Monterey Park

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Monterey Park: Several people shot near Los Angeles - reports (BBC News)

Police in California are responding to a shooting that has left several people injured, according to US media reports. The incident happened in Monterey ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. [terms & conditions](http://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/)and [privacy policy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy-policy/) [told the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting) that three people ran into his restaurant and told him to lock the door as there was a man with a machine gun in the area. Nine people have died following a shooting at a business premises in the Californian city of Monterey Park, police said. Videos on social media showed a large police presence in the city, which is located about eight miles (13km) east of Los Angeles.

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Live updates: 10 dead in shooting in Monterey Park, California ... (The Washington Post)

The mass killing took place near a street where Lunar New Year celebrations had taken place. The motive was not immediately clear.

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10 people were killed at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California ... (CNN)

About 65% of Monterey Park's residents are of Asian descent, according to the US Census Bureau. The shooting happened near Monterey Park's Lunar New Year ...

Another long-time acquaintance of Tran’s also remembered him as a frequent presence at the dance studio. Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence,” Gov. “Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year. Both [the non-profit](https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/) and CNN define a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, excluding the shooter. “They came across a scene that none of them had been prepared for,” the chief added. Multiple pieces of evidence found in the van linked the shooter to both the Alhambra and Monterey Park incidents. Tran filed for divorce in late 2005, and a judge approved the divorce the following year, Los Angeles court records show. Saturday and found people “pouring out of the location, screaming,” said Capt. “There were at least 10 other victims who were transported to numerous local hospitals and are listed in various conditions from stable to critical,” Meyer said. This is a time when residents should be celebrating with family, friends and loved ones - not fearing gun violence.” Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The Los Angeles Times first reported the driver of the white van had died.

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Monterey Park mass shooting updates: 10 dead, suspected gunman ... (ABC News)

Multiple people were shot late Saturday in Monterey Park, California, a city near Los Angeles hosting a Lunar New Year festival this weekend.

"Monterey Park is home to one of the largest #AAPI communities in the country. The incident in Alhambra also occurred at a dance studio, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC. We are monitoring the situation closely." The L.A. "Even though the incident did not occur at the 2023 Lunar New Year Festival, an active investigation is currently underway and the area near and around the festival is affected. on West Garvey Avenue, near the downtown blocks where the festival was being held. More than 65% of Monterey Park's about 60,000 residents identify as Asian American, according to the U.S. [Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival](https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/669/Lunar-New-Year-Festival) this weekend, marking the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar. The annual two-day street festival is widely attended, with previous celebrations drawing as many as 100,000 daily visitors, according to the city. Officials said Saturday's festival events were scheduled to finish at 9 p.m. The gunman has not been identified and remains at large Sunday morning, said Capt. He directed her to make sure that the FBI is providing full support to local authorities, and to update him regularly today as more details are known," the White House press secretary tweeted.

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Ten Killed in Shooting in Monterey Park, Near Los Angeles (Bloomberg)

Ten people were killed and ten wounded in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, a city east of Los Angeles, following a popular Lunar New Year celebration, ...

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At Least 10 People Killed in Monterey Park Mass Shooting (Rolling Stone)

At least 10 people were killed and a dozen more injured in a mass shooting Saturday night at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California.

“Monterey Park is home to one of the largest [#AAPI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AAPI?src=hashtag_click) communities in the country. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/SashaReneePerez/status/1617103221142749185) Sunday. The Monterey Park mass shooting is also the nation’s deadliest since 21 people, including 19 children, were killed in A witness [told the Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting) that the suspect was firing indiscriminately with a long gun. [crime](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/crime/) or not. Police said the site of the shooting was a ballroom dance studio, and

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What we know about the Monterey Park mass shooting (Axios)

Driving the news: The shooting took place at a ballroom dance studio around 10:22 p.m. Saturday night, and the suspected shooter remains at large, Capt. Andrew ...

This tremendous act of violence, on one of the most important days of the year for many Asian Americans, at a place where Asian American families come to gather and celebrate, is sending shockwaves through our community." - "I want to assure the community of Monterey Park and the broader area that we will support you in every way we can," Biden said. "After a day of celebration, we are waking up to a nightmare... this year, per the State of play: President Biden on Sunday evening ordered the U.S. Zoom in: Monterey Park was hosting a two-day Lunar New Year celebration this weekend. [statement](https://twitter.com/StopAAPIHate/status/1617221230805016577) Sunday, calling the shooting "devastating beyond words." [tweeted](https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1617181942532784129), "Families deserve to celebrate the holidays in peace — mass shootings and gun violence are a plague on our communities." - "It is horrible that such a thing could occur at a time of celebration for so many in the AAPI community and in the Asian community worldwide," she said. [released photos](https://twitter.com/LACoSheriff/status/1617241146710962178)earlier Sunday of the suspected shooter, whom they said was an Asian man they described as "armed and dangerous," as law enforcement investigated the other incident in Alhambra. [two civilians disarmed](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/california-shooting-montery-park-alhambra-heroes)the suspect. [mass shooting](https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/deadliest-mass-shootings-modern-us-history) in Monterey Park, California, a [majority Asian American](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting) city east of Los Angeles, left 10 people dead and 10 others injured on the eve of Lunar New Year Saturday night, local authorities said.

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