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Filipino among fatalities in Monterey Park shooting

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Report by Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A person lights a candle at a makeshift memorial site in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, USA, 23 January 2023. A 72-year-old man of Asian descent shot and killed 10 people as they celebrated the Lunar New Year at Star Dance Studio on 21 January 2023. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/01/24/monterey-shooting-epa.jpg"/><figcaption>A person lights a candle at a makeshift memorial site in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, USA, 23 January 2023. A 72-year-old man of Asian descent shot and killed 10 people as they celebrated the Lunar New Year at Star Dance Studio on 21 January 2023. <em>EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The death toll in the mass shooting inside a dance hall in Monterey Park in Los Angeles, California has risen to 11, with one fatality identified as a Filipino, an ABS-CBN North America News Bureau report said Tuesday. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> North America Bureau has confirmed a Filipino was among those killed in the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Party Mass Shooting on Saturday night<br/><br/>Details to follow pending additional information from family and local authorities<br/><br/>Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StevieAngeles</a> for developments <a href="https://t.co/DeBqmRtGaZ">pic.twitter.com/DeBqmRtGaZ</a></p>— TFC News (@TFCNewsNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow/status/1617647464147980293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Los Angeles County Coroner&#x27;s office identified the victim as Valentino Alvero, 68 years old. Friends of Alvero confirmed he was one of the victims in the Monterey Park shooting, the report said. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesCountySheriffsDepartment/videos/556427749747879" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The Los Angeles County Coroner&#x27;s office said it is withholding the identities of the other victims while their next of kin are notified.</p><p>Huu Can Tran, 72, used a semi-automatic pistol in a rampage in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park on Saturday night, killing men and women in their 50s, 60s and 70s.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">On Saturday January 21, 2023 at 10:22 PM the suspect male/adult/Asian pictured above was involved in a shooting. Investigators have identified him as a Homicide suspect and he should be considered armed and dangerous.<br/>Contact LASD Homicide with any information at 323-890-5000. <a href="https://t.co/2gPUBBybvv">pic.twitter.com/2gPUBBybvv</a></p>— Robert Luna (@LACoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/LACoSheriff/status/1617241146710962178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/23/23/california-lunar-new-year-mass-shooter-dead-motive-unclear-police">California Lunar New Year mass shooter dead, motive unclear: police</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/22/23/ten-dead-in-lunar-new-year-shooting-in-california">Ten dead in Lunar New Year shooting in California</a></li></ul><p>He then drove to another dance studio where police say only the quick actions of a young man who wrestled the weapon off him prevented another slaughter.</p><p>Hours later, Tran shot himself dead after police found his white van.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The memorial outside Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park has grown, and while we can see the venue, so many questions still remain including Huu Can Tran’s motivation to shoot up dance halls during Lunar New Year. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TFCNewsNow</a> <a href="https://t.co/Iyb4Egv68Y">pic.twitter.com/Iyb4Egv68Y</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/1617389958607810561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Detectives were focusing Monday on Tran&#x27;s previous connections to the two dance studios, with personal relationships a key area of interest, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing law enforcement sources.</p><p>Monterey Park resident Chester Hong told AFP he believed a domestic dispute over an invitation to a Lunar New Year eve party could be at the root of the attack.</p><p>&quot;The wife (was) invited to join the party (but) the husband cannot be invited,&quot; he said on Sunday. &quot;And the husband may be upset and jealous.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is where the Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting took place behind this fence. The roads are now open and folks have been passing by the Star Dance Studio where 10 people were gunned down by 72 year old Huu Can Tran for motives still unknown. <a href="https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TFCNewsNow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/zXGusM7vKi">pic.twitter.com/zXGusM7vKi</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/1617371586293792768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>On Monday a picture began to emerge of a man who, according to his marriage license, had immigrated from China, and who had been a regular at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the past.</p><p>Tran&#x27;s ex-wife told CNN the couple had met there two decades ago when he offered to give her informal lessons.</p><p>The woman, who did not want to be named, said they married a short time later, but the relationship did not last, with the divorce finalized in 2006.</p><p>She said Tran, who sometimes worked as a truck driver, was not violent, but could be impatient, for example if she messed up a dance step.</p><p>A man who said he had previously known Tran well said he would complain about the dance teachers, who, he claimed, would say &quot;evil things about him&quot;, CNN reported.</p><p>He was &quot;hostile to a lot of people there,&quot; the man told the broadcaster.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Breaking news <a href="https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tfcnewsnow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abscbnnews</a> LA Sherif Robert Luna has named 72yo Huu Can Tran as Monterey Park Shooter. They confirm he died of a self inflicted gun shot during Torrance stand off. <a href="https://t.co/wZGMLowxpH">pic.twitter.com/wZGMLowxpH</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/1617341353964482561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#x27;s Department have searched the mobile home where Tran had been living in Hemet, a city 85 miles (140 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, a place where neighbors said he was a &quot;quiet little guy.&quot;</p><p>Police in Hemet said they had contact with Tran this month.</p><p>&quot;Tran visited the Hemet Police Department lobby on January 7 and 9, 2023, alleging past fraud, theft, and poisoning allegations involving his family in the Los Angeles area 10 to 20 years ago,&quot; Hemet PD said.</p><p>&quot;Tran stated he would return to the station with documentation regarding his allegations but never returned.&quot;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For those not familiar with Monterey Park, it’s about 65% Asian. They’ve had a Filipino Mayor in the late Monty Manibog in 1970s (believed to be First Filipino-American mainland mayor). Overall MP has been a historic hub of older more affluent Asians mostly Chinese. <a href="https://t.co/xqQ0gqtR9L">pic.twitter.com/xqQ0gqtR9L</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/1617311231282663425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 23, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div><strong>&#x27;Her last dance&#x27; </strong></div><p>Saturday night&#x27;s mass shooting was the worst in the United States since a teenage gunman in Uvalde, Texas killed 21 people at an elementary school last May. All but two were children.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/04/19/deadliest-recent-mass-shootings-in-the-us">Deadliest recent mass shootings in the US</a></li></ul><p>The toll from Monterey Park, one of California&#x27;s largest Asian communities, rose to 11 on Monday when one of those injured in the attack died in hospital.</p><p>The Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center said a total of four victims had been treated at the hospital and one remained in a serious condition.</p><p>The coroner in Los Angeles on Monday said all of those who died were in their 50s, 60s or 70s, and named two of the dead women as My Nhan, aged 65 and 63-year-old Lilan Li.</p><p>A statement released by Nhan&#x27;s family said the tragedy was &quot;still sinking in.&quot;</p><p>&quot;She spent so many years going to the dance studio in Monterey Park on weekends,&quot; it said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s what she loved to do. But unfairly, Saturday was her last dance.</p><p>&quot;We are starting the Lunar New Year broken.&quot;</p><p>Amid so much heartbreak, stories of hope and heroism also emerged.</p><p>Security footage showed 26-year-old Brandon Tsay grappling with Tran in the lobby of the Lai Lai Ballroom &amp; Studio in Alhambra as he tried to rip the Cobray M11 9mm semi-automatic weapon from him.</p><p>&quot;I lunged at him with both my hands, grabbed the weapon, and had a struggle,&quot; Tsay told ABC.</p><p>&quot;We struggled into the lobby, trying to get the gun away from each other. He was hitting me across the face, bashing me in the back of my head, I was trying to use my elbows to get the gun away from him.</p><p>&quot;Finally, at one point I was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create some distance, point the gun at him, intimidate him, shouting, ‘Get the hell out here. I’ll shoot. Get away. Go.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>LA County Sheriff Robert Luna on Sunday praised the then-unnamed Tsay, saying: &quot;This could have been much worse.&quot; With a report by Agence France-Presse</p><div><strong>Editor&#x27;s note:</strong></div><p>A group in the Philippines is dedicated to addressing those who have suicidal tendencies.</p><p>The crisis hotlines of the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation aim to make these individuals feel that someone is ready to listen to them.</p><div><strong>These are their hotline numbers:</strong></div><p><strong>Information and Crisis Intervention Center</strong><br/>(02) 804-HOPE (4673)<br/>0917-558-HOPE (4673) or (632) 211-4550<br/>0917-852-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-6876<br/>0917-842-HOPE (4673) or (632) 964-4084</p><p><strong>In Touch Crisis Lines:</strong><br/>0917-572-HOPE or (632) 211-1305<br/>(02) 893-7606 (24/7)<br/>(02) 893-7603 (Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm)<br/>Globe (63917) 800.1123 or (632) 506.7314<br/>Sun (63922) 893.8944 or (632) 346.8776 </p>

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau has confirmed a Filipino was among the 11 killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

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Filipino among fatalities in Monterey Park shooting

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Published Jan 24, 2023 08:41 AM PHT

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