On Sunday evening, police surrounded the car of a man believed to be the suspected perpetrator after the mass shooting in Los Angeles on Saturday.
During a press conference on the night of Monday Norwegian time, the police confirm that the suspect, Asian Huu Can Tran (72), was found dead inside a van.
The police state that the man took his own life as the police approached the vehicle.
SUSPECT: 72-year-old Huu Can tran is suspected of being behind the mass shooting in Los Angeles on Saturday. The man was found dead in a van during a police operation on Sunday, the police confirmed during a press conference on Monday night. Photo: Los Angeles police via AP
– The suspect had shot himself and was pronounced dead at the scene, says police Robert Luna during the press conference.
Luna also states that an automatic weapon was found inside the van.
The motive for the mass shooting is still unclear, according to the police.
No one else is a suspect in the case.
Major police action
Ahead of the action, the police waited to get into the car. They also cordoned off an area for fear that the suspect’s car contained explosives or dangerous chemicals.
SURROUNDING: SURROUNDING: : Here the police enter the car of the suspected mass shooter. The car was found in Torrance in the USA. The man in the car, who is now suspected of the mass shooting, was found dead. Photo: AFFILIATE KABC / ABC
ACTOR: It was in this car that the police found the suspected mass shooter. Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP
SURROUNDED: On Sunday, the police took action against this van in Torrance in the USA. Photo: Damian Dovarganes / AP
ON THE SITE: The police are working at the scene where a van was attacked on Sunday. The suspected mass shooter was found dead in the car. Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP
Pictures from ABC7 shows that two SWAT vehicles were parked on opposite sides of the white van. A dozen police patrols stood nearby. A drone and an armored vehicle investigated the white van before the police moved in.
Started at a club
It was Saturday evening local time that a mass shooting occurred in the city of Monterey Park in Los Angeles, California.
Ten people were killed in the mass shooting on Saturday. Another ten were injured.
The shooting started at a nightclub at 10.22 p.m., after there had been a large Chinese New Year celebration in the area, police sources and witnesses say Los Angeles Times.
CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY: The shooting on Saturday evening local time took place in a district that has a large Chinese-American community. Photo: MIKE BLAKE / Reuters
IN MOURNING: Saturday’s mass shooting affects the community in Monterey Park in Los Angeles. Photo: ALLISON DINNER / Reuters
IN MOURNING: Saturday’s mass shooting affects the community in Monterey Park in Los Angeles. Photo: ALLISON DINNER / Reuters
IN MOURNING: Saturday’s mass shooting affects the community in Monterey Park in Los Angeles. Photo: ERIC THAYER / AFP
Monterey Park has a large Chinese-American community.
This is the worst mass shooting in the United States since May 2022, when 19 students and teachers were killed at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
