Tran added that his family tried to poison him 10-20 years ago. The suspect said he would bring evidence and return to the police station, but has not appeared since, Mr. Reyes said.
At the suspect’s home in Hemet, California, investigators found a 7.8 mm caliber rifle, multiple magazines, electronic devices including phones and computers, and many suspected accessories. used by the suspect to make silencers.
Authorities also said the Norinco pistol discovered in the suspect’s car on January 22 was in the name of Huu Can Tran. Meanwhile, the weapon Tran was stripped of when he stormed the Lai Lai dance floor in Alhambra was a MAC-10 semi-automatic rifle, Mr. Luna said.
“I still have some questions like what was the gunman’s motive?” Representative Judy Chu, representing the Monterey Park area, said at a press conference on the evening of January 22. “Is he a man of domestic violence? Where did he get these guns from and through a legal channel? Those questions must be answered in the future.”
People are not yet shocked
The Monterey Park shooting sent shockwaves through the community, as many still consider the city a safe place and where gun violence is rare. The pain was further increased when the tragic incident occurred at the time when the Asian community celebrated the Lunar New Year.
| Residents grieve over the deaths of the victims of the Monterey Park shooting. Photo: Archyde.com. |
Suzy Liu, an employee at a Chinese herbal shop, said she banned her children from playing outside until the suspect was arrested. “It was scary,” she said.
Some consider the Star Dance club “part of the community,” and have laid flowers in memory of the victims, according to BBC.
“It’s more than entertainment, it’s our hobby,” Bjornbak said of Star Dance Studio. She had a close friend, Ming Wei Ma, the manager of Star Dance and one of the dead.
“He was a brilliant man. He was good at organizing dance or music and New Year events,” she said of her late friend.
After the shooting in Monterey Park, California also suffered 2 more shootings in a row – all in just 3 days. At Half Moon Bay, seven people were shot dead on the followingnoon of January 23, while one person was killed in Oakland on the evening of the same day.
