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Gunman shoots 10 at California event, surrounds himself: 10 facts

January 23, 2023
Bharat Times

Ten people were killed and at least 10 others were injured in a shooting at a dance club.

Los Angeles:
A search continues for the suspect in the Los Angeles mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured at least 10 others, after 72-year-old Huệ Canh Tran was found dead inside a van. Police say he probably shot himself after being surrounded.

Here are the top 10 points of this big story

  1. The 72-year-old opened fire at a Chinese Lunar New Year party at Monterey Park in Los Angeles, California yesterday. Police tracked him to a van and surrounded it. As the officers approached the vehicle, they heard gunshots.

  2. “The suspect shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

  3. The sheriff confirmed that there were no other suspects in the mass shooting, and said the motive for the attack was not yet known. “The investigation is still on,” he said.

  4. Authorities have said detectives were reviewing surveillance video and did not yet know whether the suspect was targeting any specific groups.

  5. “We don’t know if this is a hate crime specifically defined by law, but who walks into a dance hall and shoots 20 people?”, Sheriff Luna previously said.

  6. The White House said in a statement that US President Joe Biden has ordered all American flags on public buildings to be flown at half-mast in honor of the victims of the mass shooting.

  7. Thousands of people gathered for the largest two-day Lunar New Year celebration in Southern California. The second day of the festival was canceled following the attack.

  8. The deadliest shooting in the US since a shooter killed 22 people in Texas at an elementary school in May has again put the spotlight on rising gun violence in the country and easy access to firearms.

  9. Last year there were 647 incidents of mass shootings in which at least four people were shot or killed by a shooter, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.

  10. Across the United States, more than 44,000 people will die from gunshot wounds in 2022, more than half of which are suicides.