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(MUGSHOT) Suspected Monterey Park Shooter Fatally Shoots Himself During Police Standoff After Killing Ten People At Ballroom Dance Studio

<p>The suspected Monterey Park shooter killed himself during a standoff with police after killing ten people and injuring at least ten more at a dance studio over the weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Huu Can Tran<&sol;strong>&comma; 72&comma; was found dead Sunday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van in Torrance&comma; putting an end to an hours-long manhunt&period; Authorities have yet to determine a motive for the gunman&comma; whose slayings have left the community in shock&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7&period;com&sol;monterey-park-mass-shooting-suspect-identified-huu-can-tran&sol;12727665&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>ABC 7<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Suspected Gunman Found Dead With Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Day After Mass Shooting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Tran had no criminal history&comma; however local law enforcement aren&&num;8217&semi;t ruling out the possibility that domestic violence may have played a part in Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s mass shooting&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cops eventually tracked down the suspect&&num;8217&semi;s van and surrounded it for several hours before going in&comma; only to find a dead body slumped over the steering wheel upon entering&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">At an evening news conference&comma; Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed the body found was that of Tran&comma; the suspected shooter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1617520506839916545" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officials added that Tran had attempted to shoot up another dance hall in Alhambra&comma; roughly 17 minutes after the deadly mass shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on West Garvey Avenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After reportedly walking into the Alhambra ballroom with his firearm raised&comma; a heroic Good Samaritan managed to wrestle the gun away from Tran&comma; according to Luna&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Motive&comma; Suspect&&num;8217&semi;s Lack Of Criminal History Leaves Investigators Stumped In Wake Of Mass Shooting<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">CCTV footage shows as a man inside the Lai Lai Ballroom confronts the suspect before disarming him&comma; prompting Tran to quickly flee the scene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; authorities say they know very little information about the man&comma; or why he targeted community dance halls&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna did reveal that all of the people killed appeared to be over 50&period; Luna speculated what could have been a potential motive&comma; questioning if Tran had a mental illness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;109463" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-109463" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-daze&lowbar;wrapper&lowbar;width wp-image-109463" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;GettyImages-1246459618-1&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;1024" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"646" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-109463" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A coroner official investigates the scene where police say mass shooting suspect slumped over the wheel of a white van&comma; apparently deceased due to a self-inflicted gunshot &lpar;Allen J&period; Schaben &sol; Los Angeles Times via Getty Images&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">&&num;8220&semi;I still have questions in my mind&comma; which is&colon; What was the motive for this shooter&quest; Did he have a mental illness&quest; Was he a domestic violence abuser&quest; How did he get these guns and was it through legal means or not&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Congresswoman Judy Chu said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Tran reportedly had a semi-automatic pistol along with an extended magazine &&num;8211&semi; which is illegal in California &&num;8211&semi; and another handgun found in the van where his body was located&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monterey Park Police Chief Scott Wiese said that although the officers &&num;8220&semi;hadn&&num;8217&semi;t been prepared for &lpar;the mass shooting&rpar;&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but didn&&num;8217&semi;t hesitate to go in regardless&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Saturday Marks U&period;S&period;&&num;8217&semi;s Fifth Mass Shooting Incident To Occur This Month&comma; Deadliest Since Uvalde<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; no victims have been officially identified as of Monday&comma; however friends identified one of the people killed as dance instructor Ming Wei Ma&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s mass shooting was the nation&&num;8217&semi;s fifth to occur this month alone&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also the deadliest attack since May 24&comma; 2022&comma; when 21 people were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde&comma; Texas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"fnmMv geuMB alqtB Dyur">All families and victims impacted by the shooting are urged to go to the <strong><a class&equals;"Aniy efBMc zXzLB " tabindex&equals;"0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7&period;com&sol;monterey-park-mass-shooting-gofundme-langley-senior-center-crisis-response-location&sol;12726806&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;self" rel&equals;"noopener">Langley Senior Center<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>at 400 W&period; Emerson Avenue&comma; where there is a crisis response team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"109422" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mugshot-suspected-monterey-park-shooter-fatally-shoots-himself-during-standoff-after-ten-people-at-ballroom-dance-studio&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c7a06c49c9"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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