Ten people were killed in a shooting Saturday night in Monterrey Park, a southern California town with a majority of residents of Asian origin a few miles from The Angels, california. The man who started shooting, according to some witnesses with a machine gun, He fled following the attack and is still on the run.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office investigators are “Assisting the Monterey Park Police in the investigation of shooting deaths. There are ten deceased”, said a statement on Sunday, admitting that the attacker is still not in custody.
The shooting occurred near a Monterey Park site where the Lunar New Year had just been celebrated. The town has regarding 61,000 residents, mostly of Asian origin, and is located regarding 13 kilometers east of downtown Los Angeles.
According to press reports, the shooting occurred in a dance hall on Saturday night, when the Lunar New Year celebration was ending.
A city resident, Wong Wei, told the Los Angeles Times that a friend of hers was at the club and was in the bathroom when gunshots erupted. “When he came out, he saw an armed man and three bodies: two women and a person he identified as the head of the club.”said Wong.
According to the Los Angeles Times, tens of thousands of people had gathered earlier in the day for the two-day Chinese New Year festivities.which are among the largest in Southern California.
The alleged perpetrator of a fatal shooting in California was still on the run this Sunday, in the middle of a huge police operation following his steps. “The suspect fled the scene and his arrest remains pending,” Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office told reporters.
Antecedent seek
Just a few days ago, another shooting shook California, when in the municipality of Goshen another shooting left six dead, among them a 17 year old mother and her six month old baby. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux called the incident a “horrible massacre”.
Last Monday morning it seemed calm when around 3:30 a.m., the police in Tulare County, California, received a call with the information of an “alleged active shooter, due to the number of shots that were being heard,” according to the official. Sheriff before the AFP.
As reported to the media, 6800 Harvest Road had been searched last week following a complaint for drug trafficking. “We also believe that this was not a random act of violence. We believe that this was a target familyadded Mike Boudreaux.
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