{O/C} {Good evening}
We begin our coverage in America with a mass shooting in a Los Angeles dance studio.
That's where a gunman killed 10 people and wounded another 10 in what's now considered the deadliest massacre since last year's Uvalde tragedy.
The perpetrator later killed himself when authorities closed in on him.
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[Location: Monterey Park]
Witnesses were seen fleeing for their lives as the massacre erupted at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park at about 10:22 last night.
That's where the assailant gunned down 10 people, five men and five women mostly in their 50's and 60's, and injured another 10.
The suspect reportedly carried a semi-automatic pistol with an extended magazine.
Then the shooter moved his reign of terror to another dance club in nearby Alhambra city.
But the second attack was foiled after bystanders disarmed him.
The suspect then fled in a white van.
Police later released surveillance camera images of the gunman, identified as a 72-year-old Asian man named Huu Can Tran.
He was at large for 15 hours as authorities hunted him down.
[Location: Torrance]
Then, an hours-long standoff in Torrance in southern California, 22 miles from Monterey Park, where the van was found.
Upon hearing one gunshot from the van, police called for a SWAT team to breach the vehicle.
Inside, the suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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ROBERT LUNA, Los Angeles County Sheriff:
Investigators conducted a search of the vehicle and determined the male inside the van was the mass shooting suspect.
In addition, a handgun was discovered inside the van.
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Residents admit they're scarred by the deadliest mass shooting in America since last year's Uvalde carnage that claimed twenty-one lives.
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Well-wisher:
It just feels very gloomy. I'm pretty sure all our hearts are very heavy.
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Well-wisher:
I'm here to pray to support the community, to show my solidarity, to be physically present to the folks here.
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Authorities have yet to determine the motive behind the shooting.
One Asian-American congresswoman was quick to calm fears.
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JUDY CHU, (D-California) Congresswoman:
Feel safe. You are no longer in danger because this shooter is gone.
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President Joe Biden tweeted his prayers, and ordered flags at the White House to be lowered.
From Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris made clear what the Biden administration will not stand for.
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KAMALA HARRIS, U.S. Vice President:
All of us in this room and in our country understand this violence must stop.
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