An indigenous tribe donated $100,000 to a fund set up for victims killed and injured in the Monterey Park mass shooting.
The Pechanga Band of Indians, a Southern California tribe, made a generous contribution a gofundme page Founded by a team of community-based organizations including several AAPI groups.
Pachanga Tribal Chairman Mark Macaro said the Monterey Park community welcomed the tribe several years ago to join them in their Lunar New Year celebration.
“Pechanga has made great friends and acquaintances through Monterey Park’s Lunar New Year Festival,” he said in a statement. “Like all of California, we are deeply saddened by this tragedy and extend our deepest condolences and support to the victims.”
The gift smashed a goal set by organizers for the victims’ fund of a total of $807,154 raised as of Wednesday afternoon.
The goal was then reduced to $900,000 as donations continued to pour in.
Organizers said that 100% of the donations received would go “to those who are now suffering from this senseless violence.”
Eleven people were killed and nine others injured in the Lunar New Year massacre, in which a 72-year-old gunman fired 42 shots at the Star Ballroom dance studio on Saturday night.
The dead were identified as Xiujuan Yu, 57, Hongning Jian, 62, Lilan Li, 63, Mai Mai Nhan, 65, Muo Dai Ung, 67, Diana Man Ling Tom, 70 and Male Wen Tau Yu, 64. Valentino Marcos Alvero, 68; Yu Lun Cao, 72; Ming Wei Ma, 72; and Chia Ling Yau, 76.
Separate GoFundMe pages have been set up for the families of the various victims as well as to cover any funeral and/or medical costs.
His killer, Huแป Canh Tran, shot and killed himself the next morning.
