LOS ANGELES — Eric Chen never met Yu Lun Kao. Nice.”Kao, who went by Andy, was shielding his longtime dance partner from the hail of bullets when he was killed during the shooting at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park. He’d been a fixture in the dance community since immigrating from Taiwan two decades ago. Chen is a Taiwanese pastor in San Gabriel. “That’s where the tragedy hits even closer to home.”After the shooting, Chen served as the liaison among Kao’s family, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu’s office and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 24, 2023 14:17 UTC