We are seeing reports that officers have now left the scene of the shooting in Alhambra, which is a few miles from Monterey Park.
We don't know if the two shootings are connected, but no injuries have been reported from there.
What we know so far
If you're just joining us, here's what we know so far about last night's shooting.
Ten people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in the city of Monterey Park, California
At least ten others were injured, with their conditions ranging from stable to critical
A male suspect fled the scene and remains at large
The area has a high Asian-American population, although police say the motive for the shooting remains unclear
Police are investigating a possible link with a second shooting in the nearby city of Alhambra
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Monterey Park 'crystallizes the vibrancy of Asian Americans'
Jeong Park, a reporter with the LA Times who has been covering the shooting, signed off his coverage for the night with a Twitter thread about Monterey Park and its significance to Asian Americans in the area.
"I was at the Lunar New
Year celebration in Monterey Park just hours before, marvelling at its scale and
buying (probably way too many) skewers," he wrote.
"Monterey Park, to me as someone who visits often, is a city
and community that really crystallizes, in my opinion, the diversity and
vibrancy of Asian Americans.
"It's hard to define Monterey Park - a city that's America's
first 'suburban Chinatown', but also a city with multiple openly
gay API [Asian/ Pacific Islander] council members.
"A city struggling with poverty - boarding houses, for
instance - but also a city with [an] incredible amount of tenacity.
"In all the coverage that's to follow about this city, I hope
all of this doesn't get forgotten."
Biden briefed on shooting
US President Joe Biden has been briefed by Homeland Security on the mass shooting in Monterey Park, the White House press secretary says.
Karine Jean-Pierre adds that Biden is seeking regular updates on the situation there from law enforcement agencies
One of the deadliest shootings in state's modern history
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Saturday's shooting at Monterey Park was one of the worst in California's modern history.
In 2018, a former Marine combat veteran killed 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks before taking his own life.
Prior to that, a husband and wife killed 14 people at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino in 2015 before dying in a shootout with police.
The deadliest shooting in modern California history was in 1984
when a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, near
San Diego.
Monterey Park is home to a large Asian community
The Californian city of Monterey Park is home to about 60,000 people and its population is predominantly Asian American, according to US Census data.
About 65% of its residents identify as Asian American, while 27% are Hispanic or Latino.
Almost 14% of the city's population are white, 4% identify as two or more races, and 1% are Black.
Where did the shooting happen?
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We've put together a map to show you where the Monterey Park shootings happened. So far, we know that 10 people were killed when a gunman opened fire and least 10 others have been injured.
Some of those in hospital are in a critical condition and the suspect is still at large.
Monterey Park is about eight miles away from Los Angeles and was incorporated as a city in 1916.
Motive in shooting not known yet, police say
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Earlier we heard from Captain Andrew Meyer at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who said the suspect in the Monterey Park shooting was still at large.
He said there was no clear motive and it was too early to say whether the incident was being treated as a hate crime.
Multiple agencies are involved in the investigation into the incident, during which ten people were killed, Meyer said.
Among them are the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, as well local police and other law enforcement agencies, he added.
No injuries reported in Alhambra shooting
As we've told you earlier, police in California are looking into whether
there is a link between the shooting in Monterey Park and another a few miles
away in Alhambra.
Officials have said
no-one was injured in the Alhambra shooting, and the Monterey Park suspect is
still at large.
Police investigating possible link with Alhambra shooting
Police are looking into a possible link between the shooting in Monterey Park and another in the nearby city of Alhambra.
Monterey Park and Alhambra are only a few miles apart, both within Los Angeles County.
Speaking to reporters, Captain Andrew Meyer of the local sheriff's department said: “We’re aware of an incident that occurred
in Alhambra and we have investigators on scene trying to determine if there’s a
connection between these two incidents.”
They say that although the shooting didn't happen at the event, an active investigation is currently underway and the area near and around the festival is affected.
This decision was taken as a precaution and for everyone's safety.
Shooting 'does not appear to be related to festival'
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The shooting does not appear to have been related to the lunar new year celebrations, according to one local journalist.
Speaking to BBC News, Jeong Park of the LA Times said: "What we know is that this does not seem to have ties
to the Lunar New Year celebrations that happened at Monterey Park.
“I was just at the celebrations on Saturday afternoon where
tens of thousands gathered to celebrate. This does not appear to be related to
that.
"It appears to have happened at a dance studio nearby
where a gunman came in with what an eyewitness described as a machine gun - or
a semi-automatic gun – and had fired multiple rounds at mostly Asian-Americans
from what we can believe and what we heard from the eyewitness.
"I talked to a restaurant owner across the street from
where the shooting happened. He described to me that three people had come rushing
into the restaurant and told the owner to lock the door because there was a guy
with a machine gun who was in the area.
“The guy told me that about ten minutes afterward, somebody
fled in a car.”
What is the Monterey Park Lunar New Year festival?
The Monterey Park Lunar New Year festival is an annual event to mark the beginning of the lunar calendar, which is celebrated in China and other East Asian cultures.
According to the local government website, this year's festival featured traditional new year lion and dragon dancers as well as food stalls, rides, and other entertainment.
It also says that past events have attracted more than 100,000 visitors per day from across southern California.
WATCH: 'Shocking to hear something like this in my city'
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Two people from Monterey Park thought a firwork display had started when the suspect opened fire, killing ten people.
Pictures from the scene at Monterey Park
We'll show you some pictures from Monterey Park in California where a gunman has killed 10 people at a Lunar New Year festival. But first, here is what we know so far:
Police are still looking for the suspect who fled the scene
Officers say it's "too early" to know the suspect's motivation
But it appears the shooting was not connected to the festival. There are reports that it happened in a dance studio
At least 10 other people have been injured
Some of those in hospital are in a critical condition
Shooting started at around 22:20 local time on Saturday (06:20 GMT on Sunday)
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People at the festival left screaming as officers arrivedImage caption: People at the festival left screaming as officers arrived
'Patrons were pouring out screaming when officers arrived'
People inside the business where the shooting took place were
"pouring out screaming" when officers arrived, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department said:
Quote Message: When officers arrived on scene there arrived numerous individuals – patrons of the location – pouring out of the location screaming.
When officers arrived on scene there arrived numerous individuals – patrons of the location – pouring out of the location screaming.
Quote Message: The officers made entry to the location and located additional victims."
The officers made entry to the location and located additional victims."
He said that all the surviving victims were transported to hospital.
Some of the injured 'remain critical'
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Some of those injured in the shooting remain in hospital in a critical condition, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department said a total of ten people were pronounced dead after officers
arrived on the scene.
"There were at least ten additional victims that were
transported to numerous local hospitals and were listed in various conditions,
from stable to critical," he said.
Suspect still at large, say police
The suspect in last night's shooting remains at large, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the LA Country Sheriff's department said that, after the shooting, the suspect "fled the scene and remains outstanding".
BreakingTen dead, at least 10 injured - local police
Speaking at a press conference early on Sunday morning, Captain
Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said:
"Last
night, at approximately 22:22 [local time, 06:22 GMT] officers from the
Monterey Park police department responded to a local business [on] West Garvey
Avenue in the city of Monterey Park regarding a shots fired call.
"When officers arrived on scene they arrived numerous individuals
– patrons of the location – pouring out of the location screaming.
"The officers made entry to the location and located additional
victims. The Monterey Park police [and] fire department responded to the scene
and treated the injured and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the
scene.
"There were at least ten additional victims that were transported
to numerous local hospitals and were listed in various conditions, from stable
to critical.
"The suspect fled the scene and remains outstanding."
He also asked anyone with information about the incident to
call the LA County Sheriff’s homicide department on 323-890-5500. Anyone preferring
to remain anonymous can also contact Crimestoppers on 800-222-8477.
Welcome
Welcome to our live coverage of the shooting that took place
overnight in the Californian city of Monterey Park.
Police say ten people were killed after a gunman opened fire
at a business premises at about 22:20 local time on Saturday (06:20 GMT on
Sunday).
Thousands of people had earlier gathered in the city, which
sits just east of Los Angeles, to celebrate the lunar new year.
Follow this page for all the latest updates throughout the
day.
Live Reporting
Edited by Jessica Murphy
All times stated are UK
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Police have left the scene of Alhambra shooting
We are seeing reports that officers have now left the scene of the shooting in Alhambra, which is a few miles from Monterey Park.
We don't know if the two shootings are connected, but no injuries have been reported from there.
What we know so far
If you're just joining us, here's what we know so far about last night's shooting.
Monterey Park 'crystallizes the vibrancy of Asian Americans'
Jeong Park, a reporter with the LA Times who has been covering the shooting, signed off his coverage for the night with a Twitter thread about Monterey Park and its significance to Asian Americans in the area.
"I was at the Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park just hours before, marvelling at its scale and buying (probably way too many) skewers," he wrote.
"Monterey Park, to me as someone who visits often, is a city and community that really crystallizes, in my opinion, the diversity and vibrancy of Asian Americans.
"It's hard to define Monterey Park - a city that's America's first 'suburban Chinatown', but also a city with multiple openly gay API [Asian/ Pacific Islander] council members.
"A city struggling with poverty - boarding houses, for instance - but also a city with [an] incredible amount of tenacity.
"In all the coverage that's to follow about this city, I hope all of this doesn't get forgotten."
Biden briefed on shooting
US President Joe Biden has been briefed by Homeland Security on the mass shooting in Monterey Park, the White House press secretary says.
Karine Jean-Pierre adds that Biden is seeking regular updates on the situation there from law enforcement agencies
One of the deadliest shootings in state's modern history
Saturday's shooting at Monterey Park was one of the worst in California's modern history.
In 2018, a former Marine combat veteran killed 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks before taking his own life.
Prior to that, a husband and wife killed 14 people at a workplace holiday party in San Bernardino in 2015 before dying in a shootout with police.
The deadliest shooting in modern California history was in 1984 when a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, near San Diego.
Monterey Park is home to a large Asian community
The Californian city of Monterey Park is home to about 60,000 people and its population is predominantly Asian American, according to US Census data.
About 65% of its residents identify as Asian American, while 27% are Hispanic or Latino.
Almost 14% of the city's population are white, 4% identify as two or more races, and 1% are Black.
Where did the shooting happen?
We've put together a map to show you where the Monterey Park shootings happened. So far, we know that 10 people were killed when a gunman opened fire and least 10 others have been injured.
Some of those in hospital are in a critical condition and the suspect is still at large.
Monterey Park is about eight miles away from Los Angeles and was incorporated as a city in 1916.
Motive in shooting not known yet, police say
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Earlier we heard from Captain Andrew Meyer at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who said the suspect in the Monterey Park shooting was still at large.
He said there was no clear motive and it was too early to say whether the incident was being treated as a hate crime.
Multiple agencies are involved in the investigation into the incident, during which ten people were killed, Meyer said.
Among them are the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, as well local police and other law enforcement agencies, he added.
No injuries reported in Alhambra shooting
As we've told you earlier, police in California are looking into whether there is a link between the shooting in Monterey Park and another a few miles away in Alhambra.
Officials have said no-one was injured in the Alhambra shooting, and the Monterey Park suspect is still at large.
Police investigating possible link with Alhambra shooting
Police are looking into a possible link between the shooting in Monterey Park and another in the nearby city of Alhambra.
Monterey Park and Alhambra are only a few miles apart, both within Los Angeles County.
Speaking to reporters, Captain Andrew Meyer of the local sheriff's department said: “We’re aware of an incident that occurred in Alhambra and we have investigators on scene trying to determine if there’s a connection between these two incidents.”
Festival cancelled after shooting
Monterey Park city authorities have cancelled the rest of the Lunar New Year festival, which was scheduled to carry on today.
They say that although the shooting didn't happen at the event, an active investigation is currently underway and the area near and around the festival is affected.
This decision was taken as a precaution and for everyone's safety.
Shooting 'does not appear to be related to festival'
The shooting does not appear to have been related to the lunar new year celebrations, according to one local journalist.
Speaking to BBC News, Jeong Park of the LA Times said: "What we know is that this does not seem to have ties to the Lunar New Year celebrations that happened at Monterey Park.
“I was just at the celebrations on Saturday afternoon where tens of thousands gathered to celebrate. This does not appear to be related to that.
"It appears to have happened at a dance studio nearby where a gunman came in with what an eyewitness described as a machine gun - or a semi-automatic gun – and had fired multiple rounds at mostly Asian-Americans from what we can believe and what we heard from the eyewitness.
"I talked to a restaurant owner across the street from where the shooting happened. He described to me that three people had come rushing into the restaurant and told the owner to lock the door because there was a guy with a machine gun who was in the area.
“The guy told me that about ten minutes afterward, somebody fled in a car.”
What is the Monterey Park Lunar New Year festival?
The Monterey Park Lunar New Year festival is an annual event to mark the beginning of the lunar calendar, which is celebrated in China and other East Asian cultures.
According to the local government website, this year's festival featured traditional new year lion and dragon dancers as well as food stalls, rides, and other entertainment.
It also says that past events have attracted more than 100,000 visitors per day from across southern California.
WATCH: 'Shocking to hear something like this in my city'
Video content
Two people from Monterey Park thought a firwork display had started when the suspect opened fire, killing ten people.
Pictures from the scene at Monterey Park
We'll show you some pictures from Monterey Park in California where a gunman has killed 10 people at a Lunar New Year festival. But first, here is what we know so far:
'Patrons were pouring out screaming when officers arrived'
People inside the business where the shooting took place were "pouring out screaming" when officers arrived, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said:
He said that all the surviving victims were transported to hospital.
Some of the injured 'remain critical'
Some of those injured in the shooting remain in hospital in a critical condition, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said a total of ten people were pronounced dead after officers arrived on the scene.
"There were at least ten additional victims that were transported to numerous local hospitals and were listed in various conditions, from stable to critical," he said.
Suspect still at large, say police
The suspect in last night's shooting remains at large, police have said.
Captain Andrew Meyer of the LA Country Sheriff's department said that, after the shooting, the suspect "fled the scene and remains outstanding".
BreakingTen dead, at least 10 injured - local police
Speaking at a press conference early on Sunday morning, Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said:
"Last night, at approximately 22:22 [local time, 06:22 GMT] officers from the Monterey Park police department responded to a local business [on] West Garvey Avenue in the city of Monterey Park regarding a shots fired call.
"When officers arrived on scene they arrived numerous individuals – patrons of the location – pouring out of the location screaming.
"The officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. The Monterey Park police [and] fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene.
"There were at least ten additional victims that were transported to numerous local hospitals and were listed in various conditions, from stable to critical.
"The suspect fled the scene and remains outstanding."
He also asked anyone with information about the incident to call the LA County Sheriff’s homicide department on 323-890-5500. Anyone preferring to remain anonymous can also contact Crimestoppers on 800-222-8477.
Welcome
Welcome to our live coverage of the shooting that took place overnight in the Californian city of Monterey Park.
Police say ten people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a business premises at about 22:20 local time on Saturday (06:20 GMT on Sunday).
Thousands of people had earlier gathered in the city, which sits just east of Los Angeles, to celebrate the lunar new year.
Follow this page for all the latest updates throughout the day.