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shooting at a los angeles area dance hall. we re going to join it live. be sure to stick with us for that. and it comes just hours after a deadly conclusion to a police standoff there. a s.w.a.t. team broke in to a white van, believed to be linked to last night s mass shooting at a lunar new year celebration in monterey park. earlier during an attempted traffic stop of this van, in torrance about 30 miles away, police heard a possible gunshot. the los angeles times says the driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot. and police now have to determine if the person they found behind the wheel is this man, the suspected gunman who opened fire at a ballroom dance studio, killing ten people and wounding ten others. we are covering all the angles of this developing story with our correspondents and experts. let s begin this hour with don lemon in monterey park. don? good evening to you, pamela. and it is a day of devastation here in monterey park, california. yet another sho ....
we need clarification on that, because they re saying it was not legal in california. it was an assault-style pistol that was recovered from the scene. and also there was a hand gun inside the van when they recovered when they went into the van, and other evidence in torrance. also we are hearing reports that he went to a hospital seeking treatment at one point, waited in the hospital, and actually did not get seen, left before he was seen by the medical staff. but that hospital saw the photos that were released by the l.a. county sheriff s department this afternoon and recognized that may be the person and called police about that. and i did see a note that the hospital staff noted that his injuries were consistent with someone who may have just been in a fight. in a fight. that may be the connection to the alhambra incident. it s important to point out, there s still no motive. the suspect is dead in this. again, there was a hand gun that was recovered insid ....
In the bulletin that went out. there s going to be more information that we ll be putting out about the specifics, but right now, i m here to report that the suspect responsible for this tragedy is no longer a threat. second location, were they tipped off at all my the person at the first location? some sort of planning involved, if it s a stolen van. witnesses say, did he say anything when he went into the first club and just opened fire? and how did it go down? we re still interviewing witnesses. we re interviewing location. we re interviewing witnesses at the alhambra location. it sounds weird for me to say, some of this makes sense. putting it together and figuring it all out. we re still in the process of doing that. it s going to take some days. sheriff, were people at the second location tipped off? ....
We need clarification on that, because they re saying it was not legal in california. it was an assault-style pistol that was recovered from the scene. and also there was a hand gun inside the van when they recovered when they went into the van, and other evidence in torrance. also we are hearing reports that he went to a hospital seeking treatment at one point, waited in the hospital, and actually did not get seen, left before he was seen by the medical staff. but that hospital saw the photos that were released by the l.a. county sheriff s department this afternoon and recognized that may be the person and called police about that. and i did see a note that the hospital staff noted that his injuries were consistent with someone who may have just been in a fight. in a fight. that may be the connection to the alhambra incident. it s important to point out, there s still no motive. ....
The van with the suspect. the weapon that was recovered from the alhambra location in which, remember, the suspect went to the alhambra location after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members that i consider to be heroes. because they saved lives. this could have been much worse. the weapon that we recovered at that second scene, i m describing as a magazine-fed semiautomatic assault pistol. not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large capacity magazine attached to it. and that s the pistol that was recovered at the location in alhambra. so with that, i ll come back up for questions after the rest of our partners behind me speak. ....