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  • Investigators still have no motive in Monterey Park shooting, sheriff says

    Investigators still have no motive in Monterey Park shooting, sheriff says

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    Investigators still have not found a possible link between the Monterey Park, California, shooting suspect and the 11 people who were killed in the massacre, authorities said Wednesday.

    Investigators have been unable to “establish a connection between the suspect or any of the victims thus far,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters in a Wednesday night news conference.

    The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was unmarried, and investigators have been unable “to tie him in romantically to any of the victims so far,” Luna said.

    Luna also revealed that detectives do not believe that Tran had been to the dance studio where Saturday’s shooting occurred at any point in the last five years.

    “Based on statements we have, he hasn’t been there in five years,” Luna said.

    Luna disclosed that earlier Wednesday, Monterey Park police recovered a motorcycle — registered to Tran — about a block south of the crime scene, which investigators believe was parked there just prior to Saturday’s shooting.

    “Investigators believe it was placed there by the suspect as an alternative getaway vehicle,” Luna said.

    Authorities have so far recovered three firearms belonging to Tran, Luna said. The weapon recovered at the shooting scene, a Cobray semi automatic assault pistol, was unregistered, Luna said. Tran had purchased the Cobray in February of 1999 in Monterey Park, Luna said.

    The second weapon, which was found in Tran’s van after he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a standoff Sunday in the nearby city of Torrance, was a registered pistol, Luna said, as was a rifle which was later found in a search of Tran’s home.

    Luna also confirmed that Tran’s only known criminal history consisted of an arrest in 1990 for unlawful possession of a firearm.

    Eleven people were killed and nine others injured when a gunman opened fire Saturday night inside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio during a Lunar New Year celebration. The victims, who ranged in age from 57 to 76, have been identified. A vigil for the victims was held Tuesday night.  

    Memorial For Monterey Park Mass Shooting Victims
    A makeshift memorial on Jan. 24, 2023, for those killed in a mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California.

    Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images


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  • Gavin Newsom after Monterey Park shooting:

    Gavin Newsom after Monterey Park shooting:

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    Newsom: Second Amendment becoming a “suicide pact”


    Gavin Newsom: Second Amendment becoming a “suicide pact”

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom is renewing his calls for stricter gun control measures following the mass shooting at a dance hall in Monterey Park on Saturday that killed at least 11 people and injured nine others. 

    “Nothing about this is surprising. Everything about this is infuriating,” he told “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell on Monday. “The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact.” 

    Newsom clarified that he has “no ideological opposition” against people who “responsibly” own guns and get background checks and training on how to use them. 

    But he told O’Donnell that current regulations are falling short. 

    Authorities say the suspected attacker, who later died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound as investigators closed in, used a modified pistol with a high-capacity magazine illegal in California, the state with the strictest gun laws in the U.S. 

    When asked how the gunman was able to get the weapon, Newsom responded “we will figure it out,” adding, “That’s going to happen. You got to enforce laws. Things fall through the cracks, but it doesn’t mean you give up.” 

    Newsom mentioned the role of mental health in mass shootings, but he singled out gun access as a factor exacerbating the problem.

    “I’m really proud of the work we’ve done in this space, but we’ve had decades of neglect,” he said. “But respectfully, I will submit that regardless of the challenges it relates to behavioral health, there’s not a country in the world that doesn’t experience behavioral health issues.” 

    Caitlin Yilek

    Caitlin Yilek is a digital producer for CBS News. Reach her at caitlin.yilek@cbsinteractive.com. Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hausofcait

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