California shooting: 10 people killed at dance club during lunar new year parties – live

Local law enforcement officers in Monterey Park, California, are hunting for the suspect in the shooting in a dance studio there on Saturday night and they are assisted in the hunt by officers from the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department and federal agents from the FBI.

We are expecting a press conference by the police at 11am US eastern time today where, hopefully, they will offer more details not just about what happened but where the manhunt and the investigation are up to.

The frantic hunt for the perpetrator continues after he fled in the night. Police have said he is a man but have not given out any other details, if they have them.

US president Joe Biden has been briefed by the US homeland security department, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House spokeswoman, said on Twitter.

Monterey Park is a majority Asian American city about seven miles from downtown Los Angeles.

“Our hearts go out to those who lost loved ones tonight in our neighboring city, Monterey Park, where a mass shooting just occurred,” said Los Angeles City controller Kenneth Mejia, the first Asian American to hold citywide office.