11 killed in Monterey Park, Calif. shooter is America’s oldest media official Been a shooter for at least 60 years, according to researchers studying the topic.
Huu Can Tran, 72, is the oldest person to have shot four or more people in public since at least 1966, according to James Densley, co-founder of The Violence Project. , a non-profit research center.
“Shootings this old are rare, even unprecedented. You wonder what happened in their lives these days,” Densley said. is truly the last act, and perhaps indicates that this man has reached a stage where he no longer cares if he lives or dies.”
Median age of shooters is 32
According to a database compiled by USA TODAY, Associated Press and Northeastern University, Trang is the second oldest mass murderer, including domestic conflicts. 2011, 73-year-old man targeted killed 5 people In Yuma County, Arizona, before committing suicide, including his ex-wife, her attorney, and three of her friends.
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Police said Trang opened fire at a dance hall late Saturday, hours after the Lunar New Year celebrations. He then entered another dance studio in the nearby Alhambra, where the two exchanged firearms on him and fled in a white van.
Tolan was found Sunday in a van in the nearby town of Torrance. Authorities found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.
Relatives say Tran was giving free lessons at the Star Ballroom dance studio where the killing took place. Authorities were still looking for a motive for the incident on Monday.
Tran is two years older than the previous oldest shooter, Densley said. That was his 1981. According to data from The Violence Project, mass shooters are almost always male (98%), with a median age of 32.
However, the age depends on the shooting location. Data show that shooters in offices, warehouses, and places of worship are disproportionately older, while shooters in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities tend to be younger.
Las Vegas in 2017, Bakersfield, CA in 2018, and Jersey City, NJ in 2019. Milwaukee in 2020. It will take place in San Jose, California in 2021.
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