Monterey Park shooter claimed he faced death threats decades ago

The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Monterey Park dance hall twice encountered San Gabriel police in the 1990s, once when he armed himself with a gun to chase a robbery suspect and a second time when he reported death threats from a shadowy Taiwanese gang, according to police reports.

Records obtained by the Southern California News Group offer a glimpse into Huu Can Tran’s psyche and purported paranoid delusions, which some former associates believe may have driven him to...