monterey park, california. a gunman opened fire inside a dance studio near lunar new year celebrations saturday night. that suspect is a 72-year-old man who targeted another local after his initial rampage. police say he then took his own life, after an hours-long standoff in a parking lot the following day. he was disarmed by two community members they consider to be heroes. pause they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i m describing as a magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large-capacity magazine. and just ahead, you re going to hear from one of the men who confronted and fought off the gunman, one of those heroes, fighting him off before he could open fire at that second dance studio. let s begin this hour with cnn s senior national correspondent, kyung lah who s on the scene there in monterey park, california. so kyung, what more ca
monterey park, california. a gunman opened fire inside a dance studio near lunar new year celebrations saturday night. that suspect is a 72-year-old man who targeted another local after his initial rampage. police say he then took his own life, after an hours-long standoff in a parking lot the following day. he was disarmed by two community members they consider to be heroes. pause they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i m describing as a magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large-capacity magazine. and just ahead, you re going to hear from one of the men who confronted and fought off the gunman, one of those heroes, fighting him off before he could open fire at that second dance