#WASHINGTON DC LOCKDOWN SHOOTING DRIVER#

Two-and-a-half hours later, authorities breached the van and found the suspect dead. The officers retreated and called for SWAT and tactical backup. They heard a single gunshot from inside the vehicle.

#WASHINGTON DC LOCKDOWN SHOOTING DRIVER#

Sheriff Luna said the van's driver pulled over in a parking lot and officers exited their vehicles and approached the van. The suspect was still able to get away.Ībout 20-30 minutes later, Luna said, the same gunman walked into a second ballroom dance hall, located in nearby Alhambra, with the 'intent to kill more people.' There, at Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio, two people disarmed him of a 'magazine-fed assault-style pistol.'Īsked whether that type of gun was legal in California, the sheriff said he believed it was not.Īfter fleeing the scene in a white van, the suspect's vehicle was spotted hours later by police officers in Torrance. Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said officers responded within three minutes of the first 911 call. Five of the people killed were women and five were men, Luna said, and were older, 'probably in their 50s, 60s and beyond.' At least 10 other people who suffered injuries were taken to area hospitals with conditions ranging from stable to critical. None of the victims have been identified, as officials work to notify family members. There are no outstanding suspects, said the sheriff. Investigators do not know a motive, Luna said. Luna named the suspect as Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old Asian man. Law enforcement vehicles had surrounded the van for over two hours before breaking into it. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna later confirmed in a Sunday evening news conference that the suspect was found dead inside the van from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Law enforcement officers were seen breaching the van and removing its contents during the afternoon. local time inside a Chinese-owned ballroom dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration.īy late morning Sunday, police vehicles had converged around a white van in Torrance, Calif., about 30 miles southwest of Monterey Park.

The shooting was reported around 10:22 p.m. The gunman suspected of killing 10 people and wounding 10 others in a shooting Saturday night in Monterey Park, a city east of Los Angeles, is dead, officials said.

Flowers are placed near the scene of a deadly mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., on Sunday.

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