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Were following breaking news out of california. a dramatic standoff over after police moved in on a white van they believe to be connected to a mass shooting at a dance studio in monterey park overnight. i want to bring in our cnn law enforcement analysts. chief ramsey, police have put out the suspects picture, but they arent naming him. why do you think that is? >> well, they didnt put a name out, im not quite sure why they didnt. but it could be because someone who may know this individual, if...

What may be the suspects van where there is a deceased individual in the drivers seat. there was another white van. i dont know if you were following our coverage, but they quickly neutral ookneutralized . so they still were dotting their is and crossing their ts, making sure there isnt another suspect or van involved, trying to bring this to a conclusion. >> jim, theres probably a lot of actions that were not seeing opposed to what we just saw. when law enforcement puts out to the public, you k...

But we will ask the questions. jim. >> all right. thank you very much. let me go back to jonathan and charles ramsey, our cnn law enforcement analysts. jonathan, as we are waiting for this press conference to get started again, what questions do you have? >> you know, the first thing that i want to hear is actually that the community is safe. so lsince last night, we had ths tragic incident. then we had an armed suspect on the loose. so that has kept a large community on edge for a long time. i ...

Information is what led torrance police department to be able to do just good police work, by actually spotting this van on their streets. so my message today is that its so important going forward that everyone talk to each other and share information and this is how i believe this incident came to an ending here in torrance. i dont think anybody that woke up today, myself included, thought it would end up here in torrance right across the street from a very familiar shopping center. but i, aga...

Ending up in torrance, it speaks of the technology that we have with surveillance, with cameras, with radios, with training to have the instinct to know that theres something that is not right with the particular white van. something not right with license plates. and this shows the training that we need. and we need to continue to provide that type of support to our integrated law enforcement community, so that we can prevent further damage and incidences like this. so at this point, i just wan...

A lot more information will be provided at that point in time. again, you know, he played it close to the vest, which you have to. bad guys watch tv, too. so you cant put out too much publicly. but i think that if this is, in fact, the individual they were looking for, then youll get a lot more information at the next press conference. >> suspects watch tv, and you can watch tv now on your phone, so you can be anywhere in that kind of situation. so of course, law enforcement officials have to be...

What was your sense as you watched it unfold? was that a textbook, step by step operation we all saw take place on live television? >> yeah, jim. when you really look at what law enforcement did to first, you know, the first contact with that vehicle and then surround that vehicle, it was textbook. they took a very methodical process. once they pinned that van in with the uparmored bear cat vehicles, they cleared out the public. public safety is paramount, as well as officer safety. their tactic...

Bring this to an ending. thank you. >> supervisor hahn, did they talk to the guy? >> so thats a part of this that were not going to talk about. let me bring up the mayor of torrance, judge chen, who also wants to say a few words. >> thank you, supervisor hahn. as we celebrate the lunar new year today, its intended to be a joyous occasion. so i want to first of all give my condolences to the family who lost loved one last night at monterey park and the victims in the alhambra. words cannot say ho...