The attack in Monterey Park was the deadliest since May 2022, when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas. President Joe Biden condemned the killings in a written statement and said he had directed his Homeland Security adviser to mobilize federal support to local authorities. 'A lot of older people live here, it's usually really quiet,' she said. The gunshots were mistaken by some for new year fireworks, according to Tiffany Chiu, 30, who was celebrating at her parents' home near the ballroom. 'Some are retired and just looking for an exercise or social interaction.'Ī flyer posted on the website advertised Saturday night's new year party, running from 7:30 p.m. 'Those are normal working people,' the teacher said. Most of its patrons are middle-aged or seniors, though children also attend youth dance classes, according to a teacher at the studio who asked to not be named. The Star Ballroom Dance Studio opened in 1990, and its website features many photographs of past Lunar New Year celebrations showing patrons smiling and dancing in party clothes in its large, brightly lit ballroom. 'People were calling me last night, they were scared this was a hate crime,' Chong said at the scene. Census data, and the city is known for its many Chinese restaurants and groceries. Around 65% of its residents are Asian, according to U.S. The city has for decades been a destination for immigrants from China. Chester Chong, chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, described the city of about 60,000 people as a quiet, peaceful, beautiful place where everybody knows each other and helps each other.

Benjamin’s face plate uses the iron to disguise his face into another person as well as hide weapons.Residents stood gazing at the many blocks sealed off with police tape on Sunday in Monterey Park. He and his sons already managed to kill three competitors, using their stand to disembowel the three brutally.īenjamin Boom Boom has the stand Tomb of The Bomb, which he has alongside his sons, which are used to manipulate iron. They took a bounty of Gyro from an unknown party in Italy, while he and his sons went to the Speed Ball Race, hoping to use their stand to murder the competition to dwindle numbers down, and get Gyro’s bounty to get rich. It is unknown when he and his sons gained a stand, but Mountain Tim speculated it was when they were in the Devil’s Palm, killing a prospector afterwards. Not much is known about Benjamin Boom Boom’s life, apart from having two children, Andre and L.A from an unknown woman, who left him for a man she was presumably having an affair with, making him angry at her mention. His lack of care to his children is emphasised when he murders his own Andre, shooting him so his stand can magnetized Johnny and Gyro together, and not caring when Andre bleeds out. Benjamin is shown to be a terrible father, as, despite making sure his children do not get killed, are abusive towards them, with a lot of the abuse going towards L.A who he regularly belittles for his lack of intelligence and looks, presumably due to his wife and their mother leaving him for another man. He is particularly brutal with his kills, going after and using his and his children stands to eviscerate competitors to lessen the numbers. WSOC Now WSOC 24/7 News WSOC Weather 24/7 North of Charlotte Americas biggest cases and trials Yummy dishes, cooking tips and recipes I know why I do it. Benjamin Boom Boom is an abusive hot headed, and breezy person who has no qualms murdering to get ahead of the competition, and goes after Gyro Zeppeli due to the high bounty on his head.

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