Huu Can Tran, 72, was a dance teacher at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio where the attack took place; The reasons for the massacre are still under investigation.
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The suspect is said to have killed 10 people in a shootout California, USHe was found dead in a pickup truck, local police reported Sunday, April 12. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, he died from a “selfinflicted gunshot wound.” “The suspect sustained a selfinflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene,” Luna said. He was identified by police as 72yearold Huu Can Tran. “I can confirm there are no suspects pending,” added Luna, who said the motive for the attack, which also left ten injured, some seriously, is still unknown. “The investigations are still ongoing. Homicide investigators are working day and night to gather additional information and determine the motive behind this extremely tragic incident,” he said. Filming took place on Saturday night (early morning in Brazil) after the Chinese New Year party at Monterey Park, home to 60,000 people, mostly of Asian descent, and where tens of thousands of people gathered for the twoday festival.
“We don’t know if this is specifically a hate crime under the law,” Luna said, “but who goes into a dance hall and shoots 20 people?” he added. After ‘Chron’, Huu Can Tran, was a dance teacher at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the 2000s, the site of the attack. It is not known when the Chinese immigrant finished classes at the studio, but in 2013 he moved to Hemet. US President Joe Biden has ordered flags on public buildings across the country to be flown at halfmast by January 26, “a mark of respect for the victims” of the shooting, a White House statement said. The Monterey Park shooting was the deadliest since the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 21 people at a school on May 24, 2022. Four or more people were shot or killed, not including the gunman.