BREAKING: Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands.
According to authorities, it happened around 10:30 p.m. on the 100 block of West Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed a shooting happened and that homicide detectives were ordered to the scene. It occurred about an hour after a large Lunar New Year festival in the area had ended that thousands of people attended earlier in the day. The business appears to be a dance studio or club that has been in business since 1990.
One neighbor told KCAL News the gunshots sounded like fireworks, but due to the celebrations in the area, he did not think much of it at the time. Seung Won Choi, who owns the Clam House seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from where the shooting happened, told the Los Angles Times that three people rushed into his business and told him to lock the door.
The people also told Choi that there was a shooter with a machine gun who had multiple rounds of ammunition on him so he could reload.
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