The Monterey Park shooter went to a similar ballroom dance studio in Alhambra after he killed 10 and injured 10 more at Star Dance Studio. But at Lai Lai Ballroom, two people, who authorities are calling heroes, wrestled the firearm away.
went to a second dance facility not far away in Alhambra, which officials said appeared to be his next target.“The suspect walked in there, probably with the intent to kill two more people,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. “But two community members disarmed him, took possession of his weapon, and the suspect ran away.”The two people were not identified, but the suspect fled the studio in a white van the police found hours later.
Police believe that van is the one officers tracked to Torrance before noon Sunday, where officers surrounded the vehicle. The gunman was found dead inside.A deadly mass shooting inside a Monterey Park dance studio led authorities to Torrance on Sunday, where the suspected gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a strip mall parking lot.
There were no obvious signs that anything had occurred in the foyer visible through the glass doors, save for a bottle of hand sanitizer askew in the middle of the floor. She and her instructor, who were both wearing dance shoes, had entered through a side door earlier that morning and hadn’t seen the sign posted on the front door.Ten people were killed when a man opened fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park. Police believe the shooter also targeted an Alhambra studio. Here’s what we know.
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