On Tuesday, officials released the names of all 11 victims killed in the Lunar New Year massacre at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park.
working the front desk at Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio and fled from the second studio and, according to authorities, shot himself to death the next day as police approached his van in a Torrance parking lot.
its statement, the family lamented he had not received his last rites, a sacrament administered before death, and asked priests and fellow Catholics to pray for him by his full name, as well as for the other victims.He danced Saturdays at the Star Ballroom and Sundays at Lai Lai, according to his longtime dance partner, who survived the attack and identified herself by only her first name, Shally.
On Tuesday, neighbors who had grown accustomed to seeing Hongying Jian — known to friends as Nancy — outside her home were struggling to make sense of the attack.her next-door neighbor, Serena Liu of San Gabriel. Jian often offered to make her food, she said.Another neighbor said that she and Jian had bonded over their love for plants — they often exchanged pots, she said, and Jian had recently given her a bunch of tomatoes, as well as a scarf on her birthday.
Two of Yu’s children — twins — are pursuing degrees in sports medicine and kinesiology at California State universities, Fong wrote, adding, “She will never be able to witness what she dreamed of for all these years.”Diana Man LingLike Yu,She was, according to a statement released by her family, a hardworking mother, wife and grandmother who “always went out of her way to give to others.”
Known to friends as Mr. Ma, several former students and fellow instructors said he went out of his way to encourage others.
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