California Mass Shooting: 10 killed at Lunar New Year event, suspect dead

A gunman opened fire inside a dance studio and club in Monterey Park, California and killed 10 people during Lunar New Year celebrations. In the shooting, five men and five women were killed, most in their 50s or 60s with around 10 others injured.

California Mass Shooting: 10 killed at Lunar New Year event, suspect dead

A man opened fire at a local dance studio in California. The incident reportedly took place near the downtown area where the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival is held each year. Credit: Reuters Photo

Five men and five women were fatally shot and 10 more were injured before the gunman, police believe, left the scene and entered a second dance club in nearby Alhambra, where two patrons were able to disarm him before he fled in what investigators described as a white cargo van. Credit: AP/PTI Photo

The drama came to an end after an hourslong manhunt, a SWAT team pinned that van in a parking lot in Torrance, some 30 miles from the scene of the shootings. Credit: Reuters Photo

Officers heard one shot as they approached the van and discovered that the suspect had shot himself, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Credit: Reuters Photo

The man, identified as Huu Can Tran, 72, was pronounced dead at the scene. Credit: AP/PTI Photo

The attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States since the massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Credit: Reuters Photo

The killings occurred on the eve of the Lunar New Year, a significant holiday for Asian Americans that had drawn thousands of people out to celebrate in Monterey Park earlier in the day. Credit: Getty Images via AFP Photo

Neighbours would later be horrified to learn that what they thought had been the sound of celebratory fireworks was actually the explosion of gunfire. Credit: Reuters Photo

Bystanders watch law enforcement agents breaking into a van with a body in the driver's seat in Torrance, California. Credit: AFP Photo