What is known about the massacre
Authorities in Los Angeles, California, are investigating a Saturday night shooting at a Monterey Park club in which 11 people were killed and at least 10 others were injured.
The Los Angeles coroner's office identified four of the victims as My Nhan, Lilan Li, Xiujuan Yu and Valentino Alvero, all between the ages of 50 and 70.
The other fatalities were a woman over 50 years of age;
two women over 60;
two men of the same age and three other men who were over 70 years of age.
It is unknown for now what motivated the alleged attacker to open fire, identified as Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old man who was found dead from a self-inflicted wound inside a van in a public parking lot in Los Angeles.
But Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo said the killer was "probably" after his ex-wife.
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11h ago / 3:02 AM UTC
"It was the light of the class": they remember one of the women who died in the massacre
Mymy Nhan, who was killed in the Monterey Park shooting, had a permanent smile on her face and was “the light” of dance classes.
This is how she remembers Maksym Kapitanchuk, Nhan's dance instructor.
“I don't even think I've ever seen her without her smile, even through the mask I could see her eyes smiling.
She was the light of the class, of any party, of any class," she told CNN on Monday.
He said he met Nhan in 2010. She became one of his first students and helped him start his career as a dance teacher.
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11h ago / 2:22 AM UTC
“Run outside quick!”: A witness to the Monterey Park shooting recounts the terror he experienced
A witness to the massacre in Monterey Park recounts the terror
Jan 23, 202302:34
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12h ago / 2:07 AM UTC
One of the women injured in the shooting is released from the hospital
A 73-year-old woman
who was injured in the shooting has been released from the LAC+USC Medical Center, Executive Director Jorge Orozco said in a statement.
Separately, Sheriff Robert Luna said authorities believe
a person was shot outside the studio in a vehicle
before the gunman entered to continue the massacre.
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12h ago / 1:15 AM UTC
Security video shows the moment a young man disarms the Monterey Park attacker
After shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, killing 11 people and wounding nine, suspect Huu Can Tran, 72, then drove to another nearby ballroom.
It was there, at the Lai Lai Ballroom, that Brandon Tsay, who works at the establishment founded by his grandparents, seized a 9mm semi-automatic assault weapon and saved "countless lives," Sheriff Robert Luna said.
“He is the hero who disarmed the suspect,” Luna said.
"What a brave man he is."
Exclusive Video: The Moment A Young “Hero” Disarms A Suspect In The Monterey Park Massacre
Jan 24, 202301:36
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13h ago / 12:54 AM UTC
Monterey Park suspect met ex-wife at shooting dance studio
"He was part of the community," Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón told CNN.
The suspect in carrying out the massacre "has been part of that community, there he met his ex-wife" at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio.
"It certainly looks like this was premeditated."
The shooter was “very familiar” with the dance studio in Monterey Park, Gascón said.
The crime scene on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at the Star Dance Studio Ballroom, where Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old Asian man, is accused of shooting and killing 10 people and wounding 10 in Monterey Park on Saturday in the night.
Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
As for how the shooter was able to obtain the weapons, one of which was
a modified semi-automatic firearm that is illegal in California,
Gascón said the suspect "has been a gun enthusiast for many years," so it's I may have gotten some before they were illegal in California.
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13h ago / 12:16 AM UTC
Monterey Park suspect was arrested in 1990 for illegal possession of a weapon
The man accused of killing 11 people at a Monterey Park dance studio
had a "limited criminal record,"
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference.
The sheriff said Monday that the gunman was arrested in 1990 for
illegal possession of a firearm.
This has been the deadliest shooting in county history, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said.
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14h ago / 11:41 PM UTC
A rifle, ammunition, cell phones: what they found in the suspect's mobile home
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said authorities found a .308-caliber rifle and electronic devices including cell phones and computers in the suspected shooter's mobile home while executing a search warrant early Monday.
They also found "hundreds of rounds" of ammunition and items that led police to believe the suspect was making homemade "firearm suppressors," Luna said at a news conference Monday.
Ballistics and forensic comparisons will need to be performed on all items recovered from the suspected shooter's home, Luna said.
She added that there is "a lot of work to be done there, but we don't want to leave any stone unturned."
Luna said homicide investigators are still working in conjunction with the FBI, ATF and the district attorney's office, among others in what he called a "very complex investigation."
She added that there is still a lot they don't know.
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14h ago / 11:16 PM UTC
They reveal the identity of two more of the victims
The Los Angeles County coroner's office has named two more victims of Saturday night's mass shooting in Monterey Park.
Xiujuan Yu
, a 57-year-old woman, and
Valentino Alvero,
a 68-year-old man, were killed in the shooting, the office said.
Four of the 11 fatalities have been named so far:
Mymy Nhan
, a 65-year-old woman, and
Lilan Li,
a 63-year-old woman were identified on Monday.
Authorities have not yet released the names of the other three women and four men who died in the attack, only general age ranges.
Of those yet to be identified, three were over 60 and four were over 70.
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15h ago / 10:49 PM UTC
California has the strictest gun laws in the country.
They didn't stop the Monterey Park shooting
Julianne McShane - NBC News
Politicians and gun control advocates are calling for a stronger nationwide gun ban after California laws failed to prevent the Monterey Park shooting.
Varun Nikore, executive director of the AAPI Victory Alliance, which advocates for the election of progressive politicians of Asian descent, said on MSNBC Sunday night: “We need an assault weapons ban in this country.
I can't say it more clearly than that."
Also Sunday night, Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted: “No other country in the world is terrified by this constant stream of gun violence.
We need real gun reform at the national level.”
An employee shows a customer a Glock 17 pistol at Redstone Firearms in Burbank, California, September 2022. White men still represent the largest group of gun owners in the US, but women, and specifically women Black women represent a growing share of the market.Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg / via Getty Images
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the gun was recovered from the Alhambra Ballroom, where the shooter headed 17 minutes after the Monterey Park massacre, just miles away, before being disarmed. by one employee, it was a “semi-automatic assault pistol” with a high-capacity extended magazine.
California has the strictest gun laws in the country,
according to gun control advocacy groups Everytown for Gun Safety and the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
They ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require background checks for gun purchases, and allow law enforcement to seek a court order to prevent a person in crisis from accessing a firearm, according to Everytown.
It is unclear where or how the Monterey Park shooter obtained the weapon.
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16h ago / 9:55 PM UTC
"A festive night... turned into a tragedy"
In a message on its Facebook page, the dance studio where the shooting occurred this Saturday in Los Angeles thanked the community for its support and mourned the deaths of the victims.
"Thank you for your prayers and thoughts during this difficult time. What should have been a festive night to welcome the first day of the Lunar New Year turned into a tragedy. Our hearts go out to all the victims, survivors, and their families. In this time of healing, we hope that everyone affected has space to grieve and process what has happened in the last 24 hours. In the meantime,
all classes will be canceled and the studio will remain closed until further notice."
Two police vehicles near a building where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, California, on Sunday, January 22, 2023. Jae C. Hong / AP
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16h ago / 9:32 PM UTC
The suspect had made decades-old allegations against his family
The 72-year-old Monterey Park shooting suspect had visited his local police station earlier this month on two separate occasions to make decades-old allegations against his family, the Hemet Police Department said in a statement Monday. in the afternoon.
The suspect made the visits on January 7 and 9 “
alleging
past allegations of fraud, theft and poisoning involving his family in the Los Angeles area 10 to 20 years ago,” the statement said.
The suspect claimed that he would return with documentation on the allegations, but never did.
The suspect was a resident of Hemet, a city about 85 miles southeast of Monterey Park.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department executed
a search warrant at his residence,
Hemet police said.
In the US, so many mass shootings occur because "it is the country that has the most weapons in the world"
Jan 23, 202302:28
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17h ago / 8:19 PM UTC
Death toll from Monterey Park attack rises to 11
In a press release, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services announced that one of the injured had died Monday.
“Our heroic staff at the LAC+USC Medical Center has worked tirelessly to care for the four victims entrusted to our care.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts,
we are saddened to share that one of the victims has succumbed to her extensive injuries.
We want to express our deepest condolences to their families and loved ones," said Jorge Orozco, general director of the LAC+USC Medical Center.
“The tragic events of the past weekend have shaken our communities to the core.
On behalf of our medical teams and staff, I want to express our deepest condolences to all who have been affected by this tragedy.
As healthcare providers, we are both saddened and outraged by this latest act of gun violence that has claimed precious lives and left families and a community in grief."
One of those wounded in the Los Angeles shooting dies.
Increase to 11 people who were killed
Jan 23, 202302:05
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18h ago / 7:39 PM UTC
The one in California was not the only one: over the weekend there was another shooting at a club in Louisiana
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18h ago / 7:14 PM UTC
More than 60% of Asian women have experienced domestic violence
By Julianne McShane and Elizabeth Sedran -
NBC News
Asian-American activist Amanda Nguyen said Monday in an interview with our sister network MSNBC that
"a real conversation needs to be had about the rate of domestic violence in our community
," noting that more than 60% of women of Asian origin in the country are survivors of domestic violence.
The comments from Nguyen, the founder and executive director of the civic organization Rise, which combats hate toward Asians and Pacific Islanders, came hours after the mayor of Monterey Park said the alleged killer was likely looking for his ex-wife to harm her and that the man had a history of domestic violence.
Although it is not clear which specific statistic Nguyen was referring to, violence against Asian and Pacific Islander women is well documented.
A report from the Asia Pacific Institute on gender-based violence found that up to 55% of women in that community had experienced violence in the home.
A woman places flowers for the victims of the massacre in Monterey Park, California, on January 22, 2023. Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
A report released in March of last year by the National Forum of Asian-Pacific American Women found that 38% of women in this community reported experiencing sexual harassment in the past year and 12% reported experiencing physical violence based on on gender and/or race.
Activists also reported that domestic violence against women of Asian origin or descent increased during the pandemic, and experts say that could worsen as abortion restrictions increase across the country.
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19h ago / 6:44 PM UTC
They cancel some celebrations for the Lunar New Year and in others they reinforce security
Jan 23, 202300:24
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19h ago / 6:21 PM UTC
They will hold a vigil for the victims of Monterey Park on Wednesday
A local California organization dedicated to stopping violence against Asians will hold a vigil for the victims of the shooting in Monterey Park on Wednesday at 6:00 pm local time.
The event will be outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, where the massacre occurred in which 10 people lost their lives and another 10 were injured.
La policía identificó a dos de las 10 personas que perdieron la vida como My Nhan, de 65 años, y Lilan Li, de 63. Además, dijo que fallecieron una mujer de más de 50 años; dos mujeres mayores de 60; dos hombres de esa misma edad y otros tres hombres que superaban los 70 años.
Yolanda Gallegos, 72, reza por las víctimas del tiroteo en un salón de baile de Monterey Parl, California, el 23 de enero de 2023.Jae C. Hong / AP
La vigilia, organizada por el grupo Compassion en el Valle de San Gabriel, será un evento para “recordar, honrar y llorar las vidas perdidas por la violencia armada”, según una publicación en su página de Instagram.
“Se suponía que hoy sería el comienzo del Año Nuevo Lunar, un momento lleno de celebración y alegría, pero hoy estamos llenos de dolor y pérdida”, indicaron en la publicación del domingo por la noche.
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20h ago / 5:47 PM UTC
"Estaba buscando gente para atacarla", dice hombre que desarmó al asesino de Monterey Park
Por Julianne McShane - NBC News
Un hombre que ha sido aclamado como un héroe por ayudar a desarmar en un salón de baile cerca de la ciudad de Alhambra, California, al asesino de Monterey Park, afirmó este lunes que el atacante parecía dispuesto a dispararle a más gente, luego de matar a 10 personas y herir a otras 10 en el primer club.
“No parecía que estuviera aquí por el dinero. Él no estaba allí para robarnos. Cuando miraba alrededor del salón, parecía que estaba buscando objetivos, gente para atacarla”, afirmó este lunes Brandon Tsay, de 26 años, en una entrevista con la cadena ABC .
Las policía investiga el vehículo en el que viajaba el presunto asesino de Monterey Park, quien se suicidó de un disparo, el 22 de enero de 2023.Damian Dovarganes / AP
Tsay contó que la mayoría de los clientes ya se habían ido cuando el atacante llegó al Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio, unas dos millas al norte del Star Ballroom Dance Studio de Monterey Park, donde el asesino perpetró su ataque mortal unos 20 minutos antes, según las autoridades.
Tsay trabaja como programador de computadoras y algunas veces a la semana le ayuda a su familia a administrar el salón de baile, que ha estado en su posesión desde hace tres generaciones, según el diario The New York Times.
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21h ago / 5:05 PM UTC
El tiroteo en Monterey Park es el número 33 en lo que va de 2023
Gun violence prevention activists say the Monterey Park, California, ballroom shooting was the 33rd so far in 2023 alone.
The independent research group Gun Violence Archive denounced the massacre, saying on social media that it is the latest example of the scourge caused by firearms in the country.
Gun Violence Archive defines mass shootings as single incidents in which four or more victims are shot, not including the attacker.
Not even a month has passed since 2023 and there have already been 33 mass shootings in the US.
Jan 23, 202300:31
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21h ago / 4:42 PM UTC
Monterey Park shooter was 'probably' after his ex-wife
El alcalde de Monterey Park, Henry Lo, dijo este lunes por la mañana en entrevista Kate Snow, corresponsal nacional de nuestra cadena hermana NBC News, que el atacante que abrió fuego en un salón de baile "probablemente" tuvo como objetivo a su exesposa, y que podría haber tenido antecedentes de violencia doméstica.
“Entiendo que pudo haber ido al lugar porque su exesposa estaba en una fiesta celebrando el Año Nuevo Lunar, y parecía que había antecedentes de violencia doméstica, lo cual es infortunado”, afirmó Lo.
“En cuanto al motivo, la razón por la cual lo hizo... todavía estamos tratando de averiguarlo y de entenderlo”, agregó durante la entrevista.
Flores en honor a las víctimas de la masacre en Monterey Park, California, el 23 de enero de 2023.Jae C. Hong / AP
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said they "cannot say if it was related to that or not" adding that they have no additional information to provide.
The authorities have not yet reported what motivated it.
NBC News has reached out to the person believed to be the shooter's ex-wife for comment.
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21h ago / 4:30 PM UTC
Flags fly at half mast at government buildings in honor of Monterey Park victims
Jan 23, 202300:22
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