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MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (KABC) -- Authorities are inactive trying to find a motive for the gunman who killed 10 radical and injured 10 others astatine a Monterey Park creation studio, slayings that near the assemblage successful shock.
The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was recovered dormant from an evident self-inflicted gunshot coiled successful a van successful Torrance Sunday, the extremity of an hours-long manhunt for the shooter.
According to instrumentality enforcement, the fishy had nary transgression past that has been found. Investigators are looking into the anticipation that home unit whitethorn person played a portion successful Saturday's wide shooting.
The adjacent day, instrumentality enforcement officials swarmed and entered the van linked to the suspect, aft surrounding it for hours earlier going in. A person's assemblage appeared to beryllium slumped implicit the instrumentality and was aboriginal removed from the vehicle. At an evening quality conference, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed the assemblage recovered was that of the suspected shooter.
Authorities said Tran utilized that van to fly aft helium was prevented from attacking different creation hallway successful Alhambra, astir 17 minutes aft helium opened occurrence astatine the Star Ballroom Dance Studio connected West Garvey Avenue.
At the Alhambra ballroom, Tran walked successful with a firearm and immoderate individuals wrestled the firearm away, Luna said.
A surveillance representation obtained by Eyewitness News shows the infinitesimal a antheral wrong the Lai Lai Ballroom confronted the fishy and disarmed him. Tran past fled the scene.
Very small is known astir Tran oregon his transportation to the targeted assemblage and creation halls. Public records amusement helium erstwhile had addresses successful Monterey Park and neighboring cities.
But Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the motive remained unclear for the attack, which besides wounded 10 people. Speaking astatine a Sunday evening quality conference, Luna said each of the radical killed appeared to beryllium implicit 50. No different suspects were astatine large, according to the sheriff.
"I inactive person questions successful my mind, which is: What was the motive for this shooter? Did helium person a intelligence illness? Was helium a home unit abuser? How did helium get these guns and was it done ineligible means oregon not?" Congresswoman Judy Chu said.
Luna added that the fishy was carrying what helium described arsenic a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, which the sheriff said helium believed is amerciable to person successful California. A 2nd handgun was discovered successful the van wherever Tran was recovered dead.
Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said Sunday evening that wrong 3 minutes of receiving the telephone conscionable aft 10 p.m. Saturday, officers arrived astatine the creation workplace successful Monterey Park. There, they recovered carnage wrong and radical trying to fly done each the doors.
"When they came into the parking lot, it was chaos," Wiese said.
"The archetypal officers connected country were immoderate of my youngest officers," Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said. "They had lone been connected the thoroughfare for a abbreviated play of time."
Wiese said the officers arrived astatine a country that "none of them had been prepared for," but didn't hesitate to spell in.
Luna said authorities were looking for that achromatic van aft witnesses reported seeing the fishy fly from Alhambra successful specified a vehicle.
Sources archer ABC7 that the licence plates connected that van were stolen. L.A. County sheriff's picked up that licence sheet successful Alhambra. Using that licence sheet information, the Torrance Police Department pulled the van implicit astatine astir 10:20 a.m.
WATCH: Van linked to Monterey Park shooting fishy had stolen licence plates, sources say
Police heard a gunshot from wrong the conveyance aft the operator pulled into the parking lot. Police tactical units were past requested to the scene.
"So the sharing of accusation is what led Torrance Police Department to beryllium capable to bash conscionable bully constabulary enactment by really spotting this van connected their streets," said L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn.
Law enforcement were seen converging connected the suspect's mobile location successful Hemet Sunday evening aft serving a hunt warrant.
Tran lived determination for astir a year, according to neighbors. Pat Roth says helium was a creation instructor, but didn't cognize overmuch other astir him. He says helium lived alone.
"He didn't onslaught maine arsenic having an aggravated bony successful his body, but that's conscionable seeing him coming and going," Roth said. "So I don't know. It's a small unnerving."
Meanwhile, 7 of the wounded radical remained successful the infirmary Sunday night, Luna said..
The sheriff said the section usually doesn't disclose the names of hospitals wherever victims of convulsive crimes are being treated. But successful this case, helium said, a disturbing incidental reinforces the determination to support that accusation private.
"Somebody called 1 of those hospitals to accidental thing on the lines of they privation to spell and decorativeness the job," Luna said. "That is perfectly horrible."
"Please, these victims and survivors are dealing with truthful much. Let's not traumatize them more."
All families and victims impacted by the shooting are urged to spell to the Langley Senior Center astatine 400 W. Emerson Avenue, wherever determination is simply a situation effect team.
Luna said 5 women and 5 men are among the deceased victims.
Those victims person not been officially identified by authorities yet, but friends identified 1 of the radical killed arsenic creation teacher Ming Wei Ma. He was known for his patience and understanding.
Friends accidental helium gave his beingness trying to prevention others.
"Mr. Ma, who is precise beloved and respected successful the creation community, and he's been doing that for implicit 20 years - helium was trying to halt the shooter, and helium passed away," person Eric Chen said.
The massacre successful Monterey Park was the nation's 5th wide sidesplitting this month. It was besides the deadliest onslaught since May 24, erstwhile 21 radical were killed successful an simple schoolhouse successful Uvalde, Texas.
The shooting happened successful the bosom of its downtown wherever reddish lanterns decorated the streets for the Lunar New Year festivities. The solemnisation successful Monterey Park is 1 of California's largest. Two days of festivities, which person been attended by arsenic galore arsenic 100,000 radical successful past years, were planned. But officials canceled Sunday's events pursuing the shooting.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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