Fatal shooting reported in Monterey Park

MONTEREY PARK — A man shot and killed another man late Friday during an argument inside an employment agency, authorities said.
The dead man’s name was not released Saturday afternoon pending notification of his family, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt. Brian Elias said. Sheriff’s officials said he was an Asian man in his 30s and believed to be a Monterey Park-area resident.
Monterey Park police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 200 block of East Garvey Avenue just after 9 p.m., where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the “upper torso” Los Angeles County sheriff’s Deputy Byron Ward said in a written statement.
“It appeared it was some kind of argument between a couple of individuals who frequented the business,” Lt. Dan Rosenberg of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau said. Neither the suspect nor the victim worked at the employment agency.
The apparent victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:31 p.m., Elias said.
The shooter was described only as an Asian man, Rosenberg said, and it was unclear Saturday what the men may have been arguing about.
The lieutenant declined to discuss whether a getaway car was believed to be involved and said detectives were following leads late Saturday.
No further details were available.

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  1. I lived in Monterey Park for 5 years and never worried about shootings. Terrible tragedy, but I would move back to Monterey Park in a heartbeat. I love the city.

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