The Los Angeles County sheriff on Sunday hailed two “heroes” who wrestled an “assault pistol” away from a mass shooter at a second deliberate assault after he had simply killed 10 folks late Saturday at a ballroom in Monterey Park.
He was about to open hearth at a dance studio in Alhambra when he was “disarmed by two neighborhood members who I contemplate to be heroes, as a result of they saved lives. This might have been a lot worse,” Sheriff Robert Luna mentioned at a press convention (see beneath). Luna didn’t establish them.
Democratic State Sen. Susan Rubio additionally recommended the nice samaritans who “tackled” the gunman, as a result of “we’d be standing right here with much more tragedy.”
The gunman has been recognized as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, who authorities mentioned died of a self-inflicted gunshot in a white van in a parking zone as police closed in Sunday.
The Alhambra confrontation unfolded “inside 20 to half-hour” of the mass taking pictures in Monterey Park as Tran walked in “with an intent to kill extra folks,” Luna mentioned.
The great samaritans managed to wrestle away Tran’s “magazine-fed semi-automatic assault pistol” that had an “prolonged, massive capability journal,” in accordance with Luna.
Tran then fled the scene, forsaking clues that ultimately led police to him, Luna mentioned.
An investigation is ongoing. Police have but to find out a motive, mentioned Luna.
Try the press convention right here: