Not invited to the dance: A possible motive for Monterey Park shooting
LOS ANGELES — The investigation into the Monterey Park mass shooting is focused on the gunman’s previous interactions at two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was the motive, according to law enforcement sources.
The sources stressed that the investigation was in its early stages. But detectives believe that 72-year-old Huu Can Tran frequented the clubs — the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park and the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio in Alhambra — and that the shooting might have been sparked by a personal dispute.
“We’re hearing those things too but have not confirmed any of that information,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Monday at a news conference. “It’s part of what our investigators are diligently looking into.”
Law enforcement sources also believe Tran was having unspecified emotional problems that had been getting worse in the weeks before the shooting.
He showed up at the Hemet Police Department lobby twice this month, on Jan. 7 and 9, making allegations of fraud and theft and saying that his family had tried to poison him in the Los Angeles area 10 to 20 years ago, Hemet police spokesperson
