Monterey Park shooting: Elderly Asian suspect found dead

California constabulary accidental the gunman suspected of sidesplitting 10 radical successful a ballroom creation workplace adjacent Los Angeles was a 72-year-old Asian, who was aboriginal recovered dormant successful a achromatic van.

The man, Huu Can Tran, had a self-inflicted gunshot coiled and was declared dormant astatine the scene, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

Celebrations for Lunar New Year had been nether mode successful Monterey Park, known for its ample Asian population.

Police bash not yet cognize the motive.

Ten radical were wounded successful the shooting, and 7 are inactive successful hospital, immoderate successful a captious condition, the sheriff said astatine a quality league connected Sunday day successful Monterey Park.

He added that the 10 radical who died were inactive being identified, but they "seem to beryllium astir apt successful their 50s, 60s and immoderate possibly adjacent beyond there".

Earlier, officials said 5 women and 5 men had been killed, each "probably" of Asian descent.

The wide shooting, 1 of the deadliest successful California's history, began astatine astir 22:22 section clip connected Saturday (06:22 GMT connected Sunday) astatine the fashionable Star Ballroom Dance Studio successful Monterey Park, astir 7 miles (11km) eastbound of cardinal Los Angeles.

Police Chief Scott Wiese said that what his officers recovered was a "scene of carnage", and that the archetypal officers to get determination were immoderate of the youngest connected his squad, having lone conscionable finished their grooming a fewer months ago.

"They came crossed a country nary of them person prepared for," helium said. "There were injured radical wrong and dormant radical inside. My young officers did their job."

About 30 minutes later, the gunman arrived astatine different creation workplace successful the adjacent municipality of Alhambra.

He entered the studio, but 2 radical managed to wrestle the limb disconnected him - a semi-automatic battle pistol with an extended mag - and helium escaped.

Sheriff Luna said helium believed the limb was amerciable successful California, though added helium needed to analyse that further.

He praised the "two assemblage members, who I see to beryllium heroes. They saved lives, this could've been overmuch worse," the sheriff said, adding that helium believes Tran intended to termination much people.

For hours connected Sunday, authorities scoured the Los Angeles country successful hunt of the gunman.

Just earlier 13:00 section clip (2100 GMT) - astir 12 hours aft the shooting - a SWAT squad swarmed a achromatic van successful a carpark successful Torrance, astir 30 miles (48km) from the Monterey Park shooting scene.

Sheriff Luna said they heard a azygous changeable from wrong the van arsenic they approached, and past recovered the fishy slumped implicit the steering wheel. Evidence including a handgun was recovered, and the antheral was identified arsenic the gunman.

The sheriff said the shooter is believed to person acted alone, and determination were nary much suspects.

He said constabulary "assume" the fig plates connected the van were stolen.

Monterey Park's colonisation is astir 65% Asian American - it has been called America's archetypal "Chinese suburb". It became the archetypal mainland US metropolis to person a bulk of residents with Asian ancestry.

With a assemblage successful mourning the Monterey Park celebrations of Lunar New Year were cancelled, yet reddish lanterns and festive banners already adorned the streets.