Chinese community warmly welcomes Monterey Park shooting hero Brandon Tsay to San Francisco Bay Area

(SAN FRANCISCO) Brandon Tsay, a hero in the Monterey Park mass shooting on January 21, was warmly welcomed and thanked by the Chinese community in his recent visit to the San Francisco Bay Area and thanked for saving more lives.

During the shooting spree occurring on the Chinese New Year eve in 2023, Huu Can Tran, 72-year-old Chinese American gunman immigrated from Vietnam, shot multiple victims at different locations including Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park which is one of the highest Chinese and Asian populated cities in the United States.

Tran killed 11 people and injured 9 victims in the shooting. It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of Los Angeles County. Tran died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a standoff with police in the City of Torrance.

Tsay, 26, had once encountered Tran who tired to enter Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra to continue shooting at people. Tsay worked at the Ballroom and wrestled a pistol from Tran who then left and moved on to other locations.

Police credited Tsay with preventing more shootings and a larger death toll. Tsay was invited to speak at a local anti-Asian hate conference in San Francisco earlier this week.

Tsay visited a number of the organizations in San Francisco Chinatown He was welcomed by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) and anti-Asian hate movement leaders in Chinatown on March 15. CCBA leaders presented a certificate of appreciation to Tsay to thank for his heroism to save many lives in the community.

Tsay has been on national news and interviewed by media about the Monterey Park mass shooting. President Joe Biden and California Governor Gavin Newsom had travelled to Monterey Park to show their appreciation to Tsay for his heroism in the shooting.