In a community still healing from a mass shooting on Jan. 21, 2023, the city is inviting the public to a candlelight vigil to remember the victims and reflect on the hope for a less violent world.
In a community still healing from a mass shooting on Jan. 21, 2023, the city is inviting the public to a candlelight vigil to remember the victims and reflect on the hope for a less violent world.
Five men and five women were killed in the rampage, according to authorities. Nine of the ten victims were in their 60s or 70s, while the tenth was a woman in her 50s.
Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide. The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday in the van that authorities say he used to flee after attempting to attack a second dance hall. The mayor of Monterey Park said Tran may have frequented the first dance hall that he targeted.