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CTDKZOO t1_j5gstb7 wrote

Making it easier to find than my initial reply:

After Monterey Park shooting, gunman targeted Alhambra dance studio, sources say

Monterey Park police investigate the scene of a mass shooting on Saturday in the 100 block of West Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park.(Raul Roa/Los Angeles Times)

Authorities believe that after opening fire at a Monterey Park dance studio Saturday night, the Lunar New Year gunman went to a second dance facility not far away in Alhambra, law enforcement officials said.

No one was hurt at Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio in Alhambra, the sources said, but there was a physical altercation and the man left in a white van.

“Some individuals wrestled the firearm from him, and that individual took off” in what some witnesses described as a white cargo van, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said of the Alhambra incident.

Police believe that van is the one officers tracked to Torrance before noon Sunday, where officers surrounded the vehicle.

Torrence, CA - January 22: The suspect in a mass shooting in Monterey Park appears slumped over in a van as Emergency services personnel investigate on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023 in Torrence, CA. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Driver found dead after authorities breach van linked to Lunar New Year mass shooting 40 minutes ago

Officials are still trying to determine if the man inside the van is the person they suspect of being the gunman. A photo of a suspect was posted by the Sheriff‘s Department.

At Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio on Sunday morning, a handmade sign affixed to the front doors said, “Closed, in observance to Star Dance Tragedy” in red marker.

There were no obvious signs that anything had occurred in the foyer visible through the glass doors, save for a bottle of hand sanitizer askew in the middle of the floor.

Standing outside the squat white-painted brick building, Charlene Lung — an 82-year-old retired teacher — said she had been taking a private dance class inside and was unaware of the mass shooting or any incident at Lai Lai.

She and her instructor, who were both clad in dance shoes, had entered through a side door earlier that morning and hadn’t seen the sign posted on the front door.

Monterey Park Police investigate the scene of a multiple murder scene on the 100 block of west Garvey Ave on Saturday Jan 22, 2023. in Monterey Park.

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Wand_Cloak_Stone t1_j5h04oa wrote

Am I the only one confused by the wording of this article? Who drove away with the van? Who had their firearm stolen? It isn’t clear if the van driver had struggled with the suspect and stole his gun and then drove off, or viceversa.

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BrownChicow t1_j5h6z07 wrote

I mean, I don’t see why a random guy would wrestle a gun from a shooter and then just sail off into the sunset in his white van, so I’d assume that was the shooter

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Wand_Cloak_Stone t1_j5hcut6 wrote

I wondered if it was a family member or something, since everyone at the second studio said they didn’t even know anything happened. So did he drive to another town to another dance studio just to steal a car and bounce?

Edit: this article suggests the gun was wrestled from him before he could do anything, so he ran away. Which makes more sense, I was just confused because everyone at the second studio denied knowing anything happened and they put a note on the door saying they closed only out of respect for the first dance studio.

> Officials were also investigating an incident at another dance studio that may be related to the massacre, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.

>About 20 minutes after the shooting in Monterey Park, an armed suspect walked into Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in nearby Alhambra, but “some individuals wrestled the firearm from him, and that individual took off,” Luna said.

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HighlyEvolvedSloth t1_j5i8p9v wrote

How does a 72 year old just run off? If they take the gun away from the gunman, why did they let this old guy shuffle off?

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bbqyak t1_j5ix5xj wrote

Probably shock/fear. I mean we have to consider the likely age of the people there. I doubt a senior is going to want to chase a guy down the street who just tried to shoot up a dance hall. He could be armed with a secondary firearm, knife, etc. Unless this guy is willing to shoot the man himself why would he risk it?

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dude707LoL t1_j5j4df0 wrote

So after they shuffle the gun from him, how does he shoot himself in the van later if he had lost his gun already?

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Morat20 t1_j5keq3h wrote

My dude, mass shootings are a fucking daily event here. This our fucking life.

How sheltered do you have to be to assume an American mass shooter just had one fucking gun? When he was tooling around in a fucking van?

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dude707LoL t1_j5kzlcv wrote

Because I'm not an American? For the rest of the world, having a gun is not a daily way of life. Also why are you so pissed just because I don't know. You should see a psychologist.

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PhDinDildos_Fedoras t1_j5h13hk wrote

Don't know but attacking dance studios only is bizarrely specific.

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signal_two_noise t1_j5h6vf5 wrote

"Sorry, you're just not ready to move to en pointe yet"

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idk012 t1_j5hap76 wrote

Sorry you can't come to lunar new year Eve event, but your wife can.

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similar_observation t1_j5hvx0x wrote

RTFA,

>Community leader Chester Chong told ABC7 that the owner of the dance studio on West Garvey Avenue was holding an event there on Saturday. Through talking with friends that were in attendance and other local leaders, he said a woman was invited to the event but not her husband, which made him upset. Chong said he believes that woman's husband is the suspect in this case and jealousy may be a possible motive for the shooting.

Stop repeating the rumor mill until there is an official statement.

  1. Chong wasn't at the shooting
  2. Chong is taking second hand information from folks that may or may not have been there either. Let alone know anything.
  3. Chong has cited his own belief targeting some individuals whom we do not know if they're actually involved.

This is how you fucking start a witchhunt.

For all we know this dude is just pissed he wasn't invited.

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bananafobe t1_j5hu3fn wrote

Might just be where large numbers of people were gathered in a confined space.

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dogglesboggles t1_j5iwa0w wrote

As a person who dances, and also is paranoid about mass murders, this is particularly interesting as well. I hope we find out the reason, but with the suspect dead it may not happen.

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Suggett123 t1_j5jtzpy wrote

I dunno, this brings back memories of two women delivering newspapers.

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designedforxp t1_j5jbz9m wrote

Line dance and ballroom dance is a pretty common 50+ year old Chinese woman hobby.

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similar_observation t1_j5h3wl4 wrote

motive hasn't been established. Only that the shooter is also Asian.

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[deleted] t1_j5hauyp wrote

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similar_observation t1_j5hnfm6 wrote

Ya, I'm not interested in "possible," I'll wait for the police to release a statement, not speculation from a bystander that by standing somewhere else when it happened.

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420ipblood t1_j5jg0df wrote

You must be the only one lacking the reading comprehension skills to decipher this because I see no issue understanding. Why TRY to be confused?

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