This is the moment Brandon Tsay wrestled away a weapon from the suspected Monterey Park, California gunman – before he could carry out a second attack. Tsay was called a 'hero' who 'saved countless lives.'
suspect before he could carry out a second attack — calling him a"hero" who"saved countless lives."
At a news conference Monday, Sheriff Robert Luna said Brandon Tsay confronted the suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, in the lobby of a dance hall run by Tsay's family, the Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra. "I'd like to take a second to also thank Mr. Brandon Tsay for his heroic action, which saved countless lives," Luna said."He's the hero who disarmed the suspect at the Alhambra location and in my opinion saved many lives."celebrating the Lunar New YearInvestigators say he then left the scene and drove a few miles away, entering the Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra about 20 to 30 minutes later. Tsay could be seen on surveillance footage wresting the gun away from him.
"I think that individual is a hero for all of us," she said of Tsay."Someone who put their life at stake and actually prevented more deaths from occurring is a hero in my books."on Monday, January 23, 2023
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