Officials are beginning to publicly identify the victims of the Monterey Park shooting — starting with 65-year-old My Nhan and 63-year-old Lilan Li. All 10 victims were in their 50s, 60s and 70s.
Ten people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night. Here, a woman is seen praying for victims outside Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif.
, on Monday., on Monday.A mass shooting over the weekend at a dance studio in Monterey Park, a city east of Los Angeles, killed 10 people and left 10 others injured. After an hours-long manhunt, the suspect was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Torrance, about 30 miles southwest of Monterey Park, officials said. The suspect has been identified as Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old Asian man.took place in a predominantly Asian American community on Lunar New Year's eve, after a popular festival in the area. Ten people — five women and five men — were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night. On Monday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner identified two of the victims as 65-year-old My Nhan and 63-year-old Lilan Li. The remaining three females and five males, all in their 50s, 60s and 70s, have not yet been identified. The motive for the shooting is not known. The FBI and state authorities are also involved in the investigation.Investigators work at the scene of Saturday's mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.Investigators work at the scene of Saturday's mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.At around 10:22 p.m. local time on Saturday, a gunman opened fire inside of Star Dance Studio, a Chinese-owned ballroom dance studio on West Garvey Avenue, less than a block from where a Lunar New Year festival was held. The first day of the two-day festival had just ended. The event, which officials said drew more than 100,000 attendees, was canceled after the shooting. Ten people were pronounced dead at the scene. The wounded victims were rushed to local hospitals, in conditions ranging from stable to critical.About a half hour after the attack, the same armed man went into another ballroom studio, Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio, in nearby Alhambra, a few miles away. The suspect went to the second location with the"intent to kill more people," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said, but two people successfully disarmed the suspect by wresting the weapon out of his hands. The suspect was using what local authorities said was a magazine-fed assault-style pistol, of which Luna said he was unsure of its legal status in the state.On Sunday at about 10:20 a.m., police saw a white cargo van in Torrance, Calif. The driver of the van pulled over and police surrounded it, then heard a single gunshot. Authorities retreated and returned at about 12:52 p.m. with backup, to find Tran inside, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Bystanders watch law enforcement agents breaking into a van containing the suspect's body in Torrance, California, on Sunday.Bystanders watch law enforcement agents breaking into a van containing the suspect's body in Torrance, California, on Sunday.Monterey Park's population is more than 65% Asian, according to the latest figures from the
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