jacob ward is live. what's the latest there? >> reporter: the scene behind me was the first of two scenes that this gunman visited yesterday afternoon killing four people and leaving one in critical condition and driving about a mile away from here to a second site where three more people were shot to death. at this hour, it is unclear the connection of that shooter to these people, although there has been a suggestion that he may have been a coworker and knew them in some way. but just as you are searching in monterey park, the motive here also unclear. what we do know is the shooter after visiting that second site and killing those three people seems to have driven himself to a sheriffs substation here in the county and basically sat in his car until deputies grabbed him. we do not know the motive. armed with the handgun, he killed seven people. then as you mentioned, just 45 minutes north of here in oakland, eight people shot in a has shooting there. california definitely reeling here at this hour. >> jacob ward, i thank you.

i want to go back to jacob ward. let's talk about the case.agricultural centers. what's the latest on that investigation? >> reporter: jose, at this hour, it's all about picking up the pieces here as we stand here in front of the county courthouse. we are trying to piece together how victim's families are going to be supported. as you know, the victims in this case were a mix of hispanic and asian farm workers. and we are told by advocates that there are many whose legal status in terms of their documentation may make it difficult to reach out from any sort of help. the kind of victim services may not be able to reach them in the same way you'd want. mexican consulate officials are offering to help move the bodies back to mexico where that's appropriate. but it lays bear how vulnerable this marginalized population is. in this kind of circumstance, how hard it is for them to get the bare minimum support you'd need so we'll be following the ways in which they are trying to get the help they need here in a beautiful but very demanding agricultura

>> jacob ward joins us now, he wrote the book on artificial intelligence called, the loop.sk you, i mean, are you excited by this? or are you freaking afraid of the possible dangers? >> this is such a good question, i went into writing the book being quite afraid. because what we were seeing over and over again, example after example, places which a. i. is imitating human creativity in this way that we can't tell the difference and i really worry is going to mess up the world. on the other hand, i spent time with these folks here, on the one hand, david holt, the creator of mid journey, i created this thing because i'm trying to access human creativity so we can get better at solving big roll problems. then that guy, anthony edwards, who saw that piece of art, he says that he, after years of depression and unemployment, is going through a rebirth, a personal professional rebirth, and you saw the project he's doing. you are imagining biggie smalls as he would look at his 90. >> i know, that was amazing. >> it's cool. it's cool stuff. are we, i can figured out. or wait is the

. >> back with me with jacob ward and james densley. what we heard from the sheriff is, first of all, they don't know a motive. they don't know a cause. we also heard from the d.a. is that all the evidence points to a workplace related incident. but they don't know the details of that. you heard the public information officer from the police saying there has been a lot of stress recently because of the flooding, people have been out of work, this, of course, adds to the stress. but they don't know the actual cause. seven mailmales, one female. seven deaths, one person with life-threatening injuries in the hospital. a mix of asian and hispanic victims. the subject did not surrender. he was in his car where the police then spotted him, a deputy recognized the car and they surrounded him and at that point they got him out of the car. jacob, did you hear any other details there that i might not have heard? >> reporter: the thing that also jumps out at me is what the district attorney had to say there about this being the largest mass shooti