Monterey Park mass shooting: Patient dies in hospital, death toll rises to 11

According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, one in four patients affected by the Saturday night mass shooting in Monterey Park who was being treated at USC County Medical Center, died of “massive injuries”, raising the death toll to 11.

Another 10 people were injured in a mass shooting late Saturday night in Monterey Park. Lunar New Year celebration which attracted thousands. The motive had not yet been officially determined on Monday morning, the day after the shooter killed himself.

At 10:22 p.m. Saturday, Monterey Park police officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Star Ballroom on the 100 block of West Garvey Avenue in Monterey Park, a city about eight miles east of Los Angeles.

The suspect then proceeded to the city of Alhambra, about two miles away, and entered the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio, a similar dance hall. At least one person, a family member of the studio’s owners, confronted and physically fought the suspect. He managed to take the gun from the suspect before the suspect fled the scene.

Around 11 a.m. Sunday, Torrance police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies surrounded a white van, described as a vehicle of interest, on Hawthorne and Sepulveda Boulevards near Del Amo Mall, about 30 miles south of Monterey Park. At about 12:40 pm, a SWAT team surrounded the vehicle and searched the interior.

The Sheriff’s Department said the suspect shot himself in the van. Detectives found evidence in the van, including a gun, linking it to both locations. No more suspects were found.

Investigators identified the shooter as 72-year-old Huu Kang Tran.