elizabeth sanchez is there with the latest. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning, betty. >> reporter: police just released the suspect's name a short time ago. as you said, it is scott decry. police say he is the man that came into the salon behind me late wednesday afternoon, opened fire, killing his ex-wife, among others. police worked through the night digging for clues inside salon meritage, the scene of orange county's deadliest shooting spree ever. >> i have worked here my whole life and nothing has ever happened. i've never even heard of like robberies. >> reporter: authorities say 42-year-old scott decry walked into the hair salon in seal beach, california, wednesday and opened fire on nine people in broad daylight. every styling station was filled at the time. david mcgee's wife was inside and ran for cover. >> she got back in the room and locked the door and she even said somebody was trying to get in the door. >> reporter: decry allegedly fled the scene. police caught up with him just a half mile away. >> currentl

elizabeth sanchez is in seal beach, california with the latest. >> reporter: mourners have started a makeshift memorial outside the beauty salon in seal beach where eight people were gunned down. >> my heart breaks for everybody involved. >> residents are trying to come to grips with the town's worst mass murder. >> really quiet. everybody is really nice. everybody smiles. so, it is just kind of unnerving to think something like that could happen out of nowhere like that. >> 42-year-old scott decry is under arrest. witnesses say he walked into the busy salon yesterday afternoon where his ex-wife worked and started shooting. this is a tiny seaside community and just about everybody in town is familiar with the salon. >> it is a small, tight-knit community. this is one of seal beach's greatest tragedies. >> police captured decry shortly after the shooting about a half-mile from the scene. witnesses say he was wearing body armor and did not resist arrest. while the exact motive is not known, those familiar with the decries say the divorced couple was fighting over their son. >> she's go

as elizabeth sanchez reports from seal beach, the suspect calmly walked into the business, where hised and opened fire. >> reporter: mourners have started a makeshift memorial outside the beauty salon in seal beach, where eight people were gunned down. >> my heart just breaks for everybody gunned down. >> reporter: residents are trying to come to brips with -- grips with the town's worst mass murder. >> everybody is really upset. it is unnerving to think that something could like that could happen just out of nowhere like that. >> reporter: 42-year-old scott dekraai is under arrest. witnesses say he walked into the salon where his ex-wife worked and started shooting. >> reporter: this is a tiny seaside community. and just about everybody in town is familiar with the salon. >> it's a tight-knit community. and this is one of seal beach's greatest trag eltdies. -- tragedies. >> reporter: police captured dekraai about a half mile from the scene. he was wearing body armor and did not resist arrest. while the exact motive is not known, those familiar with dekraai says the couple was fighti

cbs' elizabeth sanchez at the scene in seal beach, california, and she joins us from there. >> reporter: this is a small beach community now stunned by this deadly rampage. the deadliest in orange county history and it seems that a bitter custody dispute may have triggered it all. police say scott dekraai was dead set on mass murder. wednesday afternoon, witnesses say the 42-year-old stormed into salon meritage and opened fire. by the time he left, six were dead and three injured. two of the wounded later died. another is in critical condition. >> i've lived here for 25 years and never, ever heard anything like this. >> reporter: every styling station at the upscale salon was filled. david mcgee's wife was in the salon. when she heard shots rang out, she ran for cover. >> she ran in a room and locked the door. >> reporter: police have not identified the victims but dekraai's target appears to be nis ex-wife michelle who worked as a stylist at the salon. friends say the two had been involved in a bitter custody suit over their young son. she had filed a restraining order against him this

elizabeth sanchez reports for wjz. witnesses say the suspect walked into a crowded hair salon, where his ex-wife works and opened fire. >> reporter: mourners have started a makeshift memorial in seal beach, where 18 people were gunned down. >> my heart hurts for everybody involved. >> residents are trying to come to grips with the town's mass murderer. >> it was really quiet. everybody smiles. it's just kind of unnerving to think that something like that could happen just out of nowhere like that. >> reporter: 42-year-old scott dekraai is under arrest. workers say he walked into the busy salon yesterday afternoon, where his ex-wife worked and started shooting. >> just a tiny seaside community, where just about everybody knows each other. >> it's a small, tight-knit community. and this is one of seal beach's greatest tragedies. >> reporter: witnesses captured -- officers captured him about a half mile from the scene. he was bearing body armor. those familiar with the couple say they were fighting over their son. >> i wo

elizabeth sanchez reports for wjz, with the investigation into the mass shooting. >> reporter: mournersd a makeshift memorial outside the beauty salon in seal beach, where eight people were gunned down. >> my heart just breaks for everybody involved. >> residents are trying to come to grips with the town's worst mass murder. >> it was really quiet. everybody is really nice. everybody smiles. so it's just kind of unnerving to think that something like that could happen just out of nowhere like that. >> reporter: 42-year-old scott dekraai is under arrest. witnesses say he walked into the busy salon yesterday afternoon, where his ex-wife worked and started shooting. >> reporter: this is a tiny seaside community and just about everybody in town is familiar with the salon. >> it's a small, tight-knit community. and this is one of seal beach's greatest tragedies. >> reporter: police captured dekraai about a half mile from the scene. witnesses say he was wearing body armor and did not resist arrest. those familiar with the couple say the divorced couple was fighting over their son. >> i would