Chinese Lunar New Year massacre that has killed at least 10 deadliest since Uvalde
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A shooting in the Los Angeles area last night marked the fifth mass shooting in the US this month and the deadliest since 21 people were killed at a school in Uvalde, Texas eight months ago.
This month alone, at least 32 people have been killed in five mass shootings, in Utah, Ohio, California and North Carolina.
This is the first time in more than fifteen years that there have been five mass shootings in the first three weeks of January, according to a access point database.
The first shooting this year was in Enoch, Utah on January 3 and saw a man murder his five children and wife before turning the gun on himself.
The Lunar New Year shooting in Los Angeles on Saturday night was the deadliest mass shooting in the US since the school shooting in Uvalde last year.
The first shooting this year was in Enoch, Utah on January 3 and saw a man murder his five children before killing himself. The family home is in the photo.
Just three days into the new year, the church-going family of eight, including five children, was found dead in their home after police were called for a welfare check. The bodies of two parents, their five children and another adult were found with gunshot wounds.
Less than a week later, on January 9, in High Point, North Carolina, another father killed his wife and three children.
On January 13 in Cleveland, Ohio, two adults, ages 69 and 34, and a child, 16, were killed and two others hospitalized after a shooting at a home.
Three days later, on January 16, three were killed in Goshen, California, in what police described as a “cartel-style execution.” At least six people, including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby, were found dead after a 3:30 am shooting that was thought to be gang or drug related.
Last night’s shooting at the Monterey Park ballroom was therefore the second shooting this year in California.
The shooting at Robb Elementary School, which killed 19 third- and fourth-graders and two teachers, was one of the deadliest school shootings in United States history.
Salvador Ramos, a student and close at Uvalde High School, bought two rifles just days after his 18th birthday, which he later used to launch the attack in May 2022.
A report released two months later by the Texas House committee found that on the eve of the May 24 shooting, Ramos contacted several people “with vague but ominous messages.”
Ramos, 18, reportedly sent a Snapchat message to a 15-year-old German girl whom he had befriended online telling her that he “had a little secret”.
He told her he couldn’t elaborate on what the plan entailed because he was expecting a delivery on May 23, the day he received 1,740 hollow points.
On the day of the shooting, Ramos referred to his grandmother as “this bitch” in a text message to the German teenager.
He later texted her: “I just shot my grandma in the head…I’m going to go shoot an elementary school.”
The house committee investigating the incident also found that Ramos was dubbed ‘the school shooter’, terrorized women online with graphic descriptions of violence and rape and even carried around a dead cat before the massacre.
Ramos, referred to in the report as “the attacker,” was described by relatives as shy, quiet as a child and reluctant to interact with others due to a speech impediment.
He was a ‘wonderful student’ and always willing to learn, the committee learned of Ramos as a child. But then something changed.
He began to fall behind in school and was identified as “at risk” but never received the special education services he needed, according to the report.
Throughout the fourth grade, Ramos was bullied for his stutter, his short haircut and his clothes, which he often wore the same every day, the report revealed, detailing a moment when a girl tied his shoelaces.
and made him fall on his face.
Salvador Ramos on video in the halls of Robb Elementary just before massacring 21 people
Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo was heavily criticized for the fact that his department did not confront the Ramos soon enough. Pete Arredondo telling the Texas Department of Public Safety how he chose to prioritize the lives of students in other classrooms
A split view of the hallway before the dozens of other police officers arrived shows the officers with their rifles drawn, standing behind shields thirty minutes after the shooting began and yards from the classroom.
In 2018, Ramos had more than 100 absences that year and his grades were down. By 2021, he had only completed the ninth grade, despite being 17 that year.
Rather than return to school after the pandemic, Ramos dropped out and became more isolated and focused on the online world.
Ariana Diaz, a senior at Uvalde High School and one of the shooter’s former classmates, described him as a “popular loner,” someone everyone knew but kept to himself.
She said The Texas Tribunethat post-COVID, he seemed to be in what she described as a “dark place” and started wearing combat boots and all black.
In the aftermath of that shooting, Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo came under considerable criticism for his department’s failure to confront the Ramos in time.
Texas Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw slammed the police response to the massacre as “an abject failure” and said there were enough police officers on the scene to apprehend the gunman just three minutes after the shooting.
“Three minutes after the subject entered the west hallway, there were a sufficient number of armed officers in body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject,” McCraw told a committee.
Last night’s shooting, in which a man with an assault-style rifle allegedly opened fire in a ballroom during a Chinese Lunar New Year event in Monterey Park, was thus the second mass shooting this year in California.
The gunman has not been identified and is believed to be on the run after the deadly attack that occurred just after 10 p.m. Saturday.
The celebration at Monterey Park is one of the biggest Chinese New Year events in Southern California.
It is not known if the attack was racially motivated.
Local restaurant owner Seung Won Choi saying Los Angeles Times Three people ran into his business and told him to lock the door.
Choi said he was told there was a man with a machine gun and he believes the shooting took place at a dance club. She added that the man had several rounds of ammunition and would reload whenever he ran out.
Multiple victims were reported after the shooting in California during New Year’s celebrations.
Interior of the Star Ballroom in Monterey Park, California, where the shooting occurred on Saturday night.
Dozens of police officers responded to reports of a January 22 shooting in California
Local Wong Wei told the LA Times that his friend was at the dance club and was in the bathroom when the shooting broke out.
When he came out, he said he saw an armed man and three bodies: two women and a person he said was the head of the club.
Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County, about 7 miles from downtown Los Angeles, with a population of about 60,000 people.
Kenneth Mejia, Los Angeles City Comptroller tweeted: ‘Our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones tonight in our neighboring city, Monterey Park, where a mass shooting just occurred.
“Monterey Park is home to one of the largest Asian communities in Los Angeles County and many were celebrating Lunar New Year.”
Based on demographics, Monterey Park is home to a majority Asian population. About 65 percent of the community’s residents are Asian.
Ten dead and ten injured make it the fourth deadliest shooting in California history.
The deadliest shooting in California history occurred in 1984 when a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, near San Diego.
This recent series of shootings came less than two months after five people were killed in a shooting at a nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was charged with entering a gay club and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding dozens more.