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Monterey Park mass shooter identified as Huu Can Tran

25.04.2023 от rexkraker1 Выкл

The gunman who slaughtered 10 people during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after his attempt at a second shooting was thwarted by ‘hero’ patrons. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the mass shooter as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. He said the motive for the attack is still unclear. 

‘He intended to kill more people,’  Luna said in a news conference on Sunday night. ‘They saved lives,’ he said of the patrons. ‘This could’ve been much worse.’

Ten people were shot and killed at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, where sources told CNN that Tran was once a ‘regular patron.’ 

The exact ages of the victims were not released, but Luna said they all appeared to be over 50. Seven of the wounded remained in the hospital, he added. 

Tran was carrying what was described as a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, which Luna said appeared to be illegal in California, where state laws ban any magazine holding more than 10 rounds. A second handgun was discovered in the van where he was found dead, he added.

Luna revealed how it all went down on Sunday when enforcement officials swarmed and entered the van after surrounding it for hours. They heard a gunshot and approached the vehicle to find Tran’s body slumped over the steering wheel. 

Huu Can Tran, who slaughtered 10 people during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California Saturday night was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after his attempt at a second shooting that was thwarted by 'hero' patrons

Huu Can Tran, who slaughtered 10 people during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California Saturday night was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after his attempt at a second shooting that was thwarted by ‘hero’ patrons

Huu Can Tran, 72, shot and killed ten people and injured ten more at a dance hall in California - before driving less than three miles to launch another attack

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the mass shooter as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. He said the motive for the attack is still unclear. A photo of the man was released earlier

Tran was carrying what was described as a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, and a second handgun was discovered in the van where he was found dead, officials said

Tran was carrying what was described as a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine, and a second handgun was discovered in the van where he was found dead, officials said 

Tran was removed from the van after he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during standoff

Tran was removed from the van after he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during standoff

The police standoff came after 10 people were shot and killed at a ballroom dance studio late Saturday amid Lunar New Years celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community of Monterey Park.

Luna said the shooting left five women and five men dead and wounded another 10 people. Then 20 to 30 minutes later, the gunman entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra. But patrons wrestled the weapon away from him and he fled.

‘Remember, the suspect went to the Alhambra location after he conducted the shooting and he was disarmed by two community members who I consider to be heroes,’ Luna said on Sunday. 

‘They saved lives,’ he added. ‘This could’ve been much worse. The weapon that we recovered at that second scene I am describing as a magazine-fed semiautomatic assault pistol. Not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large capacity magazine attached to it.’ 

Another gun, a handgun, was later found in the van where Tran was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Luna said that the van had different plates.

Authorities had been on the lookout for the vehicle after witnesses reported seeing the suspect fleeing Alhambra. He was also spotted <span style="font-sizethe LA Times three people rushed into his business and told him to lock the door.

Choi said he was told there was a man with a machine gun, and a shooting at the dance club. He added the man had multiple rounds of ammunition on him and would reload every time he ran out.

Local resident Wong Wei told the Los Angeles Times his friend was at the dance club and was in the bathroom when the shooting broke out.

When she emerged, she said she saw a gunman and three bodies — two women and one person who he said was the boss of the club.

Tran gave dance lessons at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the early 2000s, was remembered as being hostile toward his students and quick to get angry with his ex-wife

Interior of the Star Ballroom in Monterey Park where the shooting took place Saturday night 

Community members were out dancing and celebrating following a Lunar New Year celebration that had ended about an hour before the shooting

Community members were out dancing and celebrating following a Lunar New Year celebration that had ended about an hour before the shooting

Investigators gather at a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park Saturday night

Investigators gather at a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park Saturday night

Daytime aerial view of the dance hall where 10 people were shot dead Saturday night

Daytime aerial view of the dance hall where 10 people were shot dead Saturday night

Dozens of police officers responded to reports of a shooting on 22 January in California

Dozens of police officers are responding to reports of a shooting on 22 January in California

Armed officers were stationed outside an Asian store following the mass shooting Saturday

Armed officers were stationed outside an Asian store following the mass shooting Saturday

Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said people were ‘pouring out of the location screaming’ when officers arrived on the scene.

He said police then went into the dance ballroom as firefighters treated the wounded.

Ten deaths make it the joint fourth most deadly shooting in California’s history.

It also marks the fifth mass shooting in the US this month and the deadliest since 21 people were killed in a school in Uvalde, Texas.

The deadliest shooting in California history was in 1984 when a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, near San Diego. 

The latest violence comes two months after five people were killed at a Colorado Springs nightclub.

Law enforcement officials remained on the scene at the Star Ballroom on Sunday

Law enforcement officials remained on the scene at the Star Ballroom on Sunday 

Firefighters were pictured helping the injured in a parking lot near the scene on Saturday night

Firefighters were pictured helping the injured in a parking lot near the scene on Saturday night

Two police officers stand guard near a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park

Two police officers stand guard near a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park

The officers stand guard at the scene near the intersection of Garvey and Garfield Avenue

The officers stand guard at the scene near the intersection of Garvey and Garfield Avenue

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Captain Andrew Meyer talks to reporters during a briefing in Monterey Park early Sunday morning

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Captain Andrew Meyer talks to reporters during a briefing in Monterey Park early Sunday morning

Inside of the nightclub where the shots were fired and at least ten people were slain

Inside of the nightclub where the shots were fired and at least ten people were slain

Investigators gather at a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, California

Investigators gather at a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, California

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles county, around 7 miles from downtown Los Angeles, with a popthat President Joe Biden has ‘been briefed by the Homeland Security Advisor’ on the shooting and ‘directed her to make sure that the FBI is providing full support to local authorities, and to update him regularly today as more details are known.’

The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office has joined the sheriff’s department and Monterey Park Police in the investigation.

California Governor Gavin Newsom Sunday morning: Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New year. Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence.

‘Our hearts mourn as we learn more about the devastating acts of last night. We are monitoring the situation closely.’

Newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass expressed her condolences in a Sunday morning statement: ‘Families deserve to celebrate the holidays in peace — mass shooting and gun violence are a plague in our communities’

She added that investigators are working to determine whether the shooting was a manifestation of ‘Asian hate,’ and said that her ‘heart goes out to Monterey Park and the families and friends of those lost.’ 

New York Governor Kathy Hochul also weighed in Sunday morning, tweeting that she is ‘heartbroken by the horrific shooting.’

‘At what should be a time of Lunar New Year celebration, the scourge of gun violence has struck yet another community — we must put an end to these senseless tragedies,’ she wrote. 

The interior of Star Ballroom dance hall, where Tran killed at least 10 people Saturday night

The interior of the Star Ballroom dance hall, where a gunman killed at least 10 people Saturday night

Star Ballroom owner Maria Liang left a successful business career to open dance hall in 2013

Star Ballroom owner Maria Liang left a successful business career to open dance hall in 2013

The second shooting happened at nearby Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra (pictured)

The second shooting happened at nearby Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra (pictured)

Armed police held a large presence, including helicopters, after the Monterey Park shooting

Armed police held a large presence, including helicopters, after the Monterey Park shooting

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The Star Ballroom Dance Studio opened a decade ago and is owned by Maria Liang, a former banker for the East West Bank — a popular bank among the Chinese-American community.

While in China, she worked for Nike and the Australian energy company Norton Christensen. Though, it was her passion for dance that led her to open the Star Ballroom Dance Studio a decade ago.

It has since become one of the most popular professional ballroom studios in Southern California.

As members of the Chinese-American community in Monterey Park celebrated the incoming year of the rabbit on Saturday night, they were expecting to embrace a coming year full of relaxation, quietness and contemplation — all concepts that are symbolized by the rabbit.

The outgoing year of the Tiger was meant to be filled with positive and active thought, according to Chinese cosmological philosophy. But those celebrating the Year of the Rabbit suffered a rude awakening Saturday evening when the year broke out with a mass shooting.

Dr. Honglin

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