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A man has fatally shot 10 people and injured at least 10 others at a ballroom dance venue during celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year near Los Angeles before fleeing the scene, police say.
The suspect is a 30–50-year-old Asian male and remains on the run, according to police.
The sheriff's department said he was still unidentified but should be considered "armed and dangerous" and did not know whether the attack was racially motivated.
"We don't know if this is specifically a hate crime defined by law," Mr Luna said, "but who walks into a dance hall and guns down 20 people?".
Half the victims were male and the rest female, Mr Luna said. Their identities have not been made public.
Officials were investigating whether an incident at another dance club in the neighbouring city of Alhambra about 20 minutes later on Saturday night was connected with the massacre in Monterey Park.
At the second club, witnesses said an Asian man walked in holding a gun that patrons were able to grab. No one was shot and the man fled, Sheriff Luna said.
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people that sits at the eastern edge of Los Angeles. The majority of its residents are Asian immigrants or their descendants, most of them Chinese.
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The suspect is a 30–50-year-old Asian male and remains on the run, according to police.
The sheriff's department said he was still unidentified but should be considered "armed and dangerous" and did not know whether the attack was racially motivated.
"We don't know if this is specifically a hate crime defined by law," Mr Luna said, "but who walks into a dance hall and guns down 20 people?".
Half the victims were male and the rest female, Mr Luna said. Their identities have not been made public.
Officials were investigating whether an incident at another dance club in the neighbouring city of Alhambra about 20 minutes later on Saturday night was connected with the massacre in Monterey Park.
At the second club, witnesses said an Asian man walked in holding a gun that patrons were able to grab. No one was shot and the man fled, Sheriff Luna said.
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people that sits at the eastern edge of Los Angeles. The majority of its residents are Asian immigrants or their descendants, most of them Chinese.
'Armed and dangerous': Police release images of suspect as California shooting leaves 10 dead
Ten people are dead after a man opens fire with a semiautomatic weapon in the city of Monterey Park near Los Angeles, following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands.
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