The Lunar New Year celebrations at Monterey Park dance hall came to a tragic end on Saturday, January 21, 2023, when 72-year-old Huu Can Tran opened fire on the crowd, immediately killing eleven people and wounding nine others.Kristina Wong ❄️@mskristinawongThe shooter is 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. At one point they were looking for an Asian male 30-50 years old. This is all such a tragic mess that didn’t have to happen. If a 72 year old didn’t have access to guns, he sure as hell wouldn’t have killed 10 people with his fists.4417374The shooter is 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. At one point they were looking for an Asian male 30-50 years old. This is all such a tragic mess that didn’t have to happen. If a 72 year old didn’t have access to guns, he sure as hell wouldn’t have killed 10 people with his fists.According to reports, the elderly gunman often frequented the California dance studio and was under the impression that he was disliked by the instructors teaching at the studio who allegedly said "evil things about him." Following the carnage at the ballroom studio, law enforcement sources told LA Magazine that Huu Can Tran was "looking for his wife," and said:"There is increasing evidence this was domestic violence."Tran reportedly also attempted an attack on rival dance studio Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio, possibly still searching for his wife, but was disarmed by community members before he could cause further damage.Inside Edition@InsideEditionPolice are crediting Brandon Tsay with saving many lives after he disarmed the gunman who shot 20 people at a California dance studio. The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was later cornered by police in a parking lot before shooting himself.395Police are crediting Brandon Tsay with saving many lives after he disarmed the gunman who shot 20 people at a California dance studio. The suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, was later cornered by police in a parking lot before shooting himself. https://t.co/YySKPhkaakEx-wife claims Huu Can Tran ran dance lessons at the Monterey Park studio decades agoThe tight-knit Asian-American community in Monterey Park was left devastated by a recent shooting that killed eleven people and wounded nine others. The shooter, suspected to be 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, reportedly killed himself in a white van during a stand-off with police in Torrance, about 30 miles from Monterey Park.According to reports, the elderly mass shooter was looking for his "wife," and while it is unclear whether he was married at the time of the shooting, Tran has an ex-wife. Chester Chong, the head of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles and a community leader in Monterey Park, told The Post that the shooting could have been motivated by jealousy over not being invited to the celebration while she was.Marjorie Hernandez@HernandezMJaeInvestigators were at Huu Can Tran’s mobile home last night. He lived in a gated retirement community in Hemet, about 80 miles from Star Dance studio in #MontereyPark where he killed 10 people and wounded at least 10 more.12Investigators were at Huu Can Tran’s mobile home last night. He lived in a gated retirement community in Hemet, about 80 miles from Star Dance studio in #MontereyPark where he killed 10 people and wounded at least 10 more. https://t.co/9xkHN1JwnnWhile the motive behind the massive bloodshed remains undetermined, sources have revealed that Huu Can Tran met his former wife at the very studio where he opened fire on Saturday night. The former wife reportedly told CNN that she met Tran at the studio two decades ago when he offered free dance lessons.While the two of them got married soon after meeting each other, the marriage apparently did not last, and fell apart by 2005, when Huu Can Tran filed for divorce.Josie Huang@josie_huangSecurity camera footage shows how the Monterey Park shooter was disarmed by an unarmed Brandon Tsay, preventing further deaths. Tsay went on TV this am: twitter.com/GMA/status/161…Good Morning America@GMAEXCLUSIVE: "I realized I needed to get the weapon away from him, disarm him, or else everyone else would have died."Brandon Tsay, who helped disarm the gunman who allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, during Lunar New Year celebration in CA, speaks out. gma.abc/3HlkSxz104301647EXCLUSIVE: "I realized I needed to get the weapon away from him, disarm him, or else everyone else would have died."Brandon Tsay, who helped disarm the gunman who allegedly shot 20 people, 10 fatally, during Lunar New Year celebration in CA, speaks out. gma.abc/3HlkSxz https://t.co/OXTCXgml1uSecurity camera footage shows how the Monterey Park shooter was disarmed by an unarmed Brandon Tsay, preventing further deaths. Tsay went on TV this am: twitter.com/GMA/status/161… https://t.co/LVjn7qZfZrA longtime acquaintance of the alleged shooter told CNN that he remembered Tran as a frequent presence at the dance studio. According to the acquaintance, Tran visited “almost every night” in the late 2000s and early 2010s, but was "hostile" to a lot of people at the studio.Regarding the weapon used by Huu Can Tran, LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said:"I believe the weapon that was recovered at the Alhambra location is not legal to have here in the State of California."Another gun was also discovered in the white van where Tran fatally shot himself.