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Tonight, saving lives of might have been a mass killer's second massacre of the night. Now, Congresswoman Judy Chu, who represents California's 28th District, which includes Monterey Park and Alhambra.

Congresswoman Chu, I appreciate you joining us, as I said to you before the break, I'm sorry, it's under these circumstances.

It is remarkable when you hear Brandon Tsay recounting what happened in the second dance studio on Saturday night, how much worse it could have been, and how brave this young man was.

REP. JUDY CHU (D-CA): Your interview was very inspirational. You know, these have been a tough 24 hours for us in this community, but hearing this story of this modest and humble young man confronting this terrible gunman and being able to take his weapon away from him after struggling with him, that is very important for our community to hear because our community has been terrified, horrified during these past hours, and we need these messages of hope.

COOPER: How does a community respond? Or how does your community respond -- this community respond in this time? I mean, constituents, neighbors -- it is -- I mean, it's devastating, obviously.

CHU: Yes. Well, like I said, it has been a difficult 24 hours. When I woke up we heard about the 10, and now 11 people being killed and 10 more in the hospital.

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The community was absolutely terrified by the thought of this active shooter going to their celebrations, and so they didn't want to go, but we were encouraging them to go unless there was some alert from law enforcement because we didn't want this shooter to take over this community and to stop this community from living its life.

Well, finally, at 5:00 PM, it was announced that the suspect had been caught and that he killed himself. So we did breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Nonetheless, people are still reluctant to get out there, they feel this fear, and there are people around that community that heard the gunshots that are traumatized by all of this.

So we still have to come together. We have to make sure that people know that they are safe, that they know that this gunman is no longer a threat, and that we move together as a community. Together, we are stronger.

COOPER: I understand, you spoke with President Biden earlier today.

CHU: Yes, I did, and he has been watching this very closely. He expressed his condolences for our community and for the victims and their families.

He has been able to provide so many national resources for us, Federal resources. I learned about this at 6:00 AM, immediately went to Monterey Park City Hall, and already not only were there the LA County Sheriffs and the Monterey Park Police, but the FBI, ATF, and many other Federal agencies there. So they were on this right from the beginning, and their cooperation is what led to the capture of this shooter.

COOPER; Congresswoman Chu, I appreciate your time tonight. I wish you the best. Thank you.

CHU: Thank you.

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