刚刚！美国突发大规模枪击案，已有10死10伤！外媒：案发前成千上万人正举行庆祝活动
2023年01月22日 每日经济新闻
当地时间21日晚10点左右，美国加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县蒙特雷帕克市发生大规模枪击事件。据“CCTV国际时讯”，当地警方最新消息称，枪击已致10人死亡，此外还有10人受伤，目前枪手在逃。
环球网此前援引美国《洛杉矶时报》报道，根据警方和当地居民的说法，当地时间21日夜间，洛杉矶蒙特利公园市的一个跳舞俱乐部发生枪击案，导致多人伤亡。报道称，案发前，现场附近正在举行庆祝春节的活动，有大批人员聚集在那里，这是该地区规模最大的农历新年庆祝活动之一。
加州发生致命大规模枪击事件
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报道称，警方正在处理这起枪击案，目前没有更多可以透露的细节，包括受害者人数。目前还不清楚是否有嫌疑人被捕。根据警方内部通讯，有多人在枪击事件中死亡。报道称，21日的春节庆祝活动时间被定在上午10时至晚上9时。
一名住在案发现场附近的人告诉《洛杉矶时报》，他在晚10时左右到家，听到了大约4、5声枪响。他于晚11时20分左右下楼，尝试了解枪击事件是否发生在春节庆祝活动上，“我首先担心的是，我知道他们正在举行农历新年庆祝活动”。他还说，当他到达现场附近时，他看到庆祝活动已经被清理，且看到了躺在担架上或者缠着绷带的人。
据参考消息援引外媒报道，蒙特利公园是一座约6万人口的小城市，亚裔人口众多。该市距离洛杉矶市中心约16公里。当天早些时候，成千上万人参加了庆祝中国农历新年的活动。报道称，当地一家海鲜烧烤店与枪击现场只有一街之隔。店主对《洛杉矶时报》记者说，有三人冲进他的店铺，让他锁门。
美国枪支暴力案件，在新的一年有愈演愈烈之势。上周末，伊利诺伊州芝加哥市有至少21人遭到枪击，其中4人死亡。弗吉尼亚州诺福克市则有12人中枪，1人死亡。亚利桑那州菲尼克斯市也发生一起大规模枪击案，导致4人受伤，伤者中包含1名孕妇和2名青少年。
美国“枪支暴力档案”网站的数据显示，步入新年以来，截至15日，枪支暴力事件已经导致1699人死亡、1271人受伤。
Monterey Park mass shooting updates: 10 dead, suspected gunman at large
A Lunar New Year celebration had been underway in the Los Angeles suburb.
At least 20 people were shot, 10 fatally, near a Lunar New Year celebration in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded dance studio, authorities said.
The gunman has not been identified and remains at large Sunday morning, said Capt. Andrew Meyer, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau, which is leading the investigation.
Meyer said some of the injured were in critical condition, while others were reported as stable, he said.
Monterey Park had been hosting the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival this weekend, marking the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar.
President Joe Biden has been briefed on the shooting, according to the White House, and the FBI has joined the investigation.
"The President has been briefed by the Homeland Security Advisor on the mass shooting in Monterey Park. He directed her to make sure that the FBI is providing full support to local authorities, and to update him regularly today as more details are known," the White House press secretary tweeted.
In early alerts sent to Washington, investigators said "they had no idea who the suspect was," Pierre Thomas, ABC News' chief justice correspondent, said on ABC's "This Week."
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has also been briefed on the shooting, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
Monterey Park had been hosting the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival this weekend, marking the beginning of the Chinese lunar calendar. The annual two-day street festival is widely attended, with previous celebrations drawing as many as 100,000 daily visitors, according to the city. More than 65% of Monterey Park's about 60,000 residents identify as Asian American, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In a statement Sunday morning, the city of Monterey Park clarified that the shooting did not occur at the Lunar New Year Festival but at the dance studio near the festival that was not connected to the festivities. Officials said Saturday's festival events were scheduled to finish at 9 p.m.
City officials said all festival activities for Sunday have been cancelled.
"Even though the incident did not occur at the 2023 Lunar New Year Festival, an active investigation is currently underway and the area near and around the festival is affected. As a precaution and for the safety of everyone, the City regrets to announce the cancellation of the second day of the festival," city officials said in a statement.
The Sheriff's Department said the shooting erupted around 10:22 p.m. on West Garvey Avenue, near the downtown blocks where the festival was being held.
The gunman opened fire shortly after entering a dance hall, where people had been celebrating the holiday, police said. It was unclear what type of weapon he used, police said.
Police officers who initially arrived at the scene, described a chaotic situation with panicked people running out of the dance hall.
Police in the nearby city of Alhambra were investigating an incident that might be connected to the shooting, officials said. The incident in Alhambra also occurred at a dance studio, according to ABC Los Angeles station KABC.
"To have this tragedy occur on Lunar New Year weekend, makes this especially painful," Alhambra Mayor Sasha Renée Pérez said in a Twitter post Sunday. "Monterey Park is home to one of the largest #AAPI communities in the country. This is a time when residents should be celebrating with family, friends and loved ones - not fearing gun violence."
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department said it would lead the investigation, after earlier saying it would assist Monterey Park Police. The FBI said it had responded to the scene to assist.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement on Twitter condemning the attack.
"Monterey Park should have had a night of joyful celebration of the Lunar New Year. Instead, they were the victims of a horrific and heartless act of gun violence," Newsom tweeted. "Our hearts mourn as we learn more about the devastating acts of last night. We are monitoring the situation closely."
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. ABC News' Vanessa Navarrete contributed to this report.
