Photos: Mass shooting at Lunar New Year celebration in California

A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance studio following a Lunar New Year celebration.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says the man killed himself as police officers closed in on the van he used to flee the scene of an attempted second shooting. 

A five-hour police delay in alerting the public that the California dance hall killer was on the run is throwing a spotlight on the nation's flawed, patchwork system for warnings of mass shooters at large.

California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, with rules on everything from the types of weapons and ammunition that can be legally owned, to who can and can’t own a weapon.

For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants seeking to maintain a strong cultural identity. That sense of peace was shattered after a gunman killed 11 people and wounded nine others last Saturday at the Star Dance Ballroom.

As mass shootings are again drawing public attention, states across the U.S. seem to be deepening their political divide on gun policies.