California police investigate motive in Asian dance hall massacre

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California investigators scrambled on Monday to pin down why an elderly gunman killed 10 people in a Los Angeles-area dance hall popular with older patrons of Asian descent before fatally shooting himself hours later.

Published 2 months ago · Monterey Park, United States

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