A man fatally shot 10 people at a ballroom dance venue where people were celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year late on Saturday in a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles, police say.<\/p>\n
At least another 10 people were taken to local hospitals to be treated for injuries, and at least one was in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said early on Sunday morning, about five hours after the attack in Monterey Park.<\/p>\n
When local police first arrived, people were “pouring out of the location screaming,” department captain Andrew Meyer told reporters in a news briefing at the scene.<\/p>\n
At a later briefing, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said they believed the shooter, who remained at large nearly 11 hours after the attack, was an Asian man, based on “preliminary information” from eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n
“We need to get this person off the street as soon as possible,” he said.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday morning, the sheriff’s department said it did not know whether the attack was racially motivated.<\/p>\n
The shooting took place after 10pm PST (0600 GMT on Sunday) around the location of a two-day Chinese Lunar New Year celebration where many downtown streets are closed for festivities that draw thousands of people from across Southern California. Police said the celebrations planned for Sunday were now cancelled.<\/p>\n
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