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    Shooter targets ‘establishments of joy’ in Monterey Park Lunar New Year mass shooting

    by Brittny Mejia, Gabriel San Román and Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times Jan 23, 2023 5 minutes
    Monterey Park police officers stand at the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.

    MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Star Ballroom Dance Studio is where international ballroom competitors teach their moves. Where retirees learn how to waltz, tango and samba. Where elderly and middle-aged couples while away Saturday nights.

    Where they feel safe. And happy.

    “They’re mainly just there to enjoy life and hang out and have fun,” said 40-year-old Elizabeth Yang, who has taken ballroom classes at the studio for a year.

    All that changed late Saturday night on the eve of the Lunar New Year, a time to welcome prosperity, health and good luck.

    The studio had scheduled a Lunar New Year’s Eve party for 8 p.m. Saturday. It was supposed to end at 12:30 a.m. Sunday. A message in the dance studio’s WeChat group advertised a “Chinese New Year Countdown Dance Party,” with games

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