9 killed in shooting near LA after Lunar New Year festival

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — (AP) — 9 individuals had been killed in a mass capturing late Saturday in a metropolis east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Yr celebration that attracted 1000’s, police stated.

Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division stated the capturing was reported at 10:22 p.m. and occurred at a enterprise on Garvey Ave. in Monterey Park. The shooter is a male, Boese stated early Sunday.

Officers supplied no info for a number of hours after dozens of cops had responded to studies of the capturing.

Monterey Park is a metropolis of about 60,000 individuals with a big Asian inhabitants that is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles.

Seung Gained Choi, who owns the Clam Home seafood barbecue restaurant throughout the road from the place the capturing occurred, advised the Los Angles Occasions that three individuals rushed into his enterprise and advised him to lock the door.

The individuals additionally advised Choi that there was a shooter with a machine gun who had a number of rounds of ammunition on him so he may reload. Choi stated he believes the capturing occurred at a dance membership.

Saturday was the beginning of the two-day competition, which is likely one of the largest Lunar New Yr occasions in Southern California.

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