Through L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept.
After an hours-long manhunt, the suspect within the Monterey Park mass capturing was discovered lifeless inside a van parked close to the Del Amo Style Heart in Torrance at roughly 12:52 p.m., Sunday.
Utilizing data from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. (LASD), Torrance PD was in a position to establish the white van within the metropolis, resulting in Los Angeles SWAT approaching the car and eradicating the suspect.
“There’s going to be more information that we’ll be putting out about the specifics,” Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna mentioned in a press convention. “But right now, I’m here to report that the suspect responsible for this tragedy is no longer a threat.”
The suspect was recognized by Luna as Huu Can Tran. In response to Torrance officers who first approached the van, a gunshot went off contained in the car, main them to retreat and ask for “tactical help.”
After Tran was pronounced lifeless from what police termed a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the car was searched, the place “several pieces of evidence” had been discovered, connecting him to not solely the Monterey Park dance studio capturing, but additionally an incident in neighboring Alhambra, the place two residents reportedly forcefully took a weapon from Tran as he tried to enter one other dance studio.
The Alhambra incident is the place investigators had been in a position to establish Tran fleeing within the white van and ultimately connecting him to the Monterey Park capturing.
As of this writing, the loss of life rely from the capturing is 11, with 10 others wounded and 6 nonetheless hospitalized, in keeping with Sheriff Luna. Luna didn’t wish to totally disclose the place the victims had been being handled, as threatening cellphone calls had been made to the USC Trauma Heart earlier within the day after the county had revealed quite a few the victims being handled there.
Luna mentioned {that a} motive has not been established because the capturing investigation continues.
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