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Butt_Dickiss t1_j5glfsj wrote

Everyone on citizen said guy in the van was slumped over steering wheel but haven't seen a report of their death yet, or confirmed it was the shooter.

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similar_observation t1_j5gpbtt wrote

watching this closely. That area is my old neighborhood. My folks visited Lai-Lai when I was a kid, so that place has a huge sense of familiarity to me. My old man was friends with the owner(s?) and networked there often.

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CTDKZOO t1_j5gsjk8 wrote

Replying to poetryinthewater (#1,441,911)

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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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

Replying to CTDKZOO (#1,442,031)

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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oliveorvil t1_j5ha1l9 wrote

Replying to atomic_gingerbread (#1,443,239)

It was not only on topic but completely dismissive about another symptom of society’s devolvement.. we can have two thoughts in our heads at the same time. You just got mad because you view mask wearing as a “political hobby horse” which again, ironic

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oliveorvil t1_j5hbwox wrote

Replying to atomic_gingerbread (#1,443,590)

Good one.. someone brings up another example of society getting less civilized.. you don’t like the example and deem it irrelevant and then as a joke bring up things about society that are actually irrelevant. Just doubling down on the irony of being egotistical and reactionary lol keep going, this is fun!

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Wand_Cloak_Stone t1_j5hcut6 wrote

Replying to BrownChicow (#1,443,199)

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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Quick1711 t1_j5hf8mj wrote

Domestic violence, collateral damage.

That's sad.

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docmedic t1_j5hjds2 wrote

Replying to nuclearswan (#1,443,616)

What would have been a normal fist fight is now a mass shooting, which while could be solved by giving up guns is now to be solved by an army of shrinks materializing out of thin air paid by taxes that no one wants to pay to solve poverty and bullying and mental illness… and domestic disputes.

And I’m sure a grand total of 0 responsible gun owners reading this while in a domestic dispute are going to responsibly seek couples therapy due to this event.

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similar_observation t1_j5hvx0x wrote

Replying to idk012 (#1,443,518)

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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PMmeserenity t1_j5i5gcq wrote

Replying to Shiftkgb (#1,446,138)

Go back a few hundred more years, and lots of societies were regularly sacrificing children and war captives to the gods, and castrating young men to create servants. Shit was way more brutal than today's world. But it does seem like the trendlines are heading the wrong way lately.

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Trayew t1_j5ie95i wrote

What could a group of ballroom dancers have possibly done?

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onecrazyguy1 t1_j5ijehf wrote

Replying to nuclearswan (#1,443,616)

Yeah obviously this is a sad reminder that gun control really does not work. California has some of the worst gun laws in the country, shootings are still happening there further reinforcing the fact that there is no correlations between gun deaths and overall violence.

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bbqyak t1_j5ix5xj wrote

Replying to HighlyEvolvedSloth (#1,446,669)

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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TrainsDontHunt t1_j5jfq2j wrote

Replying to onecrazyguy1 (#1,447,515)

False statements based on lies you have incorporated into your thinking, I'm afraid. You see, gun regulations are being subverted and removed, so gun violence has increased. When we add more restrictions, the violence will go back down, as we've seen in the past. You are arguing AFTER the laws changed to help criminals.

For instance, bump stocks were recently restored to being legal, making mass shootings easier. But you'll sit there and say it isn't the weapon, when clearly the murderer chose it for its capabilities.

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onecrazyguy1 t1_j5jzegc wrote

Replying to TrainsDontHunt (#1,450,045)

There were no bump stocks used here so it is irrelevant. I am not saying its not a weapon, just that is is perfectly legal. If people can easily subvert gun regulations(like californias AWB cosmetic regulations), it means they are not effective and mostly punitive.

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WrightwoodHiker t1_j5k2h2c wrote

Replying to GBAfanboy (#1,442,086)

If he hadn't started shooting yet at the second location, do most people in here consider the "heroic individuals" to be bad guys that deserved to be killed? The general consensus on here was that the people who tried to disarm Kyle Rittenhouse deserved to die, since he hadn't started killing people first.

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Morat20 t1_j5keq3h wrote

Replying to dude707LoL (#1,449,084)

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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Morat20 t1_j5kf31w wrote

Replying to nuclearswan (#1,443,616)

We're dripping with guns. You can't take a piss without tripping over a fucking gun.

Guns are real easy to use and really good at killing people.

And of course the lesson we'll take is "We should do more about mental health [while refusing to fund it]" and "That just shows we don't have enough guns" and "He had a gun, therefore gun control doesn't work [despite having no real gun control here]".

I'd said it's learned helplessness, but honestly it's more like some weird death cult dedicated to enriching firearms manufacturers.

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dude707LoL t1_j5kzlcv wrote

Replying to Morat20 (#1,453,635)

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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