TEN people have died and at least 10 others have been wounded in a mass shooting in a largely Asian city in southern California, police said today, with the suspect still at large hours later.

The gunman opened fire at a dance venue in Monterey Park, as the local community were celebrating Lunar New Year, with witnesses saying he shot indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon.

Captain Andrew Meyers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said officers had responded to emergency calls around 10:20pm yesterday and found people pouring out of the premises.

“The officers made entry to the location and located additional victims,” he said.

“The Monterey Park Fire Department responded to the scene and treated the injured and pronounced 10 of the victims deceased at the scene. – AFP, January 22, 2023.