Valentino Marcos Alvero, age 68
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Lost to gun violence on January 21, 2023 in Monterey Park, California.
Monterey Park mass shooting
Valentino Alvero was a U.S. citizen of Filipino descent. He had three grandchildren. He had hoped to retire in about a year to return to the Philippines. He spent his free time at the dance studio. “He’d dance around the house,” His son said of his father. “He loved that kind of stuff.”
On January 21, 2023, a mass shooting occurred in Monterey Park, California, United States. The gunman killed eleven people and injured nine others. The shooting happened at about 10:22 p.m. PST at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, after an all-day Lunar New Year Festival was held on a nearby street. Shortly afterward, the gunman drove north to Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra to continue his shooting spree but was confronted by staff and disarmed before fleeing by car. The perpetrator was identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with police in Torrance the next day. It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of Los Angeles County.
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- gofundme.com: Monterey Park Lunar New Year Victims Fund, organized by Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
- Rolling Stone: 'He Loved People': Victims in Monterey Park Mass Shooting Remembered
- KTLA: Death toll in Monterey Park shooting now 11; motive still unclear
- ABC News: 10 dead, 10 wounded in mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, with suspect found dead
- CNN: January 22, 2023 Monterey Park mass shooting news
- SGVCityWatch.com: Suspect Still At-Large Morning After Mass Shooting in Monterey Park
- Los Angeles Times: Authorities identify 72-year-old man as suspected gunman in Lunar New Year mass shooting
- Los Angeles, CA Patch: Monterey Park Mass Shooter Killed Himself As Police Closed In
Also killed were:
- Chia Ling "Charlie" Yau, age 76
- Diana Man Ling Tom, age 70
- Hongying Jian (Nancy Liu), age 62
- LiLan Li, age 63
- Ming Wei Ma, age 72
- Muoi Dai Ung, age 67
- My "Mymy" Nhan, age 65
- Wen Tau Yu, age 64
- Xiujuan Yu, age 57
- Yu Lun Kao, age 72
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