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See man wrestle submachine gun-style weapon away from Monterey Park CA shooter

Surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows the suspect in a California ballroom shooting on Jan. 21, 2023, being confronted and disarmed.

Brandon Tsay, 26, can be seen wrestling a modified 9 mm submachine gun-style weapon away from the gunman, identified by police as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, at the Lai Lai Ballroom.

Tran had first shot up Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, attacking dancers who were celebrating Lunar New Year’s Eve on January 21.

He fatally shot 11 people and wounded nine others.

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