The van was found as part of a manhunt after a gunman killed 10 people at a ballroom dance studio amid Lunar New Years celebrations in a predominantly Asian American outside of Los Angeles.
The hunt for a gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club has ended after authorities found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting.
“I still have questions in my mind, which is: What was the motive for this shooter? Did he have a mental illness? Was he a domestic violence abuser? How did he gets these guns and was it through legal means or not?” Congresswoman Judy Chu said. The shooting sent a wave of fear through Asian-American communities in the Los Angeles area and cast a shadow over Lunar New Year festivities around the country. Other cities sent extra officers to watch over the celebrations.Luna said the shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park left five women and five men dead and wounded another 10 people. Then 20 to 30 minutes later, a man with a gun entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra.
Authorities earlier said they knew the suspect’s name but had declined to release it because it could complicate their ability to apprehend him. But they did release a photo showing him wearing glasses and a winter hat. The celebration in Monterey Park is one of California’s largest. Two days of festivities, which have been attended by as many as 100,000 people in past years, were planned. But officials cancelled 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.
“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 said.Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Departmen
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