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‘He’s trying to reload the gun’: Voices of terror from Monterey Park shooting 911 calls

LOS ANGELES — The voice on the 911 tape was quiet but terrified. The caller was the first to reach out for help after a gunman opened fire at a Lunar New Year’s Eve party in Monterey Park. Caller: “We start the car and try to leave and suddenly somebody come next to the window and shoot the window.” Dispatcher: “Is your girlfriend awake?” Caller: “I’m not sure.” In the aftermath of the Lunar ...
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LOS ANGELES — The voice on the 911 tape was quiet but terrified.

The caller was the first to reach out for help after a gunman opened fire at a Lunar New Year’s Eve party in Monterey Park.

Caller: “We start the car and try to leave and suddenly somebody come next to the window and shoot the window.”

Dispatcher: “Is your girlfriend awake?”

Caller: “I’m not sure.”

In the aftermath of the Lunar New Year’s Eve mass shooting in Monterey Park that left 11 dead and nine wounded, the city clerk Thursday released the 911

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