Video above: Officials present second replace on California mass shootingA gunman killed 10 individuals at a ballroom dance studio amid Lunar New Year celebrations after which most likely tried — however failed — to focus on a second dance corridor, authorities mentioned Sunday.An hours-long manhunt led police to encompass and enter a white van, but it surely was not instantly clear whether or not the suspect was inside.The capturing and manhunt despatched a wave of worry by means of Asian American communities in the Los Angeles space and forged a shadow over Lunar New Year festivities across the nation. Other cities despatched additional officers to observe over the celebrations.Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna mentioned the capturing on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park left 5 ladies and 5 males useless and wounded one other 10 individuals. Then 20 to half-hour later, a person with a gun entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in close by Alhambra.Authorities consider the 2 occasions are related. They provided no particulars a couple of attainable motive.The suspect in each circumstances was described as an Asian male. He entered the Alhambra membership with a gun, and other people wrested the weapon away from him earlier than he fled, Luna mentioned.By noon, police in tactical automobiles and bomb-squad vans surrounded a white van in a parking zone 22 miles from Alhambra in Torrance, one other majority Asian group. Hours earlier, Luna mentioned authorities have been in search of a white van after witnesses reported seeing the suspect flee from Alhambra in such a car.“We believe there is a person inside of that vehicle. We don’t know their condition, but we’re going to handle that in safest manner that we possibly can and try and identify that person. Could it be our suspect? Possibly,” Luna said.In response to a question, Luna said it was possible that the person barricaded in van is dead.Members of SWAT team entered the van a short time later and looked through its contents before walking away. It was unclear what they found.Authorities said Sunday they know the suspect’s name but declined to release it because it could complicate their ability to apprehend him. But they did release a photo showing an Asian man wearing glasses and a winter hat. The image was taken from the attempted shooting in Alhambra.The sheriff declined to say what type of gun was recovered in Alhambra. He said investigators believe the gun used in Monterey Park was not an assault rifle. The massacre was the nation’s fifth mass killing this month. It was also the deadliest attack since May 24, when 21 people were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.Video below: Officials hold news conference Sunday morning on mass shootingMonterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people on the eastern edge of Los Angeles and is composed mostly of Asian immigrants from China or first-generation Asian Americans. The shooting happened in the heart of its downtown where red lanterns decorated the streets for the Lunar New Year festivities. A police car was parked near a large banner that proclaimed “Happy Year of the Rabbit!”The celebration in Monterey Park is one of California’s largest and had attracted tens of thousands throughout the day.Two days of festivities, which have been attended by as many as 100,000 people in past years, were planned. But officials canceled Sunday’s events following the shooting.Tony Lai, 35, of Monterey Park, was stunned when he came out for his early morning walk to learn that the noises he heard in the night were gunshots.”I thought maybe it was fireworks. I thought maybe it had something to do with Lunar New Year,” he said. “And we don’t even get a lot of fireworks here. It’s weird to see this. It’s really safe here. We’re right in the middle of the city, but it’s really safe.”Wynn Liaw, 57, who lives about two blocks from the Monterey Park studio, said she was shocked that such a crime would happen, especially during New Year’s celebrations.“Chinese people, they consider Chinese New Year very, very special” — a time when “you don’t do anything that will bring bad luck the entire year.”She took an image of the exercise exterior the studio to ship to kin and buddies in China “to allow them to understand how loopy the U.S. is turning into with all these mass shootings, even in the New Year.”An Associated Press/USA Today database on mass killings in the U.S. exhibits that 2022 was one of many nation’s worst years in phrases of mass killings, with 42 such assaults — the second-highest quantity for the reason that creation of the tracker in 2006. The database defines a mass killing as 4 individuals killed not together with the perpetrator. Video under: Mass capturing suspect kills 10 near Lunar New Year pageant in Southern CaliforniaThe newest violence comes two months after 5 individuals have been killed at a Colorado Springs nightclub.President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have been briefed on the scenario, aides mentioned. The capturing occurred at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a couple of blocks from metropolis corridor on Monterey Park’s principal thoroughfare of Garvey Avenue, which is dotted with strip malls of small companies whose indicators are in each English and Chinese. Cantonese and Mandarin are each broadly spoken, Chinese holidays are celebrated, and Chinese movies are screened commonly in town.The enterprise provided dance classes from Tango to Rumba to the Fox Trot, and rented its area for occasions. On Saturday, its web site mentioned it was internet hosting an occasion referred to as “Star Night” from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.___Associated Press author Julie Watson in San Diego contributed to this report.
Video above: Officials present second replace on California mass capturing
A gunman killed 10 individuals at a ballroom dance studio amid Lunar New Year celebrations after which most likely tried — however failed — to focus on a second dance corridor, authorities mentioned Sunday.
An hours-long manhunt led police to encompass and enter a white van, but it surely was not instantly clear whether or not the suspect was inside.
The capturing and manhunt despatched a wave of worry by means of Asian American communities in the Los Angeles space and forged a shadow over Lunar New Year festivities across the nation. Other cities despatched additional officers to observe over the celebrations.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna mentioned the capturing on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park left 5 ladies and 5 males useless and wounded one other 10 individuals. Then 20 to half-hour later, a person with a gun entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in close by Alhambra.
Authorities consider the 2 occasions are related. They provided no particulars a couple of attainable motive.
The suspect in each circumstances was described as an Asian male. He entered the Alhambra membership with a gun, and other people wrested the weapon away from him earlier than he fled, Luna mentioned.
By noon, police in tactical automobiles and bomb-squad vans surrounded a white van in a parking zone 22 miles from Alhambra in Torrance, one other majority Asian group.
Hours earlier, Luna mentioned authorities have been in search of a white van after witnesses reported seeing the suspect flee from Alhambra in such a car.
“We consider there’s a particular person within that car. We don’t know their situation, however we’re going to deal with that in most secure method that we presumably can and try to establish that particular person. Could it’s our suspect? Possibly,” Luna mentioned.
In response to a query, Luna mentioned it was attainable that the particular person barricaded in van is useless.
Members of SWAT staff entered the van a short while later and seemed by means of its contents earlier than strolling away. It was unclear what they discovered.
Authorities mentioned Sunday they know the suspect’s title however declined to launch it as a result of it might complicate their skill to apprehend him. But they did launch a photograph displaying an Asian man carrying glasses and a winter hat. The picture was taken from the tried capturing in Alhambra.
The sheriff declined to say what sort of gun was recovered in Alhambra. He mentioned investigators consider the gun used in Monterey Park was not an assault rifle.
The bloodbath was the nation’s fifth mass killing this month. It was additionally the deadliest assault since May 24, when 21 individuals have been killed in an elementary faculty in Uvalde, Texas.
Video under: Officials maintain news convention Sunday morning on mass capturing
Monterey Park is a metropolis of about 60,000 individuals on the jap fringe of Los Angeles and consists largely of Asian immigrants from China or first-generation Asian Americans. The capturing occurred in the guts of its downtown the place purple lanterns embellished the streets for the Lunar New Year festivities. A police automobile was parked near a big banner that proclaimed “Happy Year of the Rabbit!”
The celebration in Monterey Park is considered one of California’s largest and had attracted tens of hundreds all through the day.
Two days of festivities, which have been attended by as many as 100,000 individuals in previous years, have been deliberate. But officers canceled Sunday’s occasions following the capturing.
Tony Lai, 35, of Monterey Park, was shocked when he got here out for his early morning stroll to be taught that the noises he heard in the evening have been gunshots.
“I thought maybe it was fireworks. I thought maybe it had something to do with Lunar New Year,” he mentioned. “And we don’t even get a lot of fireworks here. It’s weird to see this. It’s really safe here. We’re right in the middle of the city, but it’s really safe.”
Wynn Liaw, 57, who lives about two blocks from the Monterey Park studio, mentioned she was shocked that such against the law would occur, particularly throughout New Year’s celebrations.
“Chinese people, they consider Chinese New Year very, very special” — a time when “you don’t do anything that will bring bad luck the entire year.”
She took an image of the exercise exterior the studio to ship to kin and buddies in China “to allow them to understand how loopy the U.S. is turning into with all these mass shootings, even in the New Year.”
An Associated Press/USA Today database on mass killings in the U.S. exhibits that 2022 was one of many nation’s worst years in phrases of mass killings, with 42 such assaults — the second-highest quantity for the reason that creation of the tracker in 2006. The database defines a mass killing as 4 individuals killed not together with the perpetrator.
Video under: Mass capturing suspect kills 10 near Lunar New Year pageant in Southern California
The newest violence comes two months after 5 individuals have been killed at a Colorado Springs nightclub.
President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have been briefed on the scenario, aides mentioned.
The capturing occurred at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a couple of blocks from metropolis corridor on Monterey Park’s principal thoroughfare of Garvey Avenue, which is dotted with strip malls of small companies whose indicators are in each English and Chinese. Cantonese and Mandarin are each broadly spoken, Chinese holidays are celebrated, and Chinese movies are screened commonly in town.
The enterprise provided dance classes from Tango to Rumba to the Fox Trot, and rented its area for occasions. On Saturday, its web site mentioned it was internet hosting an occasion referred to as “Star Night” from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
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Associated Press author Julie Watson in San Diego contributed to this report.