c-title pmc-u-font-size-20 pmc-u-font-size-38@tablet pmc-u-font-size-46@desktop-xl u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0025 pmc-u-line-height-normal u-line-height-45@tablet pmc-u-padding-t-1 pmc-u-padding-t-050@mobile-max”>Daniel Dae Kim Addresses “Tragedy” Of Monterey Park Mass Shooting; Gold House Sundance Staffer’s Family Member Among 10 Killed At Lunar New Year Celebration
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January 22, 2023 11:35am
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“I’m sure many of you are aware that last night in Monterey Park, 10 people were killed and shot and another 10 were wounded by a gunman at Lunar New Year festivities,” Daniel Dae Kim said this morning at the Sundance Film Festival as more and more news of the horrors of another mass shooting in America became known.
“We are here for our community today,” the actor and 3AD production company founder added of the “tragedy,” as you can see here:
Speaking at 10:15 AM MST at the Sunrise Collective venue on Park City’s Main Street, Kim’s remarks come as law enforcement are investigating the massacre at Star Dance Studio on the lantern lite West Garvey Avenue. Planning a weekend on events and panels with its debut at Sundance, the Sunrise Collective is made up of Kim’s 3AD, Gold House, and The Asian American Foundation. In reaction to the shooting, there was a moment of silence Sunday morning before Sunrise’s Filipino filmmakers breakfast.
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Earlier, a spokesperson for the Gold House revealed to Deadline how close to home the slaughter is. “One of our staff member’s family members is among the victims, and while the investigation is ongoing, it’s impossible to not feel associations with what our community has experienced in the past few years,” they said.
“Our condolences are with the victims and their loved ones,” the Gold House spokesperson continued. “In a time intended for love and celebration, our hearts are heavy but our conviction is even stronger to uplift and empower the Asian Pacific and multicultural communities.”
On this Lunar New Year, we hope everyone is surrounded by love, safety, and your chosen family. pic.twitter.com/2bEMKHRMC9
— GOLD HOUSE (@GoldHouseCo) January 22, 2023
A manhunt is underway for an individual that LA. County Sheriff Robert Luna described as a middle age “suspect Asian male.” Sheriff Luna went on to say, “We don’t know if this is specifically a hate crime as defined by law, but who walks into a dance hall and guns down 20 people.”
After the Lunar New Year’s Eve killings in Monterey Park, there was another incident in Alhambra, where a firearm-wielding man walked into a dance hall. According to the LA County Sheriff, “Some individuals wrestled the firearm from him, and that individual took off.”
Not long after that press conference, a white van in Torrance was located and surrounded by police.
On Saturday January 21, 2023 at 10:22 PM the suspect male/adult/Asian pictured above was involved in a shooting. Investigators have identified him as a Homicide suspect and he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Contact LASD Homicide with any information at 323-890-5000. pic.twitter.com/2gPUBBybvv
— Robert Luna (@LACoSheriff) January 22, 2023
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