katy tur. we re learning more about the shooting attack at the star ballroom dance studio in monterey park, california, including two of the victims identities. we ll bring you the latest from our own jose diaz balart there on the scene. today the community is mourning the massive loss of life, seven survivors remain hospitalized and a second possible shooting was stopped bay bystander. more on that in a minute. police have not released a motive for the shooting. nbc s kate snow spoke with the mayor of monterey park who had this to say. he may have come because his ex-wife was reveling, celebrating the new year, and you know, just sounded like a history of domestic violence, which is unfortunate, and he essentially, you know, committed to violence, and it cast a fog on a celebratory evening. was it your understanding his ex-wife was here that night? i believe so. so perhaps he was targeting her? possibly, yes. that suspect fled in a white van leading police on a
of psychological issue, in addition to a stressor, we see these kind of attacks, and they get directed not only against an initially-spended intended target but across a wide geography. and one other quick point, the attack last decade, a person going against his ex-wife killed everyone in the orbit he could get. so we see that with people undergoing psychological distress or sociopaths shall,, experiencing anger and a scatter shot approach and much easier now with the firearms that are available, in these states like california, that i m in, which have restricted gun laws, we have a much lower homicide rate than what we see in states that don t, but the guns come across the border often times, as we