know, mehdi, about the victims. we know there are ten people de
like this, something this awful can happen. also, in regards to the weapons. there was a handgun, described that was it in the van with the suspect. the weapon that was recovered from the al hamburg location, in which remember, the suspect went to the alhambra valley case shin after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members who i consider to be heroes. they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i am describing as a magazine fed semiautomatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle but an assault pistol that had an extended, large capacity magazine attached to it. and that is the pistol that was
is a lot of work and investigation to be done. and just real quick, before i turn it over to the next one speaker, you have been asking me about motive. we still are not clear on the motive. the investigation continues. and that is something we are all extremely, we want to know. we want to know how something like this, something this awful can happen. also, in regards to the weapons. there was a handgun, described that was it in the van with the suspect. the weapon that was recovered from the al hamburg location, in which remember, the suspect went to the alhambra valley case shin after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members who i consider to be