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department. i believe he did indicate with the extended magazine, a semi-automatic pistol, but other than that, we don't have any other information at this point. >> if you're like me, as an american, we're hearing about mass shootings all the time. and somewhere deep down, you wonder if you yourself will ever face one or someone you know and love will face one like this. and i wonder, did you ever think an fact of violence like this, of gun violence like this would come to your area, to your comm community? >> absolutely not, jim. and that's what this tragedy was so devastating to all of us. we do have a friend who attends the dance studio every monday night to dance. and we're hearing stories of another friend whose father was at the dance studio that night, but fortunately, he left about 10 to 15 minutes before the shooting took place. so, yes, unfortunately, these events are happening way too frequently, and they're coming
our condolences, but also extend our support to his city any way that we can. i want to thank mayor lo for his steadfast leadership during this unthinkable tragedy. he said that he has been receiving a lot of calls and support from other elected officials, commercial judy chu was on the ground, and i believe governor newsom was also on the ground just yesterday. so there's a lot of support and the communities are coming together during this difficult time. >> there's a natural focus on the weapon, what we know about it now, semi-automatic pistol, though with an extended magazine, and so often in mass shootings like this one, we see extended magazines play a role, because they allow the gunman to fire many more shots, kill more people without changing the magazine. have you or the mayor of monterey park learned anything more about how the gunman obtained this weapon? >> at this point, all we know is what has been shared by sheriff illumina of l.a. sheriff's
and lilly lee. you notice that these people are in their 50s, 60s and beyond. this was a place where couples came to learn how to dance and to have fun. and now they're lunar knew year celebration ended in tragedy. >> older couples. thank you very much. we appreciate that. >> reporter: and this morning we're learning more about the 72-year-old gunman. but his motive remains unclear. josh campbell has been digging into the suspect's past and he gi joins me now. what have you learned about the gunman. >> we're leern learning about the type of weaponry. this is described as a semi-automatic pistol which is illegal in the state of california. now there are still questions about how he obtained this weapon, the shooter obviously 72 years old. so it is possible that he
years as covid rose and impacted our communities and the rise of asian hate in our communities as well. to deal with this on top of that for our local community has been tragic and tragedy piled on tragedy. i've seen the community's support, neighbors checking on neighbors and providing support and our neighboring cities, the county, the state and from the white house on down, the outpouring of support has been encouraging in this time of tragedy. >> the gunman used a semi-automatic pistol with an extended 30-round magazine which police say is illegal to buy new in california. do investigators have any idea how he got the magazine and was there anything in the shooter's background that should have prevented him from getting the pistol? >> that i don't know. i'm hoping for answers as well.
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everything and for the court to see that level of cooperation and you should get a lighter sentence than life in prison. >> let's talk about his sentence. -- his parents. legally, how are they not responsible? before they bought their 15-year-old a gun, they knew that he was paranoid, he saw demons, he had hallucinations but this is all according to the prosecutor with evidence of text about this. he tortured animals. he kept the severed head of a bird in his room. he had scribbled symbols in his notebook. he had drawings of guns in his notebook. he texted a friend he was going to shoot up the school. this is before they bought him a gun. are and the legally responsible ? >> it's astounding and it goes beyond that. he told the father what kind of a gun he wanted. he gave the father the money for the gun and the father then brought the gun. by the way, it was a six-hour semi automatic pistol. very dangerous weapon. and, they did not lock the weapon off.
pistol shows up outside of a congresswoman's house. this is a republican from washington state. one night in july, she recalls among women road pastor settle home yelling threats and obscenity's. he wrote, quote, the, the items sought undisturbed. they heard the man again. security footage picked up what the man said. there is a sound of heavy metal music coming from the car. one shouted something about india. that is a country where she was born. the voices were hard unclear. the post notes that she had no idea that one of those men will be back a half an hour later. he came back with a loaded semi automatic pistol on his hip. it was later seed by police. threats are bad enough. she also released threatening voice mail is that she has received. they are disturbing. i will let them speak for themselves. >> you have to hide from all of a. so i just wanted to give you a little heads up. get ready for the worst year of
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