The shooting that left five men and five women dead brought a jarring end to the planned two-day party to ring in the Year of the Rabbit.
PUBLISHED 7:46 PM EST Jan. 22, 2023MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — It was a joyful kickoff to the first Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park since before the pandemic, with large crowds filling the streets in the majority Chinese American city near Los Angeles for live entertainment, carnival rides and plenty of food.
But the celebrations were marred by tragedy Saturday night after a gunman entered a ballroom dance hall and opened fire, killing 10 people, wounding 10 more and sending panicked revelers into the streets. The massacre sent shock waves through Asian American communities around the nation, prompting police from San Francisco to New York to step up patrols at Lunar New Year celebrations in their own cities.
“Having this tragedy on one of our most important holidays ... it feels very personal to our community,” she said. “There is still that feeling of being targeted, and being fearful, when we hear about a shooting like this.” “When something like this happens – and I never thought it would happen in our community – it’s very hard to process,” said Sanchez, who teaches in the city's schools. “There’s so much grief.”
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