Officials for their fast action. they were able to provide us with a photograph of the suspect, they also provided us with the vehicle description that the suspect left. reporter: according to tennessee representative steve cohen, the suspect is a former student at margolin hebrew academy, though police have not confirmed that. the incident, the police have described as a potential mass shooting is leaving many parents deeply shaken. so many emotions, you know. nervous, angry, scared, anxious. reporter: gila says she s grateful officials had a safety plan in place. security is absolutely a priority for our community. reporter: this latest incident comes on the heels of a shooting at a school in nashville in march that left three children and thr of course, of course, that shooting sparked state wide calls for stronger gun laws and stronger school security across tennessee. those calls have only grown louder with this latest
Afternoon attack on teenagers caught on camera. masked gunmen spring dozens of bullets at three teenagers, a 16 year old and 2 13 year olds today, two of those victims are in critical condition in police are searching for the shooters here . let s talk about this with cnn s senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe. he s a former deputy director of the fbi. so, andy, we re looking at this. we see the faces of the gunmen are covered, but the video is very clear here. how optimistic are you that the shooters may actually be identified. brianna i m pretty optimistic of video like this is obviously a great thing to work with. at the beginning part of an investigation. there s also from the reporting. we know that they re aware of the description of the vehicle likely. what uh, what detectives in philadelphia will do is work with both of the video and the vehicle description and go out to their broad. swath of informants in the community, speaking to other
Highway one. it is believed all seven were chinese and latino farm workers, eighth victim is in the hospital in critical condition. authorities say at the time of the shooting there were a lot of people present, including children. there are people that live at the location as well so, you know, it was in the afternoon when kids were out of school and for children to witness this is unthinkable. police have identified the gunman as 67-year-old chunli a resident. he acted alone and worked at one of the businesses targeted with the help of translators called to the scene police were able to get enough information to come up with a vehicle description. and shortly after the shootings several hours later a deputy spotted the car in the parking lot of the sheriffs substation in half moon bay with the man
You are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we want to have an update now on some breaking news coming in to cnn. dramatic new developments in a standoff that is believed to be connected to last night s mass shooting at a dance shooting in monterey park, california. police say the s.w.a.t. operation, part of this story, is now over, and the neighborhood is safe. this is the moment that police approached a van matching the respect s vehicle description, and then breaking the window. you can see there, and just a short time ago, police entered a second white van from torrance, california. the sheriff s department says they are working to determine at