update us on what took place there in torrance this afternoon, but we understand, from talking to our sources that law enforcement officers with the l.a. county sheriff s department were able to enter a white cargo van earlier this afternoon. that is believed to be connected to the monterey park mass shooting that happened last night. let me go to camilla bernal who is on the scene there for us. she was just listening into this press conference. i guess the one useful thing that was said there, and of course, throat understand that they want to, you know, reassure people in that community that things are safe, and that, i suppose is the purpose of that news conference, which is all well and good. but the useful thing that came out of that news conference is that they did announce that there s going to be a separate press briefing later on this evening here on the east coast, but later in the afternoon for you there on the west coast, it sounded as though he said 4:30 in the a
covering sort of that part of the van that we were looking straight at at the moment. so i m seeing that the law enforcement agents at the back of that bear cat and then we also saw the drone coming closer to the ground. so i m not sure if it landed or not. but i was seeing the drone and it appears that many of these law enforcement officers here are watching what was going on through video of the drone. as you guys have been mentioning, it has not looked urgent in any way over the last couple of minutes that we ve been here. it has been a slow process and a lot of the things that my colleague josh campbell mentioned, just so many law enforcement agencies working together, expanding the crime scene. we got here a while ago and they have moved us multiple times because they have tried to expand the crime scene telling us to be extremely careful because they were just not sure what was inside of that van. so, again, we saw the last vehicle that got here sort of circling around
of a male asian, does that matter? we will also have the latest on new documents found in the delaware home of president biden. in a search, the white house says, it asked the department of justice to conduct. out on the streets, abortion rights advocates protesting in cities across the country today on the 15th anniversary of roe v. wade. we will take you to the one of the biggest demonstrations ahead. we begin in california now where the man hunt is on after police say a gunman killed at least ten people and injured ten others in a lot to angela s summer of monterey park. this came after hundreds of people had gathered for the lunar new year festival in the city. nbc news josh lederman is on the ground for us there in monterrey park. what do you know at this hour, josh? as of about an hour and a half ago from when we heard from law enforcement, a suspect was still on the loose with police, the county sheriff, describing that subject as an asian male. between 30 and 50
miles away from the mass shooting scene. it s interesting that the torrance police department did offer just a tiny bit of information that camilla bernal picked up on earlier on this evening. and that is that they did stop this vehicle. and they are the ones that initially encountered this white van we re looking at right now, before the tactical officers went into it hours later and did what they were doing on screen. how were they able to track down this person in such a densely populated area as los angeles county? i assume there s information sharing that goes on, and it s quite extensive. yeah, there is a lot of information sharing that goes on, you know. my understanding is that a tip from the public led them to a white van. they probably used surveillance video from a variety of locations. they may have probably did get a license tag. there are a lot of white cargo vans. that s the most common color.
what are the chances they will be able to glean a license plate? i know that this israel life. this is not some csi television where they can zoom in that far. what are your thoughts on that? it is quite possible. darkness may play a role here in reading a license plate. the other thing i found with white cargo vans, not only are they just everywhere. literally everywhere. they also are popular in the rental business. it s quite possible that this van could be a rental. it makes it a little more difficult, even when you get the license plate. it could be that someone needs a false name or false i.d. to rent the man. it could end up a dead end here. with regard to what we are seeing right now in terms of the tactical situation on the span, this is a highly tactical felony car stopped. they have blocked this down. bumper locked it as the swat guys will say. it is for a high risk stops. it has to be pulled off