Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Monterey Park Wednesday following mass shooting
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit Monterey Park on Wednesday in the wake of Saturday night's mass shooting.
The mass shooting claimed the lives of 11 people and injured another nine. The White House said that she will visit the community to mourn the victims of the incident.
Harris is expected to arrive in Los Angeles at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday and will meet with the families of the victims as well as first-responders.
"I do want to address the tragedy of what happened in my home state in Monterey Park, California," said Harris while in Florida on Sunday. "A time of a cultural celebration and yet another community has been torn apart by senseless gun violence."
During her speech in Tallahassee, Fla., she expressed her condolences saying in part that she and her husband Doug were "in mourning for those who were killed as we pray for those who were injured and as we grieve for those many people whose lives are forever changed."
"All of us in this room and in our country understand this violence must stop," she continued. "And President Biden and I will continue to provide full support to the local authorities as we learn more."
Harris toured the Tujunga Spreading Grounds in the San Fernando Valley last Friday -- the day before the shooting -- to address the recent wave of storms that caused an estimated $1 billion in damages and losses across the state.