Man Opens Fire At Chinese Consulate in LA Before Taking Own Life
The scene of the shooting outside the Chinese consulate building in Los Angeles on Aug. 1.
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Los Angeles (AP) -- A man opened fire outside of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles Tuesday morning before turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, police said.
The man, a Chinese national, fired "multiple rounds" at the consulate building in the Koreatown neighborhood, said Officer Mike Lopez, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.