At least nine people were killed in a mass shooting in a city east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands.
Police said the shooting occurred at a business premises in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000 people with a large Asian population that is about 10 miles from central LA.
The shooting, which happened at an unspecified business on Garvey Avenue, was reported at 10.22pm local time – 6.22am on Sunday in the UK, Sergeant Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
