Police hunting a gunman who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance studio on amid Lunar New Year celebrations are locked in a stand-off around what is believed to be the suspect’s van.
Footage on ABC 7 showed a white van surrounded by two armoured SWAT vans. Police had earlier said the were interested in a “white cargo van” seen in the area of the shooting.
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said the shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park left five women and five men dead and wounded another 10 people on Sunday. Then 20 to 30 minutes later, a man with a gun entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra.
Luna said it’s still unclear whether the events are connected.
A male Asian suspect entered the Alhambra club with a gun, and people wrestled the weapon away from him before he fled, Luna said. The sheriff declined to say what type of gun was recovered in Alhambra. He said investigators believe the gun used in Monterey Park was not an assault rifle.
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