Dance instructors at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, known as the venue a gathering place for the native Chinese group.
The studio hosts quite a lot of courses and personal classes, which teacher Oleksandr Kamniev stated give attention to ballroom dancing and Latin requirements. The studio additionally rented out its ballroom area — which has an space for karaoke — for personal events.
“For parties, it’s a big thing,” Kamniev stated, including that typically as many as 300 folks attended. “A lot of Chinese people love to come here.”
Kamniev estimated “99%” of Star’s dance college students had been Chinese, and ranged in age from 4 to 75. Sundays, he stated, had been normally children’ days at the studio.Â
According to a CNN evaluation, Saturday’s mass shooting occurred within the Star Ballroom Dance Studio. Ten folks had been killed and 10 others had been wounded within the shooting, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna stated.
Kamniev and his spouse, Kateryna Kamnieva, taught Latin dancing at the studio for a number of years. They weren’t current at the shooting.
Kamniev and his spouse stated they believed the studio proprietor was at the venue Saturday evening. They stated they reached out to her and had been ready to listen to again after they spoke with CNN.