in monterey park, a suburb just east of los angeles. let s get right to cnn national correspondent camila bernal on the scene this morning. it s very early in the investigation, but what do we know right now? reporter: yeah, amara, boris, information is very limited, but as you mentioned we just got confirmation from the l.a. county sheriff s department that nine people have been killed. we know this shooting happened around 10:22 last night. there are homicide detectives on the scene already. and we also know from the sheriff s department that the suspect is a man. we do not know whether or not that suspect is in custody or they re still looking for that person because, again, information has been extremely limited from authorities. we have been waiting for a couple of hours now to get that information. and there is someone here from the sheriff s department that is expected to talk to the media fairly soon. so we are waiting for that information. the streets in this area
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don t actually know the nationality of any of these suspects. so that s why this is different and why we will be focussed on this as a particular type of event that was targeted because it is the lunar new year. julia, i just want to walk with you through the timeline that we shared from captain meyer. 10:22 p.m., a ballroom in that area in monterey park, near the lunar new year celebration called there were calls of a shooting at a ballroom there, patrons began pouring out, according to witnesses, a male suspect apparently opened fire, no description of that suspect, no no description of the firearm used either. right. too early for a motive, they say, but obviously as you pointed out, there are reasons to establish the possibility that this was a targeted attack. what are the difficulties in
be in fear and law enforcement in each of those communities is going to have to ratchet up out of concern that there is a focus on the asian-american community. the second is, of course, the international implications of america s mass shooting incidents. most of these occur without any interest except for, i think, sort of shock at a lot of our mass casualty events including school shootings. these are viewed as u.s. events and phenomenons unfortunately. i don t think that will be true in this case. i m already monitoring asian media. this is a big event and will have other countries, not just china, but korea and other asian countries interested, focussed on it because this is also because of the strong ties because the asian-american community here and the international community and we
my cholesterol is borderline. so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. we re following breaking news this morning near los angeles where officials say at least nine people were killed in a mass shooting. they have not provided many details on exactly what happened. we understand the suspect is a male, that the shooting took place at roughly 10:30 p.m. last night. we do not know at this moment if the suspect is still on the loose or in custody. however, we are expecting to