gunshot after an overnight manhunt. officials say this 72-year-old man murdered 11, injured nine more. opened fire during lunar new yore celebrations at an asian american dance hall saturday night. we are so surprised. here is safe. i m scared. reporter: this was apparently an old man attacking the middle-aged and older out dancing. but why? we still are not clear on the motive. the investigation continues. reporter: apparently the suspect taught dance here at one point, met his now ex-wife at this very dance hall. they divorced in 2006. she told cnn he could be quick to anger if he missed a dance step, for example. was it an issue of being disgruntled or an issue of domestic violence? we don t know, unfortunately. i was told in the past he was a frequent attendee of this dance hall. reporter: his last known address, a trailer home in a senior community further east in hemet was sevearched. hemet pd came by twice alleging fraud, theft and poison allegations invo
important. a 72-year-old suspect who was found dead at the scene about 12 hours later from what officials believe at this point was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. but there s more to the story. nbc news now on staining this new and exclusive surveillance video that actually shows the moment when an apparent hero helped disarm what is believed to be that suspected gunman, and then this person speaking at it with lester headlight. i had to believe that i was going to die. like, my life was ending here at that very moment. but something something amazing happened, and a miracle actually, he started to tray to prep his weapon so he could shoot everybody, but then it came it dawns on me this was the moment to disarm him. i could do something that could protect everybody and potentially save myself. we begin our coverage. jim, welcom we have an eye on when we ll get our update and we ll go to that when they come out. the horror, the carnage, the lost lives. we could talk abo
shooting at a los angeles area dance hall. we re going to join it live. be sure to stick with us for that. and it comes just hours after a deadly conclusion to a police standoff there. a s.w.a.t. team broke in to a white van, believed to be linked to last night s mass shooting at a lunar new year celebration in monterey park. earlier during an attempted traffic stop of this van, in torrance about 30 miles away, police heard a possible gunshot. the los angeles times says the driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot. and police now have to determine if the person they found behind the wheel is this man, the suspected gunman who opened fire at a ballroom dance studio, killing ten people and wounding ten others. we are covering all the angles of this developing story with our correspondents and experts. let s begin this hour with don lemon in monterey park. don? good evening to you, pamela. and it is a day of devastation here in monterey park, california. yet another shooting
there s too much of it. three weeks into the new year and already 33 mass shootings in the united states with the latest in california leaving ten people dead, new details on why this tragedy could have been even worse. plus president joe biden facing new criticism from within his own party. to think that any of them ended up in boxes in storage one place or the other is just unacceptable. the fallout continues to grow over the fbi s discovery of more classified documents at the president s delaware home. and germany signals a change of heart when it comes to other countries sending this type of tank to ukraine. details in a live report. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, the community of monterey park in california should be celebrating the lunar new year, but instead it s reeling from a deadly mass shooting. the los angeles county sheriff said the suspect in that massacre died from a self
you are no longer in danger because this shooter is gone. the suspect in the deadly monterey park shooting confirmed dead, but for a grieving community questions remain as to why the attack happened. u.s. president joe biden facing new criticism from inside his own party after the fbi finds more classified documents inside his delaware home. and aid comes in many forms for a war ravaged ukraine. while germany softens its tone on tanks, volunteers head to the front lines to deliver much needed supplies. reporter: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin in southern california where police say the suspect in a deadly mass shooting in monterey park is dead. the los angeles county sheriff says the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a cargo van after a standoff with police. he s accused of killing ten people and injuring ten others amid lunar new year celebrations. the suspect has been identified as 72-year-old hu