Mass Shootings in the United States: How Many Cases Are There?

A mass shooting occurred in Monterey Park, Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, January 22nd. Ten people were killed and ten others injured.

The shooting took place during Lunar New Year celebrations, while tens of thousands of people were gathered for a two-day festival. Witnesses saw an armed man open fire at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park.

"When officers arrived on the scene, they observed numerous people exiting the location, screaming. Officers entered the location and located additional victims," said Captain Andrew Meyer, quoted by *Katadata.co.id* from the *Los Angeles Times*.

The suspect was later found dead by suicide. Identified as Huu Can Tran, a 72-year-old man, police said he shot himself when officers approached a white van he was driving in Torrance.

The suicide location was approximately 34 kilometers from the shooting scene. Officers heard a single gunshot from the van as they approached, retreated, and called in a SWAT team.

Tran also reportedly attempted another shooting at a separate club minutes after his initial attack. Fortunately, this was prevented when two people at the scene disarmed him.

This tragedy marks the first mass shooting in the United States in 2023 and is among the most brutal in Los Angeles history.

An investigation by Mother Jones magazine reports a series of mass shootings in America. From 2000 to 2023, there have been 107 recorded cases.

These shootings resulted in varying numbers of deaths and injuries. The worst mass shooting was in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2017, claiming 61 lives (58 at the scene, one perpetrator, and two who later died in hospital) and injuring at least 867 people.

This was followed by the Orlando, Florida shooting in 2016, which resulted in 49 deaths and 58 injuries, and the Blacksburg, Virginia shooting in 2007, which caused 32 deaths and 23 injuries.