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Motive sought for California mass shooting that left 10 dead during Lunar New Year celebrations

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The massacre, during Lunar New Year celebrations, sent waves of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide.

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  1. NPR

    At least 10 people were killed in a shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., after a Lunar New Year celebration (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Saturday was the start of the two-day festival in the city of Monterey Park, which is one of the largest Lunar New Year events in Southern California.

  2. NBC News

    Deadly shooting following Lunar Near Year festival, police looking for male suspect (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Nine people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., after thousands of people had gathered for a Lunar New Year. The city is around 10 miles east of Los Angeles and its population of 60,000 is majority Asian.

  3. RedState

    BREAKING: Mass Shooting at Lunar New Year Festival in Monterey Park, CA (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    The small city is about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

  4. Fox News

    California mass shooting leaves at least 10 dead, others injured at Lunar New Year festival; suspect at large (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, which is located inside Los Angeles County, where people were celebrating the Lunar New Year festival left at least 10 dead.

  5. Fox News

    California mass shooting leaves 9 dead, others injured at Lunar New Year festival (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, which is located inside Los Angeles County, where people were celebrating the Lunar New Year festival left at least nine dead.

  6. PJ Media

    BREAKING: Ten Dead, 16 Wounded in Mass Shooting Incident Following Lunar New Year Celebration in Monterey Park, Calif. (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    No motive was given. Monterey Park is a majority Asian community and the area where the shooting occurred was crowded with families celebrating the Lunar

  7. The Guardian

    California mass shooting after lunar new year celebrations leaves 10 dead – video (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Shooting in Monterey Park, which has a large Asian population, came after thousands attended festivities

  8. Los Angeles Times

    Mass shooting in Monterey Park shatters the hope and joy of Lunar New Year (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    A mass shooting on Lunar New Year ruins the most important holiday of the year for many Asian Americans.

  9. CBS News

    Motive sought for California mass shooting that left 10 dead during Lunar New Year celebrations (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The massacre, during Lunar New Year celebrations, sent waves of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast a shadow over festivities nationwide.

  10. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Asian community reeling after Lunar New Year shooting (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    It was a joyful kickoff to the first Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park since before the pandemic, with large crowds filling the streets in the majority Chinese American city near Los Angeles for live entertainment, carnival rides and plenty of food.

  11. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Cities strengthen security ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations after Monterey Park massacre leaves Asian American community on edge (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Alaa Elassar, CNN Major cities, including New York and Los Angeles, are stepping up security precautions ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations following a mass shooting Saturday night in Monterey Park, California.

  12. The Guardian

    Monterey Park shooting rocks ‘most peaceful’ town amid lunar new year (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Violence hits LA-area community, ending first in-person celebration since pandemic began

  13. Fox26 Houston

    Lunar New Year massacre: Victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    The massacre was the nation’s fifth mass killing this month. It dealt another blow to a community that has been the target of high-profile violence in recent years.

  14. NBC Chicago

    Chicago's Chinese American Community Reacts to California Lunar New Year Mass Shooting (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Members of Chicago’s Chinese American community are sharing their condolences following a mass shooting in which a gunman opened fire at a Los Angeles-area dance studio following a night of Lunar New Year celebrations, killing 10 people and injuring at least 10 others.

  15. KTVU San Francisco

    Lunar New Year events continue in Bay Area after deadly shooting in Monterey Park (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    After a mass shooting in L.A. County’s Monterey Park left 10 people dead, all of them Asian and at least 10 others injured, one of the organizers of San Jose’s Lunar New Year Festival says they never considered canceling Sunday’s celebrations.

  16. Los Angeles Times

    Lunar New Year shooting: A grim moment in Monterey Park, America's first suburban Chinatown (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The Lunar New Year mass shooting in Monterey Park has residents mourning in their tight-knit suburb once dubbed the "Chinese Beverly Hills" as the population changed.

  17. KTVU San Francisco

    San Francisco’s Chinatown sends strength to victims of Southern California mass shooting (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    San Francisco's Chinatown celebrated Lunar New Year while also offering prayers and condolences for the lives lost in a mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday.

  18. CBS News

    Asian community mourns California shooting victims while gathering to celebrate Lunar New Year (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Folks attending the Lunar New Year celebration in Cambridge said they felt a sense of security having both the city's mayor and police commissioner present.

  19. CBS News

    Minnesotans react to mass shooting at Lunar New Year celebration in California (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The impact of this weekend's mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in California is being felt during festivities in Minnesota.

  20. Portland Press Herald

    Police investigate shooter’s motive in Lunar New Year massacre; first victims identified (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The shooting on the eve of Lunar New Year, an important holiday for many Asian cultures, shattered the idyllic calm in Monterey Park, a city of about 61,000 just east of downtown Los Angeles.

  21. NPR

    What motivated a gunman to open fire on a Lunar New Year celebration near LA (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    California's Monterey Park community is reeling following a mass shooting at a dance club Saturday night. The city is tight knit and a center of Asian American and Pacific Islander life.

  22. NPR

    Lunar New Year shooting in Monterey Park; Scientist loses job for climate protest : Here & Now Anytime (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Lunar New Year is supposed to be a time of joy for Asian cultures. But it's off to a somber start for Monterey Park residents after a shooting over the weekend killed at least 10 people and left at least another 10 injured.

  23. CBS News

    Sacramento's Lunar New Year celebration increases security following deadly mass shooting (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    As the predominately Vietnamese American community does, hearts mourn for the people killed and injured following Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park.

  24. Washington Examiner

    Huu Can Tran LA County shooting: What we know about the Lunar New Year massacre (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A shooting during Lunar New Year celebrations in Monterey Park, California, Saturday evening killed 10 people.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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