lam the i am the congress member representing monterey park. i want representing monterey park. i want to representing monterey park. i want to give my enormous thanks and gratitude to law enforcement for finding this shooien enforcement for finding this shooter. all this afternoon, the community was in fear, thinking the community was in fear, thinking they should not go to any events about law enforcement came out and they were enforcement came out and they were able enforcement came out and they were able to find the shooter with were able to find the shooter with not were able to find the shooter with not even 24 hours passing. so i with not even 24 hours passing. so i really with not even 24 hours passing. so i really have to thank la county so i really have to thank la county sheriffs and thank you so much, county sheriffs and thank you so much, sheriff luna, please, a big so much, sheriff luna, please, a big round so much, sheriff luna, please, a big rou
of violence while working at a furniture store. todd: ashley live with the latest, good morning. reporter: good morning, over 1,000 tips since launching the investigation a week ago, south australian laval smith was arrested in california. not far from where he s accused of stabbing u.c.l.a. grad student. le yesterday he had lengthy rap sheets spanning both coasts. he was out on bond for a felony case in sorth carolina for shooting a flare gun into a car with a man and todd ler. he hasn t been in court because of the large because of a massive backlog due to october. he was arrested in foct for possession of stolen items in l.a. it was a felon scri, it s now a misdemeanour. l.a. county sheriffs blame the death on the district attorney.
assaults, open drug usage and none of the parents could take their kids to the park. even the beaches were not safe. and so that was really frustrating and why we got involved and it s been good news that councilman has decided not to run again for office. we feel that s a huge victory. we put a lot of pressure on him so hopefully we can make some changes here in l.a. city council and move getting a new mayor in. bill: it takes an election as i mentioned and you question whether or not your fam plea is safe. you brought that to light about the amount of concern you have for your own kids. what will change their minds short of being out of office? anything? yeah, we need new leadership and we need people like sheriff from the l.a. county sheriff. it seems like the only one that steps up to really help us out. we reach out as parents and families here and say can you come help us? and so it s not his job to
l.a. county sheriffs were there to arrest the attacker and my son is fine but that absence has been painful for us and it is just it is not compassionate to just leave people in squalor on the streets and there is blood and sewage running in the streets here. los angeles is a beautiful place. 80° and rams in the super bowl but we want to have a safe neighborhood. we want to have a place for our kids to play in the park. dana: i can tell it weighs on your mind as a dad and also you want to raise your family there and these policies are really harming your quality of life as i understand it. is that right? yeah, that is correct. one of the reasons i got involved with local politics here and the recall was our local park became an encampment and dangerous. there were shootings, sexual