'Jill and I are praying for those killed and injured in last night’s deadly mass shooting in Monterey Park,' the president said, reacting to the news of the Monterey Park mass shooting. Live coverage:
The active scene was located at the corner of Garfield and Garvey avenues.
The shooting occurred about an hour after thousands of people had been in the area for the first day of a two-day Lunar New Year festival that had ended before the shots were fired. Most of the crowds had already left the area.events in Southern California. Sunday's events were canceled. Meyer gave no description of the male shooter or the weapon he used, or why police gave no information on the shooting for hours while the shooter remained on the run. He also said police were investigating another incident in the nearby city of Alhambra to see whether it was connected.
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people that sits at the eastern edge of Los Angeles. The majority of its residents are Asian immigrants or their descendants, most of them Chinese. The dance studio in downtown Monterey Park is just a few blocks from city hall on its main thoroughfare of Garvey Avenue, which is dotted with strip malls that are full of small businesses whose signs are in both English and Chinese.
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