On Saturday night, 11 people were killed and nine others injured in a mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, as the city's majority Asian community celebrated the Lunar New Year. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said those killed included five women and five men, and the eleventh victim, a woman in her 70s, died at a hospital on Monday. Mayor Henry Lo said the community is in shock and disbelief, and Rep. Judy Chu said people are fearful of this kind of situation, calling for the community to come together to heal and ensure such a tragedy never happens again. Investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting.
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On Monday afternoon, seven people were killed and one critically wounded in a mass shooting at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, California. The suspect, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, was taken into custody after deputies found him in a vehicle in the parking lot of a sheriff’s substation. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus described the incident as “horrific” and authorities are still working to determine the motive of the suspect. The community of Half Moon Bay is now mourning the lives lost in the tragic shooting.
On Monday evening, eight people were shot at a gas station in Oakland, California, with one of them fatally. Police were alerted to the scene by a ShotSpotter activation, and multiple hospitals then began alerting police they had received multiple patients suffering gunshot wounds. The seven injured people were in stable condition, and the identity of the deceased victim has not yet been released. This is the third mass shooting in California in as many days, and no suspects have been identified.
Seven people are dead and one critically injured after a shooting in two locations near Half Moon Bay, California on Monday. San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said the 67-year-old suspect is in custody, and the motive for the shootings is still unknown. The victims were found at a mushroom farm and another near a trucking facility, approximately two miles apart, and the eighth victim was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A 12-hour manhunt for a gunman who killed 11 people and injured almost as many at a Monterey Park, California dance studio Saturday night ended with the arrest of 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. Brandon Tsay, who confronted the suspect in the lobby of a dance hall run by his family, was praised for his heroic actions by Sheriff Robert Luna. Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese described the scene as "chaos and extensive carnage" when officers arrived, and the motive behind the attack is still under investigation.
Brandon Tsay, a 26-year-old man, bravely disarmed a gunman who had opened fire at a nearby Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California, killing 10 people and injuring 10 others. Tsay heard the sound of metal in the lobby of a dance hall and realized he needed to disarm the man or else everyone in the building would have been killed. He managed to take the gun away from the man in a tussle captured on video, and the Monterey Park shooter is now in police custody.
The family of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after a traffic stop with Memphis police, has called for justice after viewing video of the incident which they likened to the infamous Rodney King beating. Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, who are representing Nichols’ family, said the video showed an “unadulterated, unabashed, nonstop beating” and Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis has terminated five officers involved in the stop. The family is now calling for an independent investigation into Nichols' death.
Solomon Peña, a former New Mexico Republican state house candidate, has been ordered to remain in jail as he awaits trial for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to shoot at the homes of two state legislators and two Bernalillo County commissioners. Judge David Murphy of the Second Judicial District Court ruled that Peña posed a threat to the targets of the shootings and their family members, citing his history of felony convictions and the tactics police say were used in the shootings. Peña is currently facing charges of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated battery, and tampering with evidence, and his trial is set to begin in April.