The gunman who killed 11 people at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, parked a bike near the dance hall as an option getaway car the working day of the shooting and did not know the victims, authorities stated Wednesday.
“As of nowadays, based on the interviews that investigators are nevertheless conducting, they have not been ready to establish a relationship concerning the suspect and any of the victims thus significantly,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference Wednesday.
Luna also stated authorities believe the gunman, recognized as Huu Can Tran, 72, had not frequented the studio in the final five decades.
“We do not consider the suspect has frequented the dance studio in the last 5 years,” Luna reported. “Based on the statements we have, he has not been there in 5 decades.”
Luna added that the suspect was unmarried and investigators have been not able “to tie him in romantically to any of the victims so considerably.”
Authorities proceed to look for for a motive powering the shooting.
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Investigators ended up able to recover three firearms, according to Luna.
A Cobray firearm, commonly regarded as a MAC-10, is believed to be the weapon utilized to have out the fatal taking pictures at Star Ballroom Dance Studio and later recovered in Alhambra, California, wherever an employee confronted and disarmed the suspect, Luna reported. The weapon, which was not registered in the condition of California, was obtained by the suspect in Monterey Park in 1999, Luna extra.
The two other weapons, a pistol made use of by the suspect to choose his individual everyday living and a rifle that was uncovered in his dwelling in Hemet, California, were being registered, Luna verified.
Luna declared that Monterey Park Law enforcement officers recovered a bike in close proximity to the dance studio that was registered to the gunman. Investigators established that the motorcycle was parked in close proximity to the scene prior to the capturing.
“Investigators believe it was positioned there by the suspect as an substitute getaway vehicle,” Luna said. He later on tackled studies of possible associations among the suspect and folks at the dance corridor.
“The suspect was not married,” Luna claimed. “We have not been able to tie him in, romantically, to any of the victims so considerably.”
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