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Thousands of people there. in fact, we were all there only one block away from the shooting. which occurred only hours later. it s heartbreaking about during this time, when we were so overjoyed to start the lunar new year again. that there would be such a tragic, horrific, violent act that would take ted lives, and injured ten more. it s unimaginable. it is in fact unimaginable we do not have a motive yet. regardless of intent, there is a significant impact on this community. there are ten dead, there s the families, does attend been injured, and ten families, and it s community wide. it isn t just a community of monterey park, it s the community across the country. it s everyone who wants to seek got and invalid send in this country. other federal resources you want to see marshaled to make ....
That he had. but clearly, the community is waiting now for hours to know whether this person is still loose. or in fact, has been killed, or has died. it s no longer a threat to the community. and of course, begins the long process of figuring out exactly what precipitated this terrible incident. was in a domestic dispute? was there some other motivation that might have led to this? or was it simply a random act as unfortunately we ve seen so many times throughout the country. with the gun violence archive saying, this is the 44th mass shooting in the united states, just this year. more in the month of january. but the community, hoping that as they start the grieving process themselves over at city hall, not far from where i m talking to you. a small vigil has started to be set up with some individuals coming to pay their respects as they begin the long process of grieving this horrible tragedy. indeed, for those of you are ....
Helicopter about. we never get helicopters. very surprising, shocking to hear that something like this went on, and not only a small city, but my city. your town or something like that. there is a lot that we don t know about what happened last night. but we do know, we cannot accept this as normal. ten people are gone. in another mass shooting in this country. vice president kamala harris today underscoring a dark reality. a time of a cultural celebration, and yet another community has been torn apart by senseless gun violence. so, hogan i joined the president ten dr. biden, i know everyone here in mourning for those who were killed. as we pray for those who are injured, as we grieve for those many people, whose lives are forever changed. let s bring in nbc news correspondent josh lederman, ....
Experience. and we should not forget, that they were actually two incident, two sensitive people who are going to be dealing with the aftermath of this crisis not only the shooting here in monterey park, but of course that second ballroom where there was it seems like a potential attempted second shooting. but thankfully, was averted when those witnesses were able to get the gun away from the suspected gunman. this is a community, that s gonna have to be going through a really painful process going forward as their sense of security is shattered. we ve heard on the ground here today, from people who talk about what a close knit community this says. the fact that this is a place particularly for asian americans to feel safe, in their own communities, to feel like they re amongst friends. and not to feel like when they go out on a saturday night, to go dancing, or to enjoy their family, friends in the middle of the lunar new year celebration. like they might face some type ....
The person. but the person believes, envisions, or assigned them traits that they should be killed. but the key point, alicia, is all the suicides are precursor. once the person becomes trapped by law enforcement, and then the decision has a plan has arrived. they go into a mass thinking, all kill everything, and then myself, they kill everyone in guess what, there is nobody there to apprehend them. it all happened so fast, they walked out of the place. the, getting vehicle drive away, the police may be a way. but they re not restricting themselves. so now, even though they re suicidal they re not pressed to the act. they go somewhere else, they do another shooting, or try to escape. and this case eventually maybe police catch up with them, boxed them in, and then he s pushed back to the point of decision. what each may have been ....