Several people reportedly died in a mass shooting at the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration in California on Saturday.
Los Angeles Times reported that the shooting took place after 10 pm (0600 GMT) around the location of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration held in Monterey Park.
Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles county, around 7 miles (11 km) from downtown Los Angeles.
Tens of thousands of people had attended the two-day festival, the report said. There is no clarity on how many people were shot, but reports said some fatalities have happened.
Eyewitnesses said there was a man with a machine gun in the area, reported LA Times. It added that the gunman had multiple rounds of ammunition on him so that once his ammunition ran out, the shooter reloaded.
People living around the area are in shock due to the incident. Injured people have been taken to multiple hospitals in the area.
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