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death losses in Saturday mass shooting at the dance studio in Monterey Park, California has moved up to 11th. on Monday, when investigators looked for the biography of the shooter for explanation for the massacre.
The authorities initially stated that 10 people were killed in shooting at the Zvezda ballroom dance studio and 10 people were hospitalized. LAC+USC Medical Center, which treated four of 10 wounded, said on Monday that one died from their injuries.
Everybody of victims – five men and six women – we over age of 50 and three were over 70 years old, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. office.
Four of the victims were identified as My Nhan, 65-year-old woman; Lilan Lee, 63 years old woman; Xiujuan Yu, 57-year-old woman; and Valentino Alvero, 68.year- old man, office said. Other victims were described as two women in im 60 years old female in she is 70 years old male in he is 60 and three men in they are 70 years old office said.
Deaths come as investigators go deeper into history of 72-year-old shooter Huu Kang Tran, who opened fire on revelers celebrate Lunar New Year in majority Asian Americans city.
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After that, Tran went to another dance. studio in near the Alhambra, but was captured and disarmed by a civilian. He fled the scene and the police found he in a day in white van about 30 miles from here in torrance, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The bloody whirlwind has changed one of most auspicious days of the calendar for Asian Americans per day of unfathomable tragedy, but still one which could be even more dangerous.
So far, few hints of motivation of the shooter, an elderly immigrant from China, showed interest in dance and temper.
Carrying out in attack he used semi- automatic assault pistol with en extended a high-capacity magazine, authorities said. Law enforcement official told CNN it was a Cobray M11 9mm semi- Automatic weapons. A weapon disarmed at a dance at the Alhambra studio was traced back to the suspect, giving authorities his name and description.
CNN is learning more about each of victims. Nhan, known as “Mimi”, loved to dance and spent many years dancing. studio where she was killed, according to her statement family. Nhan was “a loving aunt, sister, daughter and friend” and was family”the biggest fan” family said.
Tiffany Liu, reporter for WFAA, CNN affiliate in Dallas, told CNN and also posted on Twitter that Nhan was her husband’s aunt. “Mimi treated her nieces/nieces like own children,” wrote Liu. on Twitter. “Her kindness is what it takes in this is world”.
massacre, one of at least 36 mass shootings in US so far this month, especially target members of Asiatic community, who have faced surge of deadly attacks and harassment since start of pandemic Covid-19. About 65% of residents in Monterey Park of of Asian origin and about 100,000 people from all over Southern California usually turn out for Lunar New Year celebration.
“We’ve already been on edge in last several years since Covid has risen and affected our communities, and rise of Asian hate in our communities as well,” Monterey Park City Council member Thomas Wong told CNN. “And deal with this is on Top of which – for our local community – It has just was extremely tragic.
The authorities are working to bring together of Tran life to understand how he hit the spot of mass violence.
In my white van in Torrance, investigators found pistol, as well as “a few pieces of evidence” linking him to dance studios Monterey Park and Alhambra, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
sheriff’s department also received a search warrant for Tran home in Lakes in Hemet West, and senior community about 80 miles to the east of Monterey Park, a Hemet police spokesman confirmed.
Hemet Police also said Tran visited them office two weeks ago and made serious allegations of misdemeanor.
“Tran visited the lobby of the Hemet Police Department. on January 7 and 9, 2023, allegedly past fraud, theft, and poisoning allegations related to his family in Los Angeles area 10-20 years ago,” the police said. in statement. Tran said he would return to the station. with documentation regarding his claims, but never returned.”
Tran was once a familiar face in the Zvezda ballroom dance studio, where he gave informal dance lessons, three people who knew him told CNN. But it is not clear how he often visited in recent years, if at all.
He even met his ex-wife was there about two decades ago after he saw her at a dance, introduced himself and offered her free lessons, the ex-wife said. The two got married soon after they met, she said. She asked not to be named because sensitivity of case.
Tran worked truck driver in times, she said. According to the copy, he was an immigrant from China. of she showed his marriage certificate to CNN.
And Tran had a fiery temper, according to his ex-wife and others.
Although he never showed any cruelty towards her, according to his ex-wife, Tran got upset if she missed step dance because he felt it made his look bad.
He filed for divorce in late 2005, and the judge approved the divorce the following year, Los Angeles court records show.
Another old friend of Tran also remember him as regular patron of dance studio. Friend, who also asked not to be named, was close to Tran in late 2000s-early 2010s when he said Tran would come to the dance studio “almost every night” from him home in near San Gabriel.
At the time, Tran often complained that dance hall instructors weren’t like him and said “bad things about him,” a friend recalled. He said that Tran was “hostile to many of people there.”
In general, Tran became easily annoyed, complained a lot, and seemed to distrust people- said a friend.
Tran’s friend was “totally shocked” when he heard about the shooting, he said, noting that he had never seen Tran. in some years.
The massacre could be more deadly if not for efforts of at least one civil.
Police first responded to the Monterey Park dance studio around 22:20 and found chaotic and bloody scene, city said Police Chief Scott Wiese. According to him, the killer staged a “massive” massacre, and then fled.
A few miles from here in Alhambra, Brandon Tsey worked on ticket office of Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio when the same action movie came in business his family owned for three generations. He knew this man was a problem.
“From him body language his facial expression, his eyes he was looking for for people,” Tsai told The New York Times.
“He looked at me and looked around, not hiding that he was trying to harm,” he said. “His eyes were threatening.”
The shooter pointed to semi-automatic weapons at Tsai – first gun he saw in real life,” he told the Times.
“My heart sank,” he said, “I knew I was going die”.
Tsai charged into the fray and attacked the man, as he said on ABC’s Good Morning America.
“When I mustered up the courage, I rushed at him with with both hands, grabbed weapons, and we had struggle”Tsai said. “We made our way to the lobby trying to get this gun away from each other.”
They fought for about a minute and half and Tsai eventually snatched the weapon from the culprit, he told the Times.
Once Tsai got control of in the gun he said to the Times, he pointed it out back at the suspect and yelled for him to go to hell out of here.” The man fled, and Tsai called the police.
The authorities praised Tsai’s efforts as heroic and said he averted further disaster. Sheriff Luna said there were two of them. people who disarmed the man.
“They saved lives. It could have been much worse,” he said.
