This was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 22 people were killed at a school in May.
The man who opened fire at a California dance venue during Lunar New Year celebration has died from suicide after his vehicle was surrounded by cops, police said. Ten people were killed and 10 others injured in the mass shooting on Sunday.
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72-year-old Huu Can Tran, wanted for a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California that killed 10 people, died from suicide, police said.
Police tracked a wanted van and when officers approached, they heard one gunshot from within the vehicle.
Tran was pronounced dead at the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.
Witnesses said Tran shot indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon at a dance venue as the locals were celebrating Lunar New Year.
Captain Andrew Meyers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said officers had responded to emergency calls around 10:20 pm on Saturday and found people pouring out of the premises.
Footage posted on social media showed injured people on stretchers being taken to ambulances by emergency staff.
US President Joe Biden tweeted that he and his wife Jill were "praying for those killed and injured in last night's deadly mass shooting in Monterey Park," adding, "I'm monitoring this situation closely."
Tens of thousands of people had gathered earlier in the day for the two-day Lunar New Year festival, which is one of the largest in southern California. The second day of the festival, Sunday, was canceled after the attack.
The shooting was the deadliest in the US since a shooter in Uvalde, Texas killed 22 people at an elementary school last May 24.
Gun violence is a huge problem in the United States, which saw 647 mass shootings last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive website, defined as an incident with four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter.
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