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Cops took 5 hours to warn dance hall shooter was on the run

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna takes questions from the media outside the Civic Center in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. At left, CA-D Rep. Judy Chu, and Monterrey Park Mayor Henry Lo. A mass shooting took place at a dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) This image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a male suspect allegedly involved in a shooting on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. Authorities have identified the suspect as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran and say that Tran was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP) Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, at podium, briefs the media outside the Civic Center in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Monterey Park Mayor Henry Lo, second from right. A mass shooting at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, set off a manhunt for the suspect. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Two men place flowers near Star Dance Studio to honor victims killed in a shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. A gunman killed multiple people at a ballroom dance studio late Saturday amid Lunar New Years celebrations in the predominantly Asian American community of Monterey Park. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, center, and Monterey Park Chief of Police Scott Wiese, far right, brief the media outside the Civic Center in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. At left, Rep. Judy Chu, and Monterrey Park Mayor Henry Lo. A mass shooting at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, set off a manhunt for the suspect. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Capt. Andrew Meyer talks to reporters during a briefing in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Nine people were killed in a mass shooting late Saturday in a city east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) FBI agents walk near a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Nine people were killed in a mass shooting late Saturday in a city east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Cops took 5 hours to warn dance hall shooter was on the run