i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. investigators in monterey park, california searching for a motive after a gunman killed ten people and wounded ten more at a dance hall. the gunman later took his own life after a standoff with officers officers. before it ended, he did try to target a second dance hall. he was stopped by a bystanders, brandon tsay, who managed to wrestle the gun away from him. my first thoughts was i m going to die here. this was it. when i got the courage, i lunged at him with both of my hands and grabbed the weapon, and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him creating some distance. brandon tsay confronted the gunman. don lemon is on the scene in monterey park, california. don, you re witnessing so much hurt there, i imagine. what are you learning this morning. repor
where the gunman wrestled where they wrestled the gun away from him and then found in his white panel van in torrance, california. so three different scenes here. this area has been traumatized. the asian-american community traumatized as they were celebrating the lunar new year. this was supposed to be the new year celebration starting yesterday and now they are in mourning. they are grieving at this hour. we re awaiting word of another press conference, the last one was last night. we re expecting another one today but they haven t givena time. so i want to check in now with the mayor of monterey park. his name is henry lo and good morning to you. thank you. what a couple of days it has been. really just a matter of one day. they caught the gunman within a matter of 24 hours and here we are this morning. we re getting the identity of the suspect, or of the person who is dead now. also some information about the gun. are there any updates on motive? unfortunately, we are still