California officials name two of 10 people killed, while friends and colleagues say much-loved ‘Mr Ma’ was among dead
A beloved manager of a California dance hall was among the 10 victims of Saturday’s gun massacre during a lunar new year celebration in Monterey Park, according to friends and colleagues.
Ming Wei Ma, known to instructors as “Mr Ma”, died when a 72-year-old gunman entered the Star Ballroom and opened fire. A friend told the Daily Beast US digital news outlet that Ma “was the first to rush to try to stop the shooter”.