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Nine people were killed in a mass shooting late Saturday in a city east of Los Angeles after a Lunar New Year celebration that drew thousands, police said.
Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting was reported at 10:22 pm and occurred at a business on Garvey Ave in Monterey Park.
The Monterey Park Police Department said the suspect is a male, but it is unclear if he is still at large.
Officials did not release details for several hours after dozens of police officers responded to reports of the shooting.
Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people with a large Asian population located 16 kilometers from downtown Los Angeles.
Seung Won Choi, who owns the Clam House seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from the scene of the shooting, told the Los Angeles Times that three men rushed into his business and locked the door.
People also told Choi that there was a shooter with a machine gun who had several rounds of ammunition for him to reload. Choi said he believed the shooting happened at a dance club.
Saturday marks the start of the two-day festival, which is one of Southern California’s largest Lunar New Year events.
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