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Monterey Park suspect is oldest known mass shooter in US

LOS ANGELES — The gunman who opened fire in a Monterey Park ballroom Saturday and killed 11 people is the oldest person to carry out such an attack in the U.S., according to research. The deadly shooting was as horrifying as it was rare. “This is definitely unique,” said James Densley, president and co-founder of the Violence Project, a nonprofit organization that tracks mass shootings, which ...
Inez Arakaki and her son Zachary offer prayers after bringing flowers to a makeshift memorial site in front of the Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, where 10 people were shot dead late on Jan. 21, 2023.

LOS ANGELES — The gunman who opened fire in a Monterey Park ballroom Saturday and killed 11 people is the oldest person to carry out such an attack in the U.S., according to research.

The deadly shooting was as horrifying as it was rare.

“This is definitely unique,” said James Densley, president and co-founder of the Violence Project, a nonprofit organization that tracks mass shootings, which the group defines as those involving four or

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