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California Mass Shooting: 10 killed at Lunar New Year event, suspect dead
A man opened fire at a local dance studio in California. The incident reportedly took place near the downtown area where the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival is held each year. Credit: Reuters Photo
Five men and five women were fatally shot and 10 more were injured before the gunman, police believe, left the scene and entered a second dance club in nearby Alhambra, where two patrons were able to disarm him before he fled in what investigators described as a white cargo van. Credit: AP/PTI Photo
The drama came to an end after an hourslong manhunt, a SWAT team pinned that van in a parking lot in Torrance, some 30 miles from the scene of the shootings. Credit: Reuters Photo
Officers heard one shot as they approached the van and discovered that the suspect had shot himself, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Credit: Reuters Photo
The man, identified as Huu Can Tran, 72, was pronounced dead at the scene. Credit: AP/PTI Photo
The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since the massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Credit: Reuters Photo
The killings occurred on the eve of the Lunar New Year, a significant holiday for Asian Americans that had drawn thousands of people out to celebrate in Monterey Park earlier in the day. Credit: Getty Images via AFP Photo
Neighbours would later be horrified to learn that what they thought had been the sound of celebratory fireworks was actually the explosion of gunfire. Credit: Reuters Photo
Bystanders watch law enforcement agents breaking into a van with a body in the driver's seat in Torrance, California. Credit: AFP Photo
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