Second White Van News Today

you are live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we want to have an update now on some breaking news coming in to cnn. dramatic new developments in a standoff that is believed to be connected to last nights mass shooting at a dance shooting in monterey park, california. police say the s.w.a.t. operation, part of this story, is now over, and the neighborhood is safe. this is the moment that police approached a van matching the respects vehicle description, and then breakin...

Important. you have witnesses at the scene that can provide a description of the individual. i mean, thats what you have to go on in these initial stages of an investigation. so that information is absolutely critical. i mean, you know the guy is in a van. what direction did he leave? what kind of surveillance video? not just there, but the potential route that individual took. can you pick up a license tag along the way? those kinds of things are critical, and that second location, where patron...

This investigation, law enforcement wasnt revealing a lot of information to us. that first press conference we saw earlier today, the notion of the white van didnt even come up from the sheriff, it came and was raised by a question. you know, to me thats signaling there was a lot more going on behind the scenes by investigators, and that they didnt want to telegraph to the public. investigators have a lot of resources at their disposal these days, especially a lot of technological resources. so ...

I want to bring in our cnn law enforcement agent, chief charles ramsey. police have put out the suspects picture, they are not naming him. they have been very cautious through all of this in what they have been releasing to the public. as cautious as they were, and that methodical ending to that standoff in torrance, california, what stands out to you at this hour? >> well, i mean, it appears as if theyre pretty confident that they have the individual they were looking for. they put out a tweet ...

Los angeles. a dramatic standoff is over after police moved in on two white vans. they fit a description of a van of interest in connection with a shooting at a dance studio in monterey park. it is unclear what, if anything, police found inside the two vans. but you can see the officers making their way to the vehicle. one of the vehicles, the one vehicle of interest where there appears to be a suspect or maybe a suspect dead inside on the drivers side of that vehicle. the l.a. county sheriffs d...

Say in the next briefing. again, it will be all fact driven. >> chief ramsey, for the sheriffs department to put out a tweet that says the standoff is over, the neighborhood is safe, that is a very clear indication that, you know, and theres the tweet right there, we have it on the screen right now. i guess that doesnt tell us everything. but theyre not going to willy-nilly put out a tweet like that in a cavalier fashion unless they are certain that they had the situation at least in hand there ...

Conference. these press conferences dont always start on time, so well keep you posted when authorities come up to the mic. but there are a lot of things that need to be confirmed here. we dont know from authorities whether or not the person inside of that van is connected to the shooting that happened last night. now, we know that authorities believe that is the case, and we have heard from sources that is the case. but we have not gotten that official confirmation from the sheriffs department....

Afternoon why the l.a. sheriff was keeping his cards close to his vest, but dont you think that this community is going to need some more information about what is going on? in particular, whether or not this person is going to be positively identified as the suspect in the monterey park shooting, the person very muched over the wheel, we believe to be slumped over the wheel of that white cargo van there in torrance. >> yeah, i think the next press conference youll get a lot more information. in...

Hours ago there in torrance, california. and jonathan, one of the things i wanted to pick up on with you is torrance, josh campbell was pointing this out earlier, is a good 30 miles away from monterey park, california. that is a densely populated, urban sprawl kind of area. and, you know, law enforcement was i guess very close to just losing complete track of this individual. the potential was there for this shooter, the suspect, if this is the suspects vehicle, the suspect on the driver side of...

To clear that second white van that was in close proximity to the first target vehicle. we saw them clear that quickly, following up on every possible lead. they have to do that out of an abundance of caution. >> all right. thank you both for your expertise in all of this. stand by. well take a quick break. well have more on our breaking coverage from torrance, california. this is live pictures right now. this goes to what john miller was saying earlier this afternoon. as the scene is neutralize...