Monterey Park Police Chief defends his actions following the mass shooting
Following the Monterey Park mass shooting, there were questions about why it took so long for authorities to notify the public about the search for the gunman.
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Following the Monterey Park mass shooting, there were questions about why it took so long for authorities to notify the public about the search for the gunman.
The Long Beach Police Department said that the man pointed the high-powered laser at a police helicopter, commercial airliners and private plane for nearly a year.
The 66-year-old gunman who went on a killing spree in Half Moon Bay had legally purchased his firearm, had no prior contact with local law enforcement and was an employee of one of the farms he targeted.
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Americans hold nearly half of all civilian-owned guns worldwide, research shows.
The suspect died after borrowing a cell phone to call his mother, authorities said.
A mass shooting at a gas station in Oakland Monday evening killed at least one person and injured at least seven others, the second mass shooting in the Bay Area Monday and the third in California in three days.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. He was at least 20 years old.
"What a brave man he is," the Los Angeles County sheriff said of Brandon Tsay, who wrestled a gun away from the suspect.
"Nothing about this is surprising. Everything about this is infuriating," the California governor told Norah O'Donnell.
"Gun violence needs to stop, there is too much of it," said LA County Sheriff Robert Luna. "We're all standing here tonight because an individual took a weapon and did the damage that we've been talking about."
"I was definitely devastated," said Actress Sherry Cola, who is from Monterey Park. "I definitely cried myself to sleep."
The gunman was killed after exchanging gunfire with officers, police said.
Gallery owner Collier Gwin was taken into police custody Wednesday after the San Francisco DA's Office issued an arrest warrant for misdemeanor battery in connection with him spraying an unhoused woman with a hose last week.
A gun Alec Baldwin was using went off, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on the set of the Western in 2021.
