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park, california where investigators are searching for what motivated a man to kill ten people on saturday night at a dance studio during lunar new year. police have identified the gunman as 72-year-old huu can tran. he was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as officers closed in on his vehicle following a massive manhunt and this morning we re hearing from one fts heros who helped so stop the carnage. a 26-year-old man who subdued and disarmed the gunman at a second location is speaking out for the very first time. natasha chen joining me now with this hero s riveting account. good morning. what did he say. reporter: well, brandon tsay said he was cleaning up after most customers have gone at the lailai dance studio in alhambra and wasn t paying attention to the front door but he heard it close and he saw this man and heard the sound of metal rubbing together. this man, he said, seemed as if he was not looking for money. not as if hes with trying to rob a ....
Help us out here. you heard the account from the 26-year-old who is being credited with preventing further violence in monterey park. what is your reaction or further violence in alhambra. what is your reaction to what you heard from him? well, you know, listen, this hero, let s label him what he is. here a hero, for stopping future acts of killing. he used his instincts. don, when i heard that interview, he said when i overcame or when i got the courage to do it wasn t the courage, it was his natural instinct that there was a threat in front of him and he addressed the threat. for a long time dhs and other law enforcement entities have been promoting run hide and fight and we ve heard this a thousand times. we ve talked about it on this program numerous times as well. that has been a great program to raise awareness of what to do when faced with a hostile intruder and active shooter situation. but like any program, it needs ....
Close and he saw this man and heard the sound of metal rubbing together. this man, he said, seemed as if he was not looking for money. not as if hes with trying to rob anybody, but looking for people to harm, he said. and then he described feeling as if he might die in that moment. and he said he got up the courage to act. here is what he said. when i got the courage, i lunged at him with both of my hands. grabbed the weapon. and we had a struggle. we struggled into the lobby trying to get this gun away from each other. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him creating some distance. finally, at one point, i was able to pull the gun away from him and shove him aside and create some distance, point the gun at him and intimidate him ....