Dead and wounded in a shootout that took place during the Lunar New Year celebrations at the Monterey Park amusement park, about fifteen kilometers from Los Angeles .
The shooting began at 10pm local time (7am Italian) in the midst of the crowd that was participating in the celebrations.
Dozens of officers attended the scene.
There are at least 10 confirmed victims , the police said.
According to initial information, a man opened fire with an assault rifle: he had several magazines with him and fired for a long time , before the officers intervened after reporting the shots.
Tens of thousands of people had gathered for the two-day Lunar New Year festival. It is one of the most heartfelt events in the area.
Seung Won Choi, owner of a restaurant across from where the shooting occurred, told the Los Angeles Times that three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door, terrified .
Wong Wei, who lives nearby, also told the same newspaper that a friend of hers had gone to a nightclub and saw a gunman and three bodies: two women and a person she said was the club manager. The killer, he added, had a rifle and appeared to be shooting indiscriminately .
(Unioneonline/L)
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