9 individuals have been killed Saturday night time in a predominantly Asian metropolis in Southern California, legislation enforcement officers mentioned Sunday.
Investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Workplace are “helping Monterey Park Police with the deadly capturing investigation,” the assertion mentioned. “There are 9 individuals who died.”
The alleged shooter is a person, the assertion added, however there isn’t any phrase on whether or not he’s at massive.
The capturing occurred not removed from the place the Lunar New Yr had simply been celebrated in Monterey Park, a metropolis of about 61,000 Asian residents positioned about 8 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
In keeping with press experiences, the capturing occurred within the dance corridor on Saturday night time, an hour after the celebration of the Lunar New Yr.
Wong Wei, a resident of the town, informed the Los Angeles Instances that his good friend was on the membership and was within the toilet when the photographs rang out. When she got here out, she noticed an armed man and three our bodies—two ladies and a person he known as the membership boss.