According to Sheriff Luna, after leaving the scene in Monterey Park, the suspect targeted another dance club in the nearby Alhambra. However, two people in the party room managed to pull the gun from the suspect’s hand, forcing Huu Can Tran to flee the scene.
Police approach the pickup truck suspected of the perpetrator of the shooting in Monterey Park, California, USA on January 22. Video: ABC7.
“They saved so many lives, the situation could have been worse,” said police chief Luna, praising those who stopped the suspect at the Alhambra and calling them heroes.
The weapon that people took from the suspect in Alhambra was a 9 mm Cobray M11 submachine gun with a multi-round magazine. Local police rely on this gun to track down the suspect, but investigators are not sure if this is the gun that Huu Can Tran used in the Monterey Park shooting.
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Huu Can Tran is considered one of the oldest shooting suspects in the US. The oldest public shooter in the country is James Wenneker von Brunn, who opened fire at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009 at the age of 88.
In June 2007, suspect James Hodgkinson, 66, opened fire on Republican congressmen at a baseball field in Virginia, injuring five people. Hodgkinson was killed by police in the ensuing gunfight.
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The Most Useless Gun I Own: The Cobray M-11/9
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Apparently not, though it might explain how it was taken from him at the Alhambra.
About 10 years ago you could get a MAC submachine pistol for about $3500 plus stamp. I wish I’d bought one then as a toy.
“...a 9 mm Cobray M11 submachine gun...”
So, did he have the closed-bolt semi-auto pistol version, or the open-bolt-convertible-to-bullet-hose version?
Interesting. Thanks for the update.