Ten people have been fatally shot and at least 10 more injured at a dance studio near Los Angeles. The incident unfolding during lunar new year celebrations. 7NEWS
When police arrived at the Monterey Park club, people were “pouring out of the location screaming,” department captain Andrew Meyer told reporters at a news briefing.The shooting took place after 10pm local time around the location of a two-day Chinese Lunar New Year celebration where many downtown streets are closed for festivities that draw thousands of people from across Southern California.
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people about 11km from downtown Los Angeles. About two-thirds of its residents are Asian, according to US Census data, and the city is known for its many Chinese restaurants and groceries. Video taken by local news media showed injured people, many of them appearing to be middle-aged, being loaded into ambulances on stretchers.
Seung Won Choi, who owns a seafood barbecue restaurant near the site of the attack, told the Los Angeles Times that three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door because a man was unloading multiple rounds of ammunition at the dance club across the street.The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed on the attack and had directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist local police.
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