What we know about the Monterey Park shooter.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/23/monterey-park-mass-shooting/#link-RYXJOLZNGFEBBAVFWM3M3FJB6A

Tran was a 72-year-old man of Asian descent, according to police. He immigrated to the United States from China, according to CNN, which interviewed Tran’s ex-wife and saw a copy of their marriage license. Tran went through a divorce with no children involved in 2005 and 2006, court records show.

Tran and his ex-wife met about 20 years ago at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, the site of Saturday’s shooting, she told CNN. She said Tran used to give lessons there, though he also worked as a truck driver.

Tran lived in a gated retirement community in the San Jacinto Valley called the Lakes at Hemet West, more than 80 miles east of downtown Monterey Park, according to CNN and the Los Angeles Times.

Police do not know what Tran’s motive may have been but plan to search his home in Hemet and investigate his background. Tran was the only suspect in the case, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna.

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1. What we know

is that he doesn’t appear to be anything like what several posts speculated or predicted he would