10 Killed In Mass Shooting At Lunar New Year Celebration In Monterey Park, California
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Police have reported that the alleged suspect died by suicide after a standoff.
On January 21, PDT, a mass shooting occurred at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California.
According to authorities, the suspect entered the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, around 10:22 PM PST. He then began shooting, killing five men and five women, and injuring ten others.
Around 20 to 30 minutes later, a man entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra with a gun but had his firearm wrestled from him before he fled the scene. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna stated that these two incidents “may be related.”
“We’re not quite there yet, but it’s definitely on our radar screen.”
— LA County Sherriff Robert Luna
The suspect in both these events has been described as an Asian male between 30 to 50 years old and is still at large.
We are here to tell you that we are utilizing every resource to apprehend this suspect, in what we believe to be one of the county’s most heinous cases.
— LA County Sherriff Robert Luna
Monterey Park is a city on the outskirts of Los Angeles. According to US Census data, the area comprises more than 65% of people of Asian descent, with many residents originating from China or being first-generation Asian Americans.
The festivities gather tens of thousands of people from the surrounding areas to celebrate the Lunar New Year and had planned for two days of celebrations, with the second day being canceled after the shooting.
California governor Gavin Newsom tweeted about the tragedy, saying, “Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year.”
Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year. Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence.
Our hearts mourn as we learn more about the devastating acts of last night. We are monitoring the situation closely.
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 22, 2023
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