Today's Eternal Sadness

At least 10 dead, and gunman is on the run, authorities say

A gunman is at large after killing at least 10 people in Monterey Park, Calif., on Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said, on a night of Lunar New Year festivities in the area.

At least 10 others were taken to hospitals “and are listed in various conditions from stable to critical,” Capt. Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said at a news conference early Sunday.

The gunman fled the scene, Meyer added, and the motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.

Here’s what else you need to know

• Meyer said the shooting took place at a “ballroom dance location.” The department said it occurred on the 100 block of West Garvey Avenue at 10:22 p.m., a little over an hour after a Lunar New Year event in the area was scheduled to end.
• The sheriff’s department described the shooter as male earlier on Sunday but did not provide a name or any other identifying information.
• Meyer confirmed that a firearm had been used in the attack but did not provide any information on what kind.
• Authorities are “looking into every aspect of this” incident, Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Tracy Koerner said, but do not know whether it was a hate crime.

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