1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: It is Kiss FM here in southern California. You know, 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: every song it feels different today. Everything you do in 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: your normal routine feels different today, you know, after the 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: tragedy over the weekend here in here and try to 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: make you laugh or try to just have our normal morning. 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: Will you just think about the randomness of this or 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: or the why of this, and and and people celebrating. Uh. 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: Steve Gregory is on right now from kf I. Steve, 9 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: thanks for coming on. Of course, we've seen all of 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: the reports in the news and it's just horrific to 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: see what has happened here in southern California, Monterey Park. 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Who is this guy? Why was this guy at the 13 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: dance studio? You know? All we know now, Ryan, is 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 1: that he's a seventy two year old man from Hemmett 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: that came in on Saturday night and went into this 16 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: dance club. And this is a this is a very 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: traditional popular dance hall in the city of Monterey Park. 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: And there were a lot of people in there. It 19 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: was act. It was not attached to the official cities 20 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: lunar New Year celebration. This was a separate party going on. 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: And this man went in and according to witnesses, he 22 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: just opened fire, indiscriminately opened fire. It's not clear right 23 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: now whether he was targeting anybody specific. It's not clear 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: whether he had uh some sort of an image in 25 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: mind of who he wanted to kill. But five minute, 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: five women lost their lives that night. Then just minutes later, 27 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: he went across town to al Hamburg, which is nearby, 28 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: and he went into another dance hall and tried to 29 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: do the same thing, except a couple of guys there 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: wrestled into the ground, took the gun, he took off, 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: and then as we know yesterday he was found by 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: Tornch police and he shot himself inside of the getaway 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: van inside of a mall parking lot. Did he work 34 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: at the dance studio? What was his connection? Now here's 35 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: the interesting thing that we're just learning about this man. 36 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: He did not work there necessarily, but we find out 37 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: from neighbors from his trailer home, Mountain Hemmett, that he 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: was a dance instructor. So now the trying to piece 39 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: together whether or not there was some sort of a 40 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: connection with either the people at the event that night, 41 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: or whether there's a connection to the dance hall itself, 42 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: or whether he just has some sort of a personal 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: issue and felt like he had to take it out 44 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: on others. You know, these shootings happen in so many 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: different places where you think you should feel safe, you know. 46 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you look around the country at all of 47 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: these in the history of these these are places where 48 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: you go to escape or you you go to get 49 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: away from everything, and we should feel safe in these 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: places well, and especially this particular group of people Ryan 51 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: because all the victims, as we're told or probably over fifty, 52 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: over sixties, some in their seventies. So these were older 53 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: people going out for traditional Saturday night dancing and this 54 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: is part of that Asian culture. They get together, they 55 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: like to dance, they like to be around each other. 56 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: It's this familial situation where, like you said, they feel safe, 57 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: they want to be together. And immediately everyone went to 58 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: this hate crime narrative, and even though it was not 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: a racially motivated hate crime per se, it was definitely 60 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: a hate crime. When you walk in an open fire 61 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: on that many people, there's hate involved. Steve Gregory from 62 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: kf I thank you for coming on. We appreciate the 63 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: info today. You take good care any time you too, Okay, Bye, bye. Yeah, 64 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: I'm just looking at you know, some of the things 65 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: that were said by Mayor Bass. My heart goes out 66 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: to Monterey Park, the families, friends of those lost. Um, 67 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: the President talked about it. So Joe and I praying 68 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: for those killed and injured. And last night's deadily mass 69 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: shooting in Monterey Park. Uh, you know, I didn't see 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: it on the news. I got a text from friends saying, 71 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: have you seen the news? And anytime you get that text, 72 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: your heart drops, you know, it really drops. So if 73 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: you're in the area, give us a call, let us 74 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: know how you're doing. To seven coming back in thirty 75 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: seconds to pay a bill.