The Latest Breaking News from Monterey Park

Could any law prevent the next Monterey Park mass shooting?

SANTA ANA, Calif. — California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, with rules on everything from the types of weapons and ammunition that can be legally owned, to who can and can’t own any weapon, to broad funding for community programs aimed at curbing gun violence.

The Orange County Register · Jan 24, 2023

Monterey Park gunman is oldest mass shooting suspect for five decades

Two mass shootings in three days by men over 65 buck a recent trend of suspected killers getting younger, experts say

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Biden once again urges Congress to pass assault weapons ban

Intervention comes after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, and a pair of shootings near Half Moon Bay, California

The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2023

At Least One Chinese National Among Victims in Lunar New Year U.S. Shooting

The deadly Saturday attack at a dance club in Monterey Park is followed by yet another mass shooting in California on Monday where victims are reportedly ‘Chinese farmworkers’

Caixin Global · Jan 24, 2023

Commentary: Why the Monterey Park shooting feels like an attack on Asian America

For thousands of fellow Asian Americans, Monterey Park is our home — even if we don’t live there.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

California rocked by third mass shooting in three days as one killed and seven injured in Oakland

Witnesses say the shooting unfolded at a Valero gas station during the filming of a music video

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

First Thing: seven dead in another California mass shooting in Half Moon Bay

Authorities respond to calls at two locations in second shooting in California in days, following Monterey Park killings. Plus, uproar over Kylie Jenner’s fake lion head at Paris fashion week

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023

The suspected Monterey Park attacker was 72. Here's why older shooters are rare

Amidst the familiar pattern in gun violence stories, the suspect in the Monterey Park shooting appears to be an outlier.

WEKU · Jan 24, 2023

Editorial: Another notch in the grim tally: Monterey Park shooting was a choice we’ll keep making

It’s all too familiar. Flashing red and blue lights, crying survivors, body bags carried out by stone-faced paramedics and coroners. This time, it took place outside a Lunar New Year celebration in the predominantly Asian Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, with many innocents killed and wounded at a festivity…

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

7 Shot Dead in California Mass Shooting

Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, and the suspect was arrested after driving to a police parking lot, apparently attempting to turn himself in, officials said. The shooting in Half Moon Bay, about…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2023