Coroners' records reviewed by LAist show a jump in suicides inside L.A. County’s downtown jail complex in 2021. Jail officials and county-appointed monitors alike say the state of mental health care in the jails is severely deficient.
brandon is our hero but it s the balance between celebrating but also remembering the victims, we re at a festival that is very similar to what was going on just last weekend in monterey park, and we re only two, three miles away from that site. so it is a community that is very intertwined and everybody just thinking brandon and really the la county sheriff saying it s not just brandon, it is many be many people, it is more good than evil. that is what the sheriff pointed out, that people that went no that dance studio more than a week ago doing everything they could to save as many people as possible, the medical personnel that helped them that day just members of the community that were inside of that dance hall that were helping other people there, and so just pointing out that despite everything that happened last week, that this is also a time to celebrate, to come together as a community and really try to do everything they can to honor someone who was
also to the east of los angeles and attempted to get into another gathering armed with what they say was a semiautomatic assault pistol. he was barred from entry by two individuals at that event, they overpowered him, he ran off but they seized the weapon from him and the police say that had they not done so, then this man could have killed a lot more people. they have also said that the vic m s were in their 50s and 60s so they were mainly elderly, like the government itself, it would appear and as we heard there a big investigation is still under way to try to ascertain the motive for this attack. alice a bit more motive for this attack. alice a bit more about motive for this attack. alice a bit more about that, - motive for this attack. alice a | bit more about that, obviously it is early days but for those watching outside the us, what form of that investigation take and who will take the lead on it? it and who will take the lead on it? , ., , it? it will be a big investigation
let s start with developing news and within the last hour police in california say the main suspect in saturday s mass shooting has shot himself dead after being tracked down to a van he was travelling in. 10 people were killed and 10 others injured in the attack during lunar new year in monteray park, around 11 kilometres east of los angeles city centre. at a news conference the la county sheriff, robert luna, gave more information about the suspect. the suspect has been identified as huu can tran and the way that is spelt is h u u, middle name c a n, last name t-r-a-n. he is a 72 year old male asian. i can confirm that there are no outstanding suspect