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How a Lunar New Year celebration became a fight for survival

LOS ANGELES — The four smiling women pose before a festive backdrop, with its outsize clinking champagne glasses and clock about to strike midnight. They wear red, a symbol of good luck.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Daughter of slain Monterey Park dance hall manager plans to carry on his legacy

LOS ANGELES — Mary Ma holds three lit incense sticks in front of the almost life-size photo of her father displayed outside Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

‘Doesn’t feel real’: Loved ones mourn 11 victims killed in Lunar New Year massacre at dance studio

LOS ANGELES — They were the lifeblood of the Star Ballroom Dance Studio.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2023

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Here's what we know about the Monterey Park shooting victims

The families of the 11 people who died in the attack at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio are sharing memories of their loved ones.

WEKU · Jan 25, 2023

Grandparents, dancers, community builders: All 11 killed in Monterey Park shooting identified

LOS ANGELES — Diana Tom was out dancing with friends Saturday night, ringing in the Lunar New Year at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, when the celebration was tragically cut short.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

'Always smiling': Man who managed ballroom among those slain

For those who made their way to the Star Ballroom over the years, Ming Wei Ma was a bright light, always smiling and encouraging those who came to the Los Angeles area dance hall popular with older Asian Americans

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Monterey Park shooting victims named after 11 brutally gunned down in massacre

The 11 people brutally gunned down at a dancehall in Monterey Park, California, US, have been named. Many of the victims had gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year as part of a long-running community of dancers

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023

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Everything we know about Half Moon Bay shooting suspect Chunli Zhao

Chunli Zhao, who worked for decades as a farmer at a mushroom farm, allegedly opened fire at two different agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay on Monday

The Independent UK · 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

‘This isn’t the America of our dreams’: shock and sorrow in Monterey Park after deadly shooting

Locals of the LA neighbourhood known as ‘the Chinese Beverly Hills’ have had their world shaken by the attack on a dance studio on Saturday

The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2023

Monterey Park shooting: Kamala Harris to visit California after three mass shootings in three days

California has been rocked by three mass shootings in as many days

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

Not invited to the dance: A possible motive for Monterey Park shooting

LOS ANGELES — The investigation into the Monterey Park mass shooting is focused on the gunman’s previous interactions at two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was the motive, according to law enforcement sources.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

‘It perpetuates fear’: Monterey Park shooting compounds trauma in Asian American communities

The tragedy revived fears, anxiety and trauma of the last three years of the pandemic, which saw a surge in anti-Asian hate

The Guardian - US · Jan 24, 2023

Hero who disarmed California shooter before he could embark on second shooting spree speaks out

Brandon Tsay disarmed the shooter when he arrived at the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

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Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

42 shell casings found from hail of bullets that killed 11 in Monterey Park shooting

LOS ANGELES — The investigation into a mass shooting in Monterey Park is focused on the gunman’s prior interactions at two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was the motive, law enforcement sources said.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023

Jealousy, personal dispute possible motives in Monterey Park shooting that killed 11

Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023

Jealousy, personal dispute probed as possible motives in Monterey Park shooting

Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

Monterey shooting: Heart-stopping moment hero grabs attacker's gun after he killed 10

Have-a-go hero Brandon Tsay tackled the shooter Huu Can Tran as he entered the second dancehall of Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park in California, US

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Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

Monterey Park shooting: Man wrestled pistol from 'menacing eyes' gunman who massacred 10

Brandon Tsay, 26, whose family runs Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio, wrested the gun from Huu Can Tran, 72, after he heard doors slamming and gunshots in his office lobby

Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023

Shooter targets ‘establishments of joy’ in Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Star Ballroom Dance Studio is where international ballroom competitors teach their moves. Where retirees learn how to waltz, tango and samba. Where elderly and middle-aged couples while away Saturday nights.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023

How the Lunar New Year massacre unfolded: A night of ballroom dancing ends in horror

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The burst of pops sounded, at first, like the firecrackers expected to cap a day of celebration.

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Footage captures terrifying moment heroic coder, 26, wrestles gun from Monterey Park mass shooter

Bystander’s brave actions prevented a second deadly attack from unfolding at the second ballroom studio

Irish Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

California dance hall shooting suspect shot himself in van as police closed in

10 people were killed in the shooting at Monterey Park during Lunar New Year celebrations

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Monterey Park shooting suspect was regular at studio and claimed instructors said ‘evil things’ about him

Huu Can Tran was ‘hostile to a lot of people’ at the club and met his former wife there, according to people who knew him

Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

Monterey Park shooter who killed 10 was 'hostile' dance teacher who married a student

Gunman Huu Can Tran, 72, taught dance lessons at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio nearly five nights a week in the early 2000s and was reportedly "hostile to a lot of people" at the studio

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