MONTEREY PARK - A man fatally shot 10 people and injured at least 10 others at a ballroom dance hall during a Chinese New Year celebration late on Saturday near Los Angeles before fleeing the scene, police said. Earlier on Sunday morning, the sheriff’s department said it did not know whether the attack was racially motivated. Possibly.”Officials were investigating whether an incident at another dance venue in the neighbouring city of Alhambra about 20 minutes later on Saturday night was connected with the massacre in Monterey Park. At the second venue, witnesses said an Asian man walked in holding a gun that patrons were able to grab. When police arrived at the Monterey Park ballroom, people were “pouring out of the location screaming,” department captain Andrew Meyer told reporters at a news briefing.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 22, 2023 20:12 UTC