Posted on 01/22/2023 7:47:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
LOS ANGELES — The suspect in Saturday night's Lunar New Year mass shooting in Southern California was identified Sunday after he appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
"The suspect in that tragedy is no longer with us," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. "He is no longer a threat."
Luna named the man as Huu Can Tran, 72. The question why, however, in the attack that killed 10 people and injured 10 others at a Monterey Park dance hall, remained.
"We still are not clear on a motive," Luna said at an early evening news conference Sunday. "We want to know."
Earlier, sources familiar with the investigation said the person in a white van subjected to a traffic stop in the coastal city of Torrance, about 30 miles from the violence, fit the description of a person seen at crime scenes in Monterey Park and adjacent Alhambra.
Luna said authorities believe the deceased person is indeed the suspect seen at both locations.
Authorities, including SWAT officers, surrounded and then breached the van, where the person was found dead in the early afternoon, Luna said. The vehicle had plates "that didn't belong on the vehicle," he said.
A search of the van turned up "several pieces of evidence" that linked the suspect to the crime scenes in neighboring San Gabriel Valley cities, Luna said. A handgun was also found in the van, he said.
Monterey Park police officers first responded to a dance hall, identified in government records as Star Ballroom Dance, after reports of a shooting came in at 10:22 p.m. Saturday, Luna said. People were rushing out of the hall as officers went into the business.
Ten people were killed at the venue, and 10 others were taken to hospitals
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Probably angry hearing about how many people are Tranphobic.
What! You mean a legal immigrant used an illegal weapon to kill citizens? This means we must let more illegal immigrants into the country, and also make more legal weapons illegal for citizens to own. At least that's the twisted logic of the Woke.
DOJ telegraphing their punch???
brilliant!!!
disregard post #83 - wrong thread
Lol You lost, grandpa? Take a wrong turn? I’ll call the facility to come get you.
I wanna know how, whether or not this is a “hate-crime” is germane to the murder and mayhem which occurred? And, really, does it matter whether or not the firearm used was lawful in any respect? What a load of crap! Ten people dead and ten people maimed and this Sheriff thinks people give a shite about that?
It shouldn't take more than 48 hours to be clear on the motive.
No way was the shooter 72. The picture that they released was of a much younger man.
Huu Can Tran? Well, anyone who’s perverted enough I suppose.
Brugada syndrome. We had a 40ish Asian man in our icu who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. He had 3 sons, late teens that we tested and they were all positive for it. They all got aicd’s
I had a coworker who’s family escaped Pol pot’s Cambodia. Horrific story, straight out of The Killing Fields.
That was one evil scum bag. I am sure he is sitting in a hot place right now.
Why dont you come?
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