attention needed during this incident. unlike what happened in half moon bay, the suspected shooter in monterey park did not give himself up to law enforcement, investigators say that she s shot let make they shot himself after they surrounded it leaving more questions unanswered. trace: jeff paul, stand by if well, we want to bring in for the breaking news, los angeles county sheriff, great to have you on tonight, this is kind of bizarre, we had a mass shooting a couple of days ago in southern california, killed 11 and now just a short time ago in northern california coming have another asian man going after what apparently are aging victims, the similarities are striking. very similar, did one motivate the other? that is something that is going to take a while to figure out, there is a lot of evidence to go through, witness statements, victim statements, those that can speak obviously, and do we have a suspect in custody, what
latest. carlos, these victim statements, family statements, friends, are just heartbreaking to read and to hear. i can only imagine what they re feeling right now. tell us what you ve been hearing from them. reporter: jim, good morning. for three days now the juror has been hearing from the emotional testimony of all of the victims families. they have all been talking about their grief. they have described, quote, the crushing absence that they have felt in their lives as well as the, quote, constant emptiness brought on by the loss of their loved ones. the testimony, as you can imagine, has been pretty emotional throughout the entire week. at one point one of nikolas cruz only attorneys was seen wiping away a tear as the families spoke in court. none of the family members have mentioned cruz by name and none of them were able to say whether or not they want to see cruz die because of his actions. many of them have been in court every single day since the sentencing trial got under
reporter: tear and see raw emotion filled a minneapolis courtroom today as kim potter was sentenced to two years in prison, first degree and second degree man slaughter for fatally shooting 22-year-old daunte right when potter said she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser. because of kim s recklessness, daunte s life was cut short by potter who claims she thought she had a taser, pointed a gun at my son s chest and pulled a trigger, not only killing daunte, but damaged my whole family s heart. both of wright s parents broke down during their victim statements. she broke my heart, shattered my life and my world will never, ever be the same. everything we do as a family ends in tears because all we have is memories left of our son. reporter: the mother of
have heard the victim statements that will have resonated across the country. what is your reaction to this today? i country. what is your reaction to this today? country. what is your reaction to this today? i share the sentiment that almost this today? i share the sentiment that almost everyone this today? i share the sentiment that almost everyone would. - this today? i share the sentiment that almost everyone would. it i this today? i share the sentiment that almost everyone would. it is| that almost everyone would. it is the sentence we needed to hear. we needed to hear the kind of sentence that would reassure the public and all of us that wayne couzens will never be out of prison. and quite obviously it is a justified sentence. i think about the family statements that we heard yesterday and how heartbreaking they were. but how similar they are too when i have talked to many, many families who have lost a loved one who has been murdered in the context of domestic abuse. we do