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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stefanie Dazio,Amy Taxin and Brian Melley

Monterey Park shooting suspect had ‘no connection’ to 11 victims and hadn’t been to dance hall in 5 years

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The 72-year-old gunman who sprayed bullets into a Southern California ballroom dance hall, killing 11 people, had no known connection with the victims and investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the massacre, the Los Angeles County sheriff said Wednesday.

Before the shooting Saturday night, Huu Can Tran parked a motorcycle just a block away from the ballroom in Monterey Park, which investigators believe he had planned to use as a backup getaway vehicle, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said during a news conference hours after police seized the motorcycle.

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