A mass capturing suspect has been discovered lifeless after allegedly killing 10 folks and wounding 10 others in a Saturday evening assault in Monterey Park, CA.
Huu Can Tran, 72, was found lifeless on Sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a white van wherein authorities say the suspect had fled the scene. Tran was present in Torrance, which is situated about half-hour from Monterey Park, together with a handgun and different items of proof. Monterey Park is situated on the jap fringe of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Workplace stated no different suspects had been at massive and {that a} attainable motive is unclear.
5 girls and 5 males had been left lifeless within the capturing on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park and one other 10 folks had been wounded, the sheriff’s workplace stated. The town wherein the incident occurred has a big Asian inhabitants, and the capturing was carried out throughout Lunar New Yr celebrations.
CALIFORNIA POLICE IDENTIFY GUNMAN IN MONTEREY ATTACK THAT KILLED 10 PEOPLE, INJURED 10 OTHERS IN MASS SHOOTING
Huu Can Tran, 72, was found lifeless on Sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
(Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division)
Who’s Huu Can Tran?
On Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna recognized Tran because the suspect within the Monterey Park capturing. Authorities found Tran lifeless within the van used to flee the scene of the capturing. A handgun was additionally discovered within the van present in Torrance.
Regulation enforcement personnel collect outdoors a ballroom dance membership in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.
(AP Photograph/Jae C. Hong)
It’s not recognized if Tran was concentrating on people or firing indiscriminately when he started capturing.
He had reportedly tried to hold out a second capturing within the Lai Lai Ballroom within the metropolis of Alhambra about half-hour after the preliminary incident, however folks on the location wrestled his handgun away from him earlier than he fled.
CALIFORNIA MASS SHOOTING WITNESSES SAY VICTIMS FLED TO NEIGHBORING STORES AS SUSPECT FIRED INDISCRIMINATELY
A police officer ties tape round a lightweight pole in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.
(AP Photograph/Jae C. Hong)
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Tran’s spouse stated in a media interview on Sunday that her husband used to offer casual classes on the Star Ballroom Dance Studio.
One other long-time acquaintance additionally stated Tran used to steadily go to the dance studio, though it’s unclear when he final got here to the studio.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
