A man fatally shot 10 people at a California ballroom dance venue where people were celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year late on Saturday.
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Screenshot from a video shows emergency responders assisting a person to an ambulance following a shooting at Monterey Park, Calif., Jan. 22, 2023.There was no immediate information about a motive for the shooting or a description of the suspect or kind of gun used. Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people around 11 km from downtown Los Angeles. About two-thirds of its residents are Asian, according to U.S. Census data, and the city is known for its many Chinese restaurants and groceries. The sheriff’s department said it did not know whether the attack was racially motivated.
that three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door because a man was unloading multiple rounds of ammunition at the dance club across the street.
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