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At least ten people have died in a shooting in Monterey Park near Los Angeles.

An attacker opened fire on a dance hall in Monterey Park on the outskirts of Los Angeles as the local community celebrated the Lunar New Year. | Font: AFP

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At least ten people were killed and another ten injured in a shooting this morning at a dance studio in Monterey Parkabout 13 miles east of Los Angeles, according to the police department’s first balance sheet.

According to the balance proposed by Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Police Angels, shooting It happened around 22:22 local time on Saturday (06:22 GMT) and was committed by a man who has not yet been arrested.

The police also do not know the motive and do not have a description of the suspect.

“When the police arrived at the scene, they saw that many people were coming out and screaming. The police entered the ballroom and found the victims, ”Meyer was quoted as saying by the newspaper. Los Angeles Times.

Details are still being finalized.

At least ten people have been taken to nearby hospitals and their condition ranges from stable to critical.

Meyer said it’s too early to tell shooting it was a hate crime, but this event will be analyzed “from all angles”.

He also noted that they were trying to determine if it was shooting was linked to an incident that had taken place a few hours earlier in the neighboring suburb of the Alhambra, north of Monterey Park.

Owner of a restaurant in the area where the incident occurred shooting said Los Angeles Times that three people ran into his establishment and asked him to lock the door, because there was a man with a semi-automatic pistol standing in the street.

According to this witness, the people who entered his premises said that the shooter had several rounds of ammunition and that when they ran out, he reloaded the gun.

Another witness quoted by the newspaper said he heard “four or five shots” and then heard police sirens.

The events took place in an area where thousands of people were celebrating in the hours leading up to the Chinese New Year. EFE

Source: RPP

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