lots to cover. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, former fbi special agent in charge and jim cavanaugh and georgia state representative. great to have all three of you with us. what do we know about the victims and how did law enforcement catch and identify the suspect so quickly? well, ayman, it really is a painful day here in atlanta in the wake of this massive shooting spree. we know eight people were killed. six of the victims were of asian descent. one person was also injured. this took place in about an hour or so yesterday around the 5:00 hour. initially, the first shooting location was in the cherokee county area of georgia, about 45 minutes from where we are right now. officials have just released some of the victims names. they include delaina ashley yaun, 33 years old, paul andre michels, 54, xiaojie yan, 49 and daoyuo feng, 44. they range in age from 54 to 33. how were they able to capture the suspect so quickly? apparently his parents alerted officials
law enforcement officials say police may be closing in on the convicted killer david sweat. a massive search under way for the fugitive after his accomplice richard matt was shot dead by a border patrol tactical team on friday. they verbalably challenged him, told him to put up his hands and he was shot when he didn t comply. there were no shots fired by matt at the scene. he never fired the weapon at the scene, they found a .20 gauge shotgun by his body. local residents are breathing a half sigh of relief. some are not staying in their homes afraid the killers were lurking by. relief. i mean for the past 20 days every single person has followed this diligently. people listen to the radio, the scanner, hopeing that law enforcement catch as break. today, it sounds like they did.