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The shooting in Monterey Park, which has a large Asian population, happened shortly after thousands of people had gathered for a Lunar New Year festival.

The gunman opened fire on a busy dance studio in the downtown area of the city.

Officers arrived at the scene at 22:22 local time on Saturday (06:22 GMT on Sunday) and found people "pouring out of the location screaming", Captain Andrew Meyer said.

Victims were treated both inside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio and in the car park outside, police said.

Officers are hunting for a male suspect between the age of 30 and 50 who fled the scene, but have received different descriptions of the attacker. Dozens of witnesses are being interviewed.

"We need to get this person off the street as soon as possible," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference on Sunday.

He gave no details about the weapon used but said the suspect may have fled in a white van. The motive for the attack is still unclear.

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The centre of Monterey Park, including West Garvey Avenue where the shooting happened, was decorated for Lunar New Year with red lanterns and banners.

The celebration is one of the largest in California and attracted tens of thousands of people throughout the day.

Two days of celebrations were planned, but officials cancelled Sunday's events following the shooting.

There is a large police presence in the city - which is about seven miles (11km) east of downtown Los Angeles - and much of the area near the dance studio has been sealed off.

Police are investigating the possibility that the suspect entered a second dance studio around 30 minutes after the attack.

The weapon he was carrying was wrestled from him by someone at the Alhambra dance studio, according to police. No one was injured at that location.

"We believe that there's an incident that may be related," Sheriff Luna said. "It's definitely on our radar."

Bloody guns again.

Also - if there are so many guns in America why didn't someone shoot the shooter?

What's the answer - more guns?

Redmond Neck wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2023 at 6:00am:


Yes -




https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/los-angeles-mass-shooting-01-22-2023/index....

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From CNN's John Miller

The standoff in Torrance, California, began when police tried to stop a white cargo van that fit the description of a vehicle of interest from the Saturday night shooting in Monterey Park, law enforcement sources tell CNN, citing preliminary information.

As officers gave commands for the occupant to exit the van, they heard what they believe was the sound of the driver shooting himself, the sources said.

Officers have surrounded the van, and it appears they may be moving toward a tactical approach to ensure the driver is not still alive and armed inside.

Torrance is a city in Los Angeles County's South Bay region, located about 30 miles southwest of Monterey Park.

Yanks love blowing the heads off their kids, particularly in the white-trash south.

It's practised like a religion in the US.

There's no point the world hand-wringing over it - the yanks are loving it.

Lisa Jones wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2023 at 8:55am:


Hospital Orderly Biden has no idea does he?
This is a guy who slowly made his way up the institutional ladder like a Tortoise - just doing what he was told, even when it was corrupt as hell. This is a guy who has dementia because his mind has never achieved the ability to think for itself and relied on being carried by the demands of an institution. During the course of his 'predicted' career set out for him - he has turned out to be a sex offending dirty old man. I have no doubt he paid Maxwell's island a visit on numerous occasions. Thinking that Harris is his wife, that his wife is called Joe and he is his wife, sniffing little girl's hair, talking with young girls about their potential sex life, etc, etc, etc

...the world has been conned. Made to believe that Trump was bad, when something worse than 'bad' came in - in the shape of 'Evil' in Biden.

And yet if if a Military, any military - does this, its ok.

Jasin wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2023 at 10:14am:


He was a MAGA white supremacist.

The blood of those innocent people is on the tiny hands of Trump, Gaetz, Greene, Boebert, et al.

Frank wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2023 at 10:24am:


MAGA gunman.