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in monterey park, a suburb just east of los angeles. let s get right to cnn national correspondent camila bernal on the scene this morning. it s very early in the investigation, but what do we know right now? reporter: yeah, amara, boris, information is very limited, but as you mentioned we just got confirmation from the l.a. county sheriff s department that nine people have been killed. we know this shooting happened around 10:22 last night. there are homicide detectives on the scene already. and we also know from the sheriff s department that the suspect is a man. we do not know whether or not that suspect is in custody or they re still looking for that person because, again, information has been extremely limited from authorities. we have been waiting for a couple of hours now to get that information. and there is someone here from the sheriff s department that is expected to talk to the media fairly soon. so we are waiting for that information. the streets in this ....
biden just back from the far east will speak to the country about the 18 children and two adults murdered this day at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas. he ll talk about them and their deaths at the hands of gunman who himself is now dead. i want to go for the latest on what is happening, the latest from what we have learned from what happened at the rob elementary, ed lavandera begins our coverage tonight from dallas, what s the latest information you have. reporter: hello, anderson, well officials continue to work the scene. local school officials have not confirmed what has been widely reported by state officials that 18 children at rob elementary were gunned down today as well as three adults and the shooter is dead. school officials gone out of their way several times today to tell the community that this gunman acted alone, that the person that that suspect is now dead and no longer a threat, but it is too late for what this community is dealing with and gr ....
Don t actually know the nationality of any of these suspects. so that s why this is different and why we will be focussed on this as a particular type of event that was targeted because it is the lunar new year. julia, i just want to walk with you through the timeline that we shared from captain meyer. 10:22 p.m., a ballroom in that area in monterey park, near the lunar new year celebration called there were calls of a shooting at a ballroom there, patrons began pouring out, according to witnesses, a male suspect apparently opened fire, no description of that suspect, no no description of the firearm used either. right. too early for a motive, they say, but obviously as you pointed out, there are reasons to establish the possibility that this was a targeted attack. what are the difficulties in ....
Blocked off. there is, of course, a lot of police in the area blocking off the streets. and we know that there are homicide detectives in the area as well that we got confirmation about that from the sheriff s department. now, we do know that yesterday there were many chinese lunar new year celebrations. more were expected today. that s sort of the scene in terms of what was happening last night and what was expected to happen throughout the day, but again, nine people have been killed. we do not know if any others were injured. and we are waiting for that confirmation from authorities right now. amara, boris? and we will be watching to hear from law enforcement as soon as they come to the microphones, we ll bring that to you live. camila bernal, please stand by in monterey park, california. let s bring in a cnn national security analyst and a former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. julia, as always, appreciate having you on. unfortunate that it s often ....
The victims or who, in fact, they are yet. but you re exactly right. this would have been a known family community event, much like july 4th events are. you re right. a lot of people probably celebrating after, again, this happening on garvev avenue, according to law enforcement. this is the downtown area of monterey park, so perhaps after this lunar year parade and celebration, people were hanging out and these restaurants and clubs and what have you. it s a huge hub of asian-american restaurants and such. we really appreciate you joining us, julia kayyam. we re following this breaking news story of nine people who are now dead according to the l.a. county sheriff s department. we will learn more about this investigation, but we do know there s a suspect, a male, that they are currently i don t know if they re searching for, but they say the suspect is believed to be male. we ll leave it there. thank you so much. of course, we ll keep you updated once we get more ....