Huu Can Tran, 72, the man suspected of carrying out a shooting in Monterey Park in California was found dead inside a white cargo van
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said a handgun was also found in the vehicle
The Monterey mass shooter was once a dancer at the studio where he killed 10 people during Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations
Huu Can Tran, 72, taught lessons at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio almost every night in the early 2000s when he lived five minutes away in the San Gabriel Valley
Tran's friends, who was close to the gunman from around the early 2010’s, revealed that he was 'hostile to a lot of people' at the studio and believed they said 'evil things about him.'
Aside from teaching dance nearly five times a week, Tran was also a truck driver and registered a business, Tran’s Trucking Inc., from 2002 to 2004
It's unclear when Tran stopped teaching lessons at the studio, but he relocated to Hemet in 2013 after about 20 years in Los Angeles
Tran's ex-wife, whose identity wasn't revealed, said she was only married to the gunman for a short time before he filed for divorce in 2005.
Tran's love appeared to fade quickly as she claimed her former instructor lost interest in her and became easily angered when she messed up on choreography.