MONTEREY PARK – The death toll from Saturday’s shooting massacre at a Monterey Park dance studio rose to 11 today, with officials at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center saying one of the shooting victims being treated there died from “extensive injuries.”
On Monday morning, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office identified two of the original 10 people killed in the shooting as My Nhan, 65, and Lilan Li, 63. Meanwhile, Monterey Park remained in a state of mourning following the massacre at a Star Ballroom Dance Studio, and sheriff’s investigators and residents were left searching for answers about what prompted the killings.
There were some reports, citing law enforcement sources, that the man had been looking for his wife or partner. Los Angeles Magazine reported that sources were increasingly leaning toward the idea of domestic violence leading to the shooting. The mass shooting occurred at 10:22 p.m. Saturday at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, in the 100 block of West Garvey Avenue, Homicide Bureau Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. Ten people were pronounced dead at the scene.About 17 minutes after the Monterey Park attack, Tran entered the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in the 100 block of South Garfield Avenue in neighboring Alhambra.
Police then maneuvered two “BearCat” SWAT vehicles on each end of the van, butting up against it, while several police vehicles parked nearby by for additional support.A sheriff’s department helicopter landed on Hawthorne Boulevard and a bomb squad truck was sent to the strip mall, which contains a Tokyo Central outlet and a Daiso store.
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said Sunday his agency “added patrols across our Asian communities today and will meet with any organizers hosting New Year celebrations.