Speaking at the vigil, Maychelle Yee, Monterey Park's City Clerk, said the community will be resilient. “The city of Monterey Park will not be defined by the heinous act of a cowardly individual,' she said. 'We are so much more.”
Hundreds of people attended a vigil Tuesday night to honor the victims of Saturday’s shooting in Monterey Park, in which 11 people were killed and another nine injured.
Speaking at the vigil, Maychelle Yee, Monterey Park's city clerk, said the community will be resilient. “The city of Monterey Park will not be defined by the heinous act of a cowardly individual," she said."We are so much more.”Support for LAist comes from “They worked so hard as immigrants to build a future, and this was their time to enjoy it," Lee said."To have that taken away in such a violent manner is incomprehensible.”“It is so easy at this time to become numb," she said."We must resist the urge to dismiss this as a one-time incident. We know it is not.”
President Biden sent a message through an aide, who read a letter from Biden telling the people of Monterey Park they are in the nation’s prayers and that none of the victims will be forgotten.
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