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9 folks have been killed in a mass taking pictures within the metropolis of Monterey Park, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division says.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Murder detectives are responding to help the Monterey Park Police Division with a taking pictures demise investigation. There are 9 deceased,” the division stated in a short assertion.
“There isn’t a further info accessible presently.”
The division stated the suspect was male but it surely was not clear if he was nonetheless at massive.
The taking pictures passed off after 10pm Saturday (0600 GMT on Sunday) across the location of a Chinese language Lunar New Yr celebration held in Monterey Park, United States media reported.
Footage posted on social media confirmed injured folks on stretchers being taken to ambulances by emergency employees.
Across the scene of the taking pictures – reported to have been at a dance membership – police guarded cordoned-off streets, the video confirmed.
“Our hearts exit to those that misplaced family members tonight in our neighboring metropolis, Monterey Park, the place a mass taking pictures simply occurred,” Los Angeles Metropolis controller Kenneth Mejia stated in a tweet.
Tens of hundreds of individuals had attended the pageant earlier within the day.
The Los Angeles Occasions quoted the proprietor of a close-by restaurant as saying individuals who sought shelter in his property informed him there was a person with a machine gun within the space.
Seung Received Choi informed the newspaper that he believed the taking pictures passed off at a dance membership.
Monterey Park is a metropolis in Los Angeles county, about 11 kilometers from downtown Los Angeles.
– Reuters
