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
within 30 seconds we received numerous calls. my officers were on scene within three or four minutes. once we stabilized the situation, which means my officers dealt with all of the people fleeing the business, both the ones that were shot, the ones that weren t shot, the whole thing, they then suited up and went inside. so imagine people coming out and my officers going swimming upstream to get inside to stop the problem. once we stabilized the scene, did our search, made sure there was no hiding suspects and set up our perimeter, we do an assessment. it was very clear at that point that we needed the sheriff s department s help, and when i i got there in about 20 minutes. i don t live that far away. i walked the scene and it was very clear to me that i couldn t handle this on my own with the people i have. it was going to be too much of a burden. the partnership that we have
Duke, a Belgian Malinois, joined the Department in May 2013. He officially served the Department for 7 years and 10 months. Duke is currently spending his retirement lounging about the home of his most recent handler, the post stated.
Duke has made the news many times throughout his distinguished career. His official stats are as follows:
Narcotics Utilization:
Interior Vehicle Search – 45 with 42 confirmed/finds
Building Search – 58 with 32 confirmed/finds
Felony Narcotics Arrests – 11
Felony Arrests – 15
Crimes in Progress – 260