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9 dead in shooting near Los Angeles after Chinese New Year
Police are investigating the scene of a shooting in Monterey Park, California, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Dozens of police officers responded to a shooting Saturday night after a large New Year's celebration in a community east of Monterey in Los Angeles.
Jae C Hong/AP
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in a town east of Los Angeles late Saturday after a New Year's celebration that drew thousands, police said.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Bob Boss said earlier Sunday that the shooting occurred at a store on Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park. The shooter was a man, Bosch said.
Earlier in the day, thousands of people attended the annual festival.
Seung Won Choi, owner of Clam House Seafood Grill across the street
Police are investigating the scene of a shooting in Monterey Park, California, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Dozens of police officers responded to a shooting Saturday night after a large New Year's celebration in a community east of Monterey in Los Angeles.
Jae C Hong/AP
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in a town east of Los Angeles late Saturday after a New Year's celebration that drew thousands, police said.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Bob Boss said earlier Sunday that the shooting occurred at a store on Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park. The shooter was a man, Bosch said.
Earlier in the day, thousands of people attended the annual festival.
Seung Won Choi, owner of Clam House Seafood Grill across the street
Choi was also told that a shooter with a machine gun had several rounds so he could reload. Choi said he believed the shooting took place at a dance club.
The newspaper reported that the shooting happened just after 10 p.m.
Saturday marks the start of the two-day festival, one of the largest Lunar New Year events in Southern California.