UPDATE, with press conference: The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has released photos and a description of the man suspected in the shooting deaths of five men and five women last night in Monterey Park in an area that had hosted a Lunar New Year’s eve celebration.
At least ten additional victims were transported to local hospitals, and are listed in various conditions from stable to critical.
The shooting occurred at 10:20 p.m. Saturday on West Garvey Avenue following a major festival for Asian communities. A subsequent incident occurred about 20 minutes later when an armed man entered a dance hall in the nearby city of Alhambra.
That man was disarmed by others inside the hall and fled before police arrived. Police now suspect the two incidents are related.
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