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PHOTOS: Monterey Park shooting Vigil

A Vigil was held outside the Monterey Park Civic Center for the victims of a mass shooting at a local dance hall.

By Yannick Peterhans
Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

(Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Hundreds of mourners stood on the lawn outside the Monterey Park Civic Center at a vigil Tuesday evening held for the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting at a local dance studio.

Across the lawn, flowers were dropped off at white posts with blue hearts set up for the victims and dozens of votive candles were lit commemorating the 11 lives lost.

Beginning at 5:30 p.m., local representatives and leaders spoke in front of the civic center. Many had relationships with those that lost their lives in the mass shooting, and spoke of coming together as a community and not letting the tragedy define Monterey Park.

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

A member of the vigil puts a red rose on one of the white wooden posts with a large blue heart for one of the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

At the vigil, votive candles surrounded by bouquets of flowers were left on the lawn outside the Monterey Park Civic Center. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

A yellow flower rests on the wooden posts set up to commemorate the lives lost in Sunday’s mass shooting in Monterey Park. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

Ron Bo, the City Manager for Monterey park, speaks in front of the vigil held at the Monterey Park Civic Center. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

Vigil attendees stand outside the Monterey Park Civic Center as the waxing crescent moon hangs in the sky. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

A man and a child stand with lit candles outside the Monterey Park Civic Center. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

A woman with watery eyes stands outside the Monterey Park Civic Center as a vigil is held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)

Photographs of a vigil outside the Monterey Park civic center held for the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.

Yvonne Yiu, councilmember of Monterey Park, speaks at the vigil in front of the Monterey Park Civic Center. Yiu, who knew the late Star Dance Studio’s instructor Ming Wei Ma personally, spoke of her times singing and dancing with Ma. (Photo by Yannick Peterhans)