At least 11 people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, on the 21st. The 72-year-old suspect Chen Yougen (HuuCan Tran, transliteration) attempted to shoot at the “Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio” (Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio) a few minutes after committing the crime in the “Star Dance Studio”. Brandon Tsay, a 26-year-old man, snatched his “semi-automatic assault pistol” from his hand and prevented more killings.
according toABC11According to a report by the China Daily, computer programmer Brandon Tsay is not only the grandson of the founder of “Lai Lai Dance Studio”, but his mother is also rumored to be a well-known actress in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1970s.
In this regard, Brandon, who runs a dance studio with his family, also said in an interview with ABC News on the 23rd Eastern Time that when he saw an Asian man with a gun, “My first thought was that I was going to die.” Here it is, that’s it.” He recalled that the suspect kept looking around, as if looking for a target. “I suddenly realized that I needed to take the weapon out of his hand while he was about to shoot. I needed to disarm him, or else I would be killed.” Everyone dies.”
“I mustered up the courage to jump at him and grab the weapon with both hands, and we wrestled like this into the hall, and when I tried to grab the gun, he hit me in the face and the back of my head.” He then elbowed the suspect away. , Successfully snatched the “semi-automatic assault pistol”, Brandon claimed that he then pointed the gun at Chen Yougen and shouted: “Get out of here! Or I will shoot! Get out of here.”
Brandon recalled, “I thought he was going to run away, but he just stood there thinking for a long time, and when he came towards me again, I was really close to shooting. But then he turned and jogged back to him. van. I immediately called the police with a gun.” At the moment, he didn’t even know that Chen Yougen had committed a tragic mass shooting earlier.
It can be seen from the video footage of the post-surveillance video device that after Brandon took the gun, Chen Yougen really planned to reach out to snatch the gun, and finally gave up and left. The whole confrontation process lasted for a full 4 minutes.
After a whole day of pursuit, the police also found the suspect’s van on the Torrance Highway about 48.2 kilometers southwest of Monterey Park on the 22nd local time, and had a confrontation with it for several hours. In desperation, Chen Yougen chose to commit suicide by bombing himself.
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