did he domestic violence abuser? how did he get these guns and was it through legal means or not? well, it through legal means or not? well, those questions will have to be well, those questions will have to be answered in the future but what to be answered in the future but what i want to do here is to say but what i want to do here is to say to but what i want to do here is to say to the community, feel safe to say to the community, feel safe you to say to the community, feel safe. you are no longer in danger safe. you are no longer in danger because this shooter is gone danger because this shooter is gone and danger because this shooter is gone and so i told you this morning. gone and so i told you this morning, i ve lived in this city morning, i ve lived in this city for morning, i ve lived in this city for 37 morning, i ve lived in this city for 37 years and i was mayor city for 37 years and i was mayor and city council member at one mayor an
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
this press conference i handed over to mehdi hassan. hello alicia. a horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police preface conference on the shooting in california. that is going to be a very important press conference, is it not? it is going to be a very important press conference. a lot of big questions, still outstanding. many of course, the question of public safety. you heard representative chu saying she had people coming up to her all day saying can i send my kids to school? can i go to another event that is there, trying to reassure them. then of course questions about motive, what was it that was driving the suspect here to commit this horrific act. and then there is still a lot we don t know, matty, about the victims. we know that there are ten people dead, five were men five are women, we know that there are going to be ten more injured. but beyond that a lot of questions. we don t know enough about the victims. w
whether we will ever have a seat at the table. truly profound question. karoun, thanks so much for time tonight. that is it for american voices. i m alicia mendes, as we continue to follow this breaking story, and this press conference. 100 over two hello mehdi. hello, alicia. horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police press conference on the shooting in california. that is gonna be a very important press conference. it s good beaver in portland press conference, a lot of big questions still outstanding. mehdi, of course, this question of public safety. you heard representative shoe saying she had people come up to her all day saying, can i send my kids to school? then i go to another event that is planned. trying to reassure them. and then of course questions about motives i what is driving the suspect to commit this horrific. act and this a lot we don t know, mehdi, about the victims. we know there are ten people de
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