Searching for the man who killed ten people near Los Angeles on Saturday night, US police surrounded a white van for a long time. The police said the siege is now over. It’s unclear if anything was found.
The search around the van took place in the town of Torrance. Footage from local media showed one of them hanging from the steering wheel of the vehicle. It is unknown whether this was the person shot, the police have yet to say anything.
The vehicle was surrounded by heavily armed police. An officer smashed the passenger side window and opened the door. Other cops searched the trunk of the vehicle.
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A gunman opened fire on Saturday night at a dance hall in Monterey Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, where a large Asian community lives, local time. Five men and five women were killed, ten people were hospitalized with various injuries.
During the shooting, thousands of people were on the streets because of the Chinese New Year. According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrator fled in a white van.
There are still many questions about the Monterey Park incident. Police have not yet released any information about the incident. Authorities know the suspect’s name but did not disclose it as it would jeopardize the investigation.
Police believe the Monterey Park case is linked to another incident in the nearby city of Alhambra. There, a man pulled out a gun at a club. Visitors to this case took this weapon from him. Then the man ran away.
Police Chief Robert Luna said at a press conference that the suspect in both incidents was an Asian-looking man.
Source: NOS
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