9 killed in shooting near LA after Lunar New Year festival

Police examine a scene the place a taking pictures befell in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Dozens of cops responded to experiences of a taking pictures that occurred after a big Lunar New 12 months celebration had resulted in a group east of Los Angeles late Saturday.(Supply: AP Photograph/Jae C. Hong)

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) - 9 folks have been killed in a mass taking pictures late Saturday in a metropolis east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New 12 months celebration that attracted 1000's, police mentioned.

Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned the taking pictures occurred at a enterprise on Garvey Ave. in Monterey Park. The shooter is a male, Boese mentioned early Sunday.

Officers offered no info for a number of hours after dozens of cops had responded to experiences of the taking pictures.

Monterey Park is a metropolis of about 60,000 folks with a big Asian inhabitants that’s about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles.

Seung Received Choi, who owns the Clam Home seafood barbecue restaurant throughout the road from the place the taking pictures occurred, advised the Los Angeles Occasions that three folks rushed into his enterprise and advised him to lock the door.

The folks additionally advised Choi that there was a shooter with a machine gun who had a number of rounds of ammunition on him so he may reload. Choi mentioned he believes the taking pictures befell at a dance membership.

The newspaper reported that the taking pictures occurred after 10 p.m.

Saturday was the beginning of the two-day competition, which is among the largest Lunar New 12 months occasions in Southern California.