US US has seen 33 fatal mass shootings so far in 2023; More than 2,500 dead from armed violence

The shooting in California ended ten dead and another ten injured. It was the 33rd mass shooting in 2023, according to The Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people were killed or injured, not , including the gunman. 

The Monterey Park shooting is also the fifth mass murder  of the year in the United StatesTo date, the Gun Violence Archive has recorded more than 2,500 gun violence deaths in 2023. In 2022 there were 647 mass shootings,  of which 28 were mass murders. Saturday night's shooting was also  the first of four mass shootings within 12 hours that day. In addition to the California massacre, 10 people were injured in Baton Rouge and 12  in Shreveport, both in Louisiana, while four were injured at Tunica Resorts in Mississippi. 

The search for a gunman who killed 10 people at a  dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations ended on Sunday when authorities found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he fled in after people lost his had thwarted attempted attack . second shooting. 

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran and said there were no other suspects  at large. At a press conference that evening, he added that the motive  for the attack was unclear. 10 others wounded. Luna did not know the exact ages of the victims but said they all appeared to be in their 50s. 

Seven of the injured remained hospitalized, he said.The sheriff added that the suspect was carrying  a semi-automatic handgun with an extended magazine and a second handgun was discovered in the truck where Tran was found dead.