: Asian Americans felt cultural pride in Monterey Park. Now they say a mass shooting robbed them of its special place in their heritage.

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The mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., stunned the Asian-American community. 

Not only because the shooting happened on Lunar New Year’s Eve, but also because it happened in Monterey Park, a predominantly Asian city that holds a special place in the Asian-American landscape. 

On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire at a party inside the…