The 11 people killed in Saturday's shooting at a dance studio in California were remembered Monday by their grieving families
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“It is comforting to know that she enjoyed her last dance, even though it was her last dance,” said her niece, Fonda Quan. “He loved people and hearing about their lives and in return, he shared his own stories with so much enthusiasm that you couldn't help but listen and laugh along with him," the family said.
The massacre was the nation’s fifth mass killing this month, and it struck one of California’s largest celebrations of a holiday observed in many Asian cultures. Asian Americans around the U.S. have been the target of high-profile violence in recent years.but said the suspect, Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old Asian man, may have had a history of visiting the dance hall. About 20 minutes after the first attack, he entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra.
Nhan, who had been her mother’s caretaker, was ready to “start the year fresh” and to celebrate with friends, Quan said. Quan said she never heard her aunt talk about the gunman. While the family feels somewhat settled knowing he is dead, they want answers about his motives, she said.
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