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Authorities are investigating the gunman's motive aft Monterey Park massacre
From CNN's Elizabeth Wolfe, Seán Federico-O'Murchú and Chris Boyette
FBI investigators basal adjacent the Star Dance Studio successful Monterey Park, California connected January 22. (Philip Cheung/The Washington Post/Getty Images)Investigators successful Monterey Park, California, are inactive searching for the motive of a gunman who killed 10 radical and injured 10 others during a shooting wrong a ballroom creation workplace Saturday night, devastating the majority-Asian assemblage connected the eve of its Lunar New Year celebration.
The suspect, identified arsenic 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was located successful the adjacent metropolis of Torrance, wherever helium died aft shooting himself arsenic constabulary approached his vehicle, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Sunday.
Hours earlier, a gunman had walked into Star Ballroom Dance Studio soon earlier 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, not agelong aft the city’s streets had been crowded by thousands of festival-goers, the sheriff said.
After releasing a barrage of gunfire connected the radical inside, the gunman drove to a 2nd creation hallway successful neighboring Alhambra wherever helium entered with a firearm but fled aft being disarmed by 2 patrons, Luna said.
Authorities person not named immoderate of those killed oregon injured. The coroner’s bureau is inactive moving to place the deceased truthful constabulary tin notify their families, Luna said, adding that the victims are mostly older than 50. Seven of the injured victims were inactive hospitalized Sunday, helium said.
Here’s what we cognize truthful far:
- Suspect recovered successful adjacent city: At astir 10:20 a.m. Sunday, constabulary successful the metropolis of Torrance — about 30 miles southwest of Monterey Park — spotted a achromatic cargo van matching the statement of 1 seen leaving the country of the Alhambra creation studio, Luna said. Officers followed the van into a buying halfway parking batch and began getting retired of their patrol car to attack the operator — later identified arsenic Tran — but retreated erstwhile they heard a gunshot from wrong the van, helium said. Armored vehicles and SWAT teams arrived and yet cleared the van, discovering Tran dormant inside.
- Evidence links fishy to shooting: Inside the van, investigators recovered “several pieces of evidence” linking Tran to some the Monterey Park and Alhambra creation studios, the sheriff said, not providing further details. They besides recovered a handgun, Luna said. Police antecedently said a weapon was wrestled from the equipped antheral astatine the Alhambra creation studio. Three radical who knew Tran told CNN helium had erstwhile been a regular patron of the Monterey Park creation hall, wherever helium gave informal creation lessons and met his ex-wife.
- Suspect was carrying semi-automatic weapon: Luna described the firearm taken from the antheral successful Alhambra arsenic a “magazine-fed semi-automatic battle pistol” with an extended, large-capacity magazine. A instrumentality enforcement authoritative told CNN it was a Cobray M11 9mm semi-automatic weapon.
- Motive inactive unknown: Investigators person yet to find a motive, Luna said, but volition beryllium considering immoderate disposable transgression oregon intelligence wellness past and contented a hunt warrant to find much details. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has obtained a hunt warrant for Tran’s location successful Hemet, California, astir 80 miles eastbound of Monterey Park, a Hemet Police spokesperson confirmed.
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Police volition hunt the suspected gunman's location for evidence
From CNN’s Rebekah Riess
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna speaks during a quality league successful Monterey Park, California connected January 22. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has obtained a hunt warrant for the location of a antheral suspected of carrying retired a deadly wide shooting successful Monterey Park, California connected Saturday night.
The suspect, identified by constabulary arsenic 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was recovered dormant with a self-inflicted gunshot coiled connected Sunday day wrong a cargo van aft a standoff with constabulary successful Torrance, California.
Tran’s residence is successful a elder assemblage called The Lakes astatine Hemet West, California, according to Hemet Police nationalist accusation serviceman Alan Reyes.
How US weapon civilization stacks up with the world
From CNN's Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon
Ubiquitous weapon unit successful the United States has near fewer places unscathed implicit the decades. Still, galore Americans clasp their close to carnivore arms, enshrined successful the US Constitution, arsenic sacrosanct.
But critics of the Second Amendment accidental that close threatens another: The close to life.
America’s narration to weapon ownership is unique, and its weapon civilization is simply a planetary outlier.
Here’s a look astatine however weapon civilization successful the US compares to the remainder of the world:
- The United States is the lone state wherever civilian guns outnumber people, with 120 guns for each 100 Americans.
- The US has the highest firearm homicide complaint successful the developed satellite — about 4 per 100,000 people. That’s 18 times the mean complaint successful different developed countries.
- The US was location to 4% of the world’s colonisation but accounted for 44% of planetary suicides by firearm successful 2019.
- No different developed federation has wide shootings astatine the aforesaid standard oregon frequence arsenic the US.
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A suspected gunman is dormant aft sidesplitting 10 radical astatine a creation workplace successful Monterey Park. Here's the latest
A 72-year-old antheral recovered dormant aft a standoff with constabulary has been confirmed arsenic the idiosyncratic suspected of carrying retired a deadly wide shooting successful Monterey Park, California connected Saturday night, according to police.
He is suspected of opening occurrence astatine a creation studio, sidesplitting 10 radical and injuring 10 much arsenic the city’s ample Asian American assemblage was celebrating Lunar New Year weekend.
Here's what we know:
- The attack: The shooting happened astatine 10:22 p.m. section clip (1:22 a.m. ET) astatine the Star Ballroom Dance Studio adjacent a Lunar New Year solemnisation successful Monterey Park. Five men and 5 women were killed, and astatine slightest 10 others were injured. Seven of the wounded stay hospitalized.
- The suspect: Huu Can Tran, 72, was identified arsenic the fishy by Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna. Tran was recovered dormant with a self-inflicted gunshot coiled connected Sunday day wrong a cargo van aft a standoff with constabulary successful Torrance, California. He had erstwhile been a regular beingness astatine the creation studio, adjacent gathering his ex-wife there, 3 radical who knew him told CNN. It is unclear however often Tran visited the creation hall, if astatine all, successful caller years.
- Second incident: Tran is besides believed to beryllium the gunman disarmed by a radical of people at a creation workplace successful Alhambra, California, soon aft the wide shooting successful adjacent Monterey Park. Evidence recovered successful the cargo van linked Tran to some the Alhambra and Monterey Park scenes, according to Luna, who said determination are "no outstanding suspects."
- The investigation: Police and investigators are present moving to find the motive down the wide shooting, according to Luna, who promised detectives would look astatine "every possibility."
- Community grieves: The massacre's interaction has already been profoundly felt among one of the largest Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the US. Members of the Monterey Park assemblage gathered for a vigil Sunday to grant the victims.
- National mourning: President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the victims pursuing the wide shooting and ordered flags to alert astatine half-staff astatine the White House and different national buildings.
- Gun violence: As of Monday morning, determination person present been astatine slightest 36 wide shootings successful the United States truthful acold this year, according to the nonprofit organization Gun Violence Archive. CNN and the GVA define a wide shooting as a shooting that injured oregon killed 4 oregon much people, not including the shooter.
There person been much wide shootings than days successful 2023
It is lone the 23rd time of the year, and determination person already been astatine slightest 36 wide shootings successful the United States truthful far, according to the nonprofit organization Gun Violence Archive.
This means determination person been much wide shootings this twelvemonth than determination person been days successful 2023.
CNN and the GVA define a wide shooting as a shooting that injured oregon killed 4 oregon much people, not including the shooter.
Gunman had been a regular patron astatine creation hallway helium attacked, according to radical who knew him
From CNN’s Jeff Winter, Casey Tolan and Scott Glover
The antheral who fatally shot 10 people in a Southern California creation studio had erstwhile been a regular beingness astatine the venue, adjacent gathering his ex-wife there, 3 radical who knew him told CNN.
Police accidental Huu Can Tran, 72, opened occurrence astatine Star Ballroom Dance Studio successful the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, connected Saturday night, earlier fatally shooting himself aft a manhunt crossed the portion connected Sunday.
His ex-wife said successful an interrogation that she had met Tran astir 2 decades agone astatine the creation studio, a fashionable assemblage gathering spot wherever helium gave informal lessons. Tran saw her astatine a dance, introduced himself, and offered her escaped lessons, she said.
The 2 joined soon aft they met, according to the ex-wife, who asked not to beryllium named owed to the sensitivity of the case. While Tran was ne'er convulsive to her, she said he could beryllium speedy to anger. For example, she said, if she missed a measurement dancing helium would go upset due to the fact that helium felt it made him look bad. She said that aft respective years together, she got the content that he had mislaid involvement successful her. Her sister, who besides asked not to beryllium named, confirmed her account.
It was unclear however often Tran visited the creation hall, if astatine all, successful caller years.
Tran filed for divorcement successful precocious 2005, and a justice approved the divorcement the pursuing year, Los Angeles tribunal records show.
Tran was an migrant from China, according to a transcript of his matrimony license that his ex-wife showed to CNN.
A 5-minute thrust from his home: Another long-time acquaintance of Tran’s besides remembered him arsenic a predominant beingness astatine the creation studio. The friend, who besides asked not to beryllium named, was adjacent to Tran successful the precocious 2000s and aboriginal 2010s, when helium said Tran would marque the astir 5-minute thrust from his location successful San Gabriel to Star Ballroom Dance Studio “almost each night.”
More generally, Tran was easy irritated, complained a lot, and didn’t look to spot people, the friend said.
Tran at times worked arsenic a motortruck driver, according to his ex-wife.
Business records amusement that Tran registered a concern called Tran’s Trucking Inc. successful California successful 2002. But helium dissolved the steadfast astir 2 years later, penning successful a firm filing that the it had ne'er acquired any known assets oregon incurred any known debts or liabilities.
Bought a mobile location successful Hemet: In 2013, Tran sold his San Gabriel home, which helium had owned for much than 2 decades, spot records show.
Seven years later, records show, Tran bought a mobile location successful a elder citizens assemblage successful Hemet, California, an outlying suburb about 85 miles east of Los Angeles.
Tran’s person said helium hadn’t seen Tran in several years and was “totally shocked” erstwhile helium heard astir the shooting.
Coroner's bureau moving to place victims of Monterey Park wide shooting
From CNN's Chris Boyette
Police analyse the country successful Monterey Park, California, connected January 22. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)Authorities are moving to place the victims of the shooting successful Monterey Park, California, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.
Luna said that due to the fact that the victims haven’t each been identified, helium couldn’t accidental their nonstop ages, but gave a range.
“I don't person the circumstantial ages due to the fact that they person not been identified. But they're not successful their 20s oregon 30s. They look to beryllium probably, I would say, successful their 50s, 60s, and possibly immoderate adjacent beyond that,” Luna said.
"They saved lives": Police main praises heroes who disarmed fishy astatine a 2nd location
The fishy successful the Monterey Park wide shooting was disarmed by 2 radical erstwhile helium went to a 2nd determination connected Saturday night, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.
Luna had earlier disclosed that a antheral Asian suspect had walked into a dance hall successful Alhambra and that "some individuals wrestled the firearm away from him."
"Remember, the fishy went to the Alhambra determination aft helium conducted the shooting (in Monterey Park), and helium was disarmed by 2 assemblage members who I consider to beryllium heroes," Luna said astatine a quality league Sunday.
Monterey Park's US representative: "We are resilient, and we are stronger together"
From CNN's Aaron Pellish
Rep. Judy Chu, who represents Monterey Park, praised section instrumentality enforcement and thanked those who reached retired to her to connection support, including the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Chu spoke astatine a quality league connected Sunday evening aft the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed a antheral recovered dormant aft a constabulary standoff successful Torrance was the aforesaid idiosyncratic suspected of carrying retired a wide shooting successful Monterey Park precocious Saturday. Chu thanked section instrumentality enforcement officials for their efforts successful tracking the suspect.
“All this afternoon, the assemblage was successful fear,” Chu said.
Chu said she received calls from Mayorkas and from the White House, though she did not specify whether she spoke with President Joe Biden. Chu besides said she spoke with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
“I got calls contiguous from the White House, from the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and from our mayor, Karen Bass,” Chu said. “All expressed concerns and offered their resources to america to marque definite that we could extremity this unspeakable situation.”
Chu said the residents of Monterey Park, wherever she has lived for 37 years, are resilient and implored the assemblage to “feel safe.”
“What I saw today, and what I spot astatine this infinitesimal is so we are resilient, and we are stronger together,” Chu said.
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