Los Angeles, shooting in Monterey Park: at least 10 dead. PHOTO

Ten people were killed in a shooting occurred in Monterey Park, about fifteen kilometers from downtown Los Angeles, among the crowds participating in the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as reported by the Associated Press. The killer is on the run

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The shooting began at 10pm local time (7am Italian). In the photo, the area where the shots were fired

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The incident was confirmed by Sergeant Bob Boese, of the department of Los Angeles County Policequoted by the American media

In the photo, the Monterey Park area where the shooting took place

According to some witnesses, the attack was carried out by one armed person. According to what was told by the owner of a restaurant on Garvey Avenue, a few meters from the scene of the shooting, three people rushed into his restaurant saying they had to lock the door because “there was a man with a machine gun in the area.”

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