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custody. there s a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. we ll bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two variants in california. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin on this tragic shooting spree. our ryan young joins us this morning in atlanta. what do you know about the victims, eight total, six of them asian. what can you tell us? reporter: so far, very little information is coming out about the victims except, besides their races. of course, what we ve been told so far is at least six of the people killed are asian. of course, we re trying to move forward with parts of this investigat ....
The suspect from continuing to kill and harm others. we owe them a great debt of thanks. police have identified the gunman as 22-year-old anderson lee aldrich but have not determined a motive. joining us now from colorado springs, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. what do you see and hear, and what more do we know about a potential motive here? reporter: well, willie, good morning. you see this memorial behind me that has grown over the past 24 hours, as people from this community come here to pay their respects for those five victims. what we are learning at this moment, we know that there are those 25 people who were injured. at least 18 of them are still hospitalized. some in critical condition, and of course the big question is why. why did this happen? why did the shooter walk into this club and commit such a devastating act of violence. ....