yet to be identified as police work to determine a motive after a gunman killed at least ten people at a dance hall saturday night in monterey park, california. the shooter a 72-year-old man a fixture at that dance hall. police say armed with a semiautomatic weapon and extended magazines and died sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. it could have been so much worse. shortly after the attack, he went to a second location where a man there disarmed him, and this morning he described their frightening confrontation. i needed to get the weapon away from him. needed to take this weapon, disarm him or else everybody would have died. when i got the courage i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, smashing the back of my head. i i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, create some distance. finally at one
right now on andrea mitchell reports, the monterey park california community devastated by a weekend mass shooting leaving ten dead, ten others injured and the 72-year-old alleged gunman dead while investigators search for motive. i ll speak to the district s congresswoman about the tragedy as well as top law enforcement experts. and a pulse nightclub survivor of that 2016 orlando mass shooting about continuing scourge of guns and high capacity magazines. also this hour, an unprecedented fbi search the private home of a sitting american president, uncovering more classified documents. how the drip by drip of this controversy is eroding support even among leading democrats. should be held accountable and responsible is what we all are and for those in unsecured spaces is irresponsible. at its heart of the issue is the same. those documents should not have been in the personal possession of either joe biden or donald trump. good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in
becomes one of fear and devastating violence and tragedy. the latest in the never-ending epidemic of gun violence in america, the 33rd mass shooting to happen so far this year, at least 11 people were killed at a lunar new year celebration at a billion room in monterey park, california. it is a predominantly asian american suburb of los angeles. the deceased are all in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. officials say that the shooter, 72-year-old asian male, attempted a second attack at another ballroom nearby. that attack was stopped by two patrons. here s how one of them describes what happened. i lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby, trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, create some distance. finally, at one point, i was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create
you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex or parts. we ll begin again on the breaking news for the intensifying gantt hunt for the gunman wanted for a mass shooting near los angeles. here is what we know from police so far. at least ten people were killed which includes five men and five women. ten others have been injured. the suspect is still at large right. now police say they have received some conflicting descriptions from eyewitnesses. the shooting happened at a crowded dance studio in monterrey park just as lunar new year celebrations are underway. let s go to nbc s steve patterson who is on the scene since the wee hours of the morning. steve, welcome. what more can you tell us about this horrific shooting? what have you learned recently? top of my, we ve just had in your press conference as over the half an hour or so ago, with the l.a. county sheriff s department and with moderate police. with so many more that arrived on the s