monterey park, california. ten people were killed. at least ten others were injured when a man opened fire inside a ballroom packed with people who were celebrating the lunar new year. authorities say the 72-year-old gunman died yesterday from a self inflicted gunshot as police closed in on his van in a parking lot in torrence, california. that s about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. the los angeles county sheriff says two heroes stopped the suspect from carrying out another shooting saturday night in a ballroom in a nearby town. the suspect fled the scene after they were able to disarm him. joining us is kathy park live in monterey park, california. kathy, thank you so much for being with us this morning. what s the latest in terms of police saying as to how this tragedy transpired? well, jonathan, i can tell you that hour s long manhunt ended up in torrence,
ham bra. the suspect fled the scene after they were able to disarm him. joining us, nbc news correspondent, kathy park. she lives in monterey park, california, what s the latest? she s live there, sorry. reporter: good morning to you. yeah, it was supposed to be a weekend of celebrations and festivities but it has been marked by tragedy, and right behind me, you are looking at a growing memorial outside that dance hall where the mass shooting took place. it happened roughly around 10:30 saturday evening. police say the gunman entered this building, began shooting indiscriminately. killed ten, injuring ten others, and moved to the second location you mentioned a few minutes away in el hambra, california. at that location, we are told that two community members were able to disarm the suspect. however, the suspect did get away, and there was an hours long man hunt, but that man hunt ended in torrence, california,
to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create some distance, point the gun at him, intimidate him, shout at him and say, get the hell out of here! the pistol they recovered gave the police the intel they needed. on sunday, their suspect was located 30 miles away in torrence, sitting in a white van. he killed himself before the swat team moved in. the gun violence archive said this was the 33rd mass shooting of year. we are now at 36. our north america correspondent sophie long is in monterey park. sophie, nice to see you. the asian community has been targeted before, and certainly these communities feel threatened across america, but the cruel irony of this particular shooting is it was one of their own. yeah, christian, which is prompting everyone here to ask, why? and that is the question we don t know the
incredible. the game plans they have are incredible. you can t count the 49ers out. anybody with george kittle and, you know, mccaffrey, terrific team. i love the 9ers. let s get to our top story this morning, we ll start with the very latest developments in the deadly mass shooting saturday night in monterey park, california. ten people consider killed and at least ten others were injured when a man opened fire inside a ballroom packed with people who were celebrating the lunar new year. authorities say the 72-year-old gunman died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as police closed in on his van in a parking lot in torrence, california. that s about 30 miles from the scene of the shooting. the los angeles county sheriff says two heroes stopped the suspect from carrying out another shooting on saturday night at a ballroom nearby in el
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 search for several hours, they were eventually able to approach the vehicle in torrence, california, about 30 miles from the location of the shooting. police found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. and today, officials are praising a hero who stopped a possible second attack. brandon shay was in the office of his family-owned ballroom studio in al hambra when a man walked in and pointed a smook a semi automatic goon at him. here he is speaking to us this morning. i got the courage and lunged at him with both 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, and he was hitting