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9 Killed in Shooting Near LA after Lunar New Year Festival

Police officers stand watch after reports of a shooting taking place in Monterey Park, California, USA, 22 January 2023. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN
Police officers stand watch after reports of a shooting taking place in Monterey Park, California, USA, 22 January 2023. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN
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9 Killed in Shooting Near LA after Lunar New Year Festival

Police officers stand watch after reports of a shooting taking place in Monterey Park, California, USA, 22 January 2023. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN
Police officers stand watch after reports of a shooting taking place in Monterey Park, California, USA, 22 January 2023. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN

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.

Sgt. Bob Boese of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the shooting occurred at a business on Garvey Ave. in Monterey Park. The shooter is a male, Boese said early Sunday.

Officials provided no information for several hours after dozens of police officers had responded to reports of the shooting.

Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people with a large Asian population that's about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles.

Seung Won Choi, who owns the Clam House seafood barbecue restaurant across the street from where the shooting happened, told the Los Angles Times that three people rushed into his business and told him to lock the door.

The people also told Choi that there was a shooter with a machine gun who had multiple rounds of ammunition on him so he could reload. Choi said he believes the shooting took place at a dance club, The Associated Press reported.

Saturday was the start of the two-day festival, which is one of the largest Lunar New Year events in Southern California.

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Japan and China Accuse Each Other of Violating Airspace Around Disputed East China Sea Islands

FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
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Japan and China Accuse Each Other of Violating Airspace Around Disputed East China Sea Islands

FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
FILE - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan and China are accusing each other of violating the airspace around the Japanese-controlled East China Sea islands that Beijing also claims.
Japan´s Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that it has protested to Beijing after a Chinese helicopter that took off from one of China´s four coast guard boats had entered Japan´s territorial waters around the Senkaku island, violating the Japanese airspace around them for about 15 minutes on Saturday.
In response to the airspace intrusion, Japan´s Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets, the Defense Ministry said.
China routinely sends coast guard vessels and aircraft into waters and airspace surrounding the islands, which China calls the Diaoyu, to harass Japanese vessels in the area and force Japan to scramble jets in response, The Associated Press said.
The latest territorial flap comes as Japan and China were appearing to have warm ties as both countries seek to mitigate damages from the US tariff war.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry said it lodged a "very severe protest" through the Chinese embassy in Japan, claiming that China Coast Guard actions infringed Japan´s sovereignty and urging the Chinese government to ensure preventive measures.
China also said in a statement that it took a similar step and protested to Japan over a Japanese civilian aircraft violating its airspace around the islands, saying it was "strongly dissatisfied" about Japanese violation of China´s sovereignty.
Japanese officials are investigating a possible connection between the Chinese coast guard helicopter´s airspace intrusion and the small Japanese civilian aircraft flying in the area around the same time.
Saturday´s intrusion was the first by China since a Chinese reconnaissance aircraft violated the Japanese airspace off the southern prefecture of Nagasaki. Chinese aircraft have also violated the Japanese airspace around the Senkaku twice in the past.