Investigators see no link between California shooter Huu Can Tran and victims
- No romantic connection from the gunman to any of the deceased has been found so far, and Huu had not frequented the dance studio in the last 5 years
- Investigators have located several firearms and a motorcycle registered to the suspect parked one block from the shooting site as an alternative getaway vehicle
Los Angeles-area investigators have found no connection between the victims of a mass shooting at a Monterey Park, California, dance hall and the elderly man who carried out the massacre last weekend, authorities said.
The 72-year-old assailant, Huu Can Tran, on Saturday killed 11 people and wounded nine others at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a venue just east of Los Angeles that is popular with older patrons of Asian descent.
The attack took place during the two-day Lunar New Year celebration, one of the most festive events on the calendar for many Asians.
“Based on interviews the investigators are still conducting, they have not been able to establish a connection between the suspect and any of the victims,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said during a news conference late on Wednesday.
The Monterey Park rampage was the first in back-to-back mass shootings in California in the past few days. On Monday, a gunman killed seven people at two mushroom farms in the coastal Northern California city of Half Moon Bay.