there is a scheduled press conference that is about to begin any minute now, of course we ll bring that to you. louisville police department say that the shooter is dead and that there is no longer a threat to the public. according to two senior officials, authorities are currently investigating the shooting as a workplace violence situation. joining us now is nbc s george solis, also with us is nbc s ken dilanian george, what s the very latest as you mentioned, we re waiting for that press conference where we expect the mayor, police chief, as well as governor andy brasheer to get updated information. the extent of the injuries not known at this point, sort of to recap here, we know that this happened shortly after 8:30 according to thauthorities. they heard active gunshots being fired outside or inside of that bank we ll get some clarity here shortly. we know that the shooter was dead on the scene. police at this point were not saying how that occurred officials unable to
we begin in the u.s. state of california where a pair of new shootings have claimed the lives of at least seven people. that comes just days after 11 people died in a mass shooting further south in monterey park. monday s rampage took place in the coastal city of half moon bay, where authorities say the shooter opened fire into different locations. flea two miles apart. another victim was critically injured in the attacks. police took 67-year-old generally sow into custody, and they say they found a handgun in his vehicle close by. well, now they are trying to figure out a motive. here was the san mateo county sheriff speaking on monday. at 4:40 pm, sow was located in his vehicle in the parking lot of the sheriffs substation here in half moon bay. by a sheriff s deputy. cao was taken into custody without incident. and a semiautomatic handgun was located in his vehicle. cao is believed to have acted alone. and there is no further threat to this community. cnn s camila bern
there is a scheduled press conference that is about to begin any minute now, of course we ll bring that to you. louisville police department say that the shooter is dead and that there is no longer a threat to the public. according to two senior officials, authorities are currently investigating the shooting as a workplace violence situation. joining us now is nbc s george solis, also with us is nbc s ken dilanian george, what s the very latest as you mentioned, we re waiting for that press conference where we expect the mayor, police chief, as well as governor andy brasheer to get updated information. the extent of the injuries not known at this point, sort of to recap here, we know that this happened shortly after 8:30 according to thauthorities. they heard active gunshots being fired outside or inside of that bank we ll get some clarity here shortly. we know that the shooter was
workplace violence situation. and i think that the details will come out. we just have to be patient. give law enforcement a chance to get the facts out. did not spread any rumors. catherine, thank you so much for joining us. thank you. well, meantime, the year beginning to learn the names of the victims from saturday s mass shooting in monterey park. so far authorities have released the identity of three for the 11 people killed. all of those who lost their lives were over the age of 50. cnn s brian todd has more. the l.a. county sheriff says law enforcement is still in the process of identifying all of the victims in monterey park. in the meantime he gave an indication of the general demographics of those who are inside the star ballroom dance studio that night. they are not in their twenties or theories, they seem to be probably, i would say, in their 50s, 60s, maybe some even beyond. cnn has confirmed that main
there is a ton of, you know, items of evidentiary value at that location. the police are at the residence. they are searching through not only his car but also going to go back and look through social media and conduct interviews of friends and family and try to ascertain what was the motivation for this horrific, horrific attack? typically, for targeted acts of violence like this, they are always rooted in some sort of grievance and especially a workplace violence situation. what we like to know was he targeting one individual and everyone else was collateral damage, or was he attacking the establishment? a lot of unanswered questions here. the authorities did say it was indiscriminate shooting is how spotters described it, there was indiscriminate shooting but you still believe there could be a target that this gunman had? it s always a possibility. listen. we don t know what the trigger was for him to, you know, transcend from just being known