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Police identified the man they believe is responsible for the deadly shooting inside the Star Dance studio in Monterey Park dance studio.  And around 10:30 PST he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

Law enforcement claims that 72-year-old Hemet resident Huu Can Tran is responsible for the 10 deaths which took place during a two-day Lunar New Year festival. 

He murdered Summer Lin, Jeong Park, Rebecca Ellis, Richard Winton, Libor Jany, Rong-Gong Lin II, Julia Wick, Hayley Smith, Debbie Truong, Grace Toohey, and Laura Newberry on Saturday night.

After the shooting Tran fled the scene in what was reported to be a white cargo van.

Manhunt for Suspect 

The manhunt began at about 10:20 p.m. on Saturday.

A special bulletin advisory from the LA County Sheriff's Department identified the suspect as an Asian male, about 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 150 pounds. And a photo was posted on Twitter of a man in a black leather jacket, a black and white beanie, and glasses.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna described how the suspect walked into the Lai Lai Ballroom and Studio in Alhambra about half an hour after the mass shooting in Monterey Park.

"The suspect walked in there, probably with the intent to kill more people,” Luna said. "But two community members disarmed him, took possession of his weapon, and the suspect ran away."

The two men that disarmed the man turned over the weapon to the police. And the gun was identified as a semiautomatic assault pistol, which is magazine-fed. And it has an extended magazine attached. This firearm with the extended magazine is illegal to possess in California.

The suspect dies of a self-inflicted gunshot

On Sunday, at approximately 10:20 a.m. police located a white cargo van that was seen leaving the scene of the shooting.  When officers left their patrol vehicle to make contact with the occupant of the van, occupant, a gunshot rang out.

A SWAT team was called in. And they stormed the van at about 1 p.m. 

 The suspect found slumped over the steering wheel was pronounced dead at the scene. And it was determined that he had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The police also confirmed that the mass shooting suspect's body was Mr. Tran.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. “We still are not clear on the motive. The investigation continues … we want to know how something this awful can happen."