A gunman opened fire in a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, California on Saturday night, killing at least ten people and injuring another ten.
according to a 2020 census, and the shooting took place on the weekend of Lunar New Year, where the city had planned a two-day long festival in celebration of the holiday. The shooting took place after Saturday’s festivities, and Sunday celebrations have been canceled out of an abundance of caution.
The Los Angeles County sheriff said in a press conference Sunday that “our very preliminary description [of the suspect] has been described as a male Asian, and that's from the scene here in Monterey Park." He added that the local, state, and federal authorities are looking for a suspect between the ages of 30 and 50.
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom released a statement on Sunday morning. "Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year," he. “Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence. Our hearts mourn as we learn more about the devastating acts of last night.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted that President Joe Biden had given the direction for the FBI to offer “full support to local authorities.”, who has been a Monterey Park resident for 37 years, made a public statement offering condolence to the victims of the massacre. "Monterey Park is resilient. And what I know about the people here is that we will get through this together," she said.
According to The New York Times, the shooting is the deadliest one in the U.S. since the mass shooting at an elementary school in
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