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Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall, there was still no alert to the public.

Experts say the weekend mass shooting that sent fear through Los Angeles-area Asian American communities highlights the lack of national standards for notifying the public.

Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall about a half-hour later, it would be hours more before police held a news conference to announce the suspect was still at large.

Lost in the aftermath of the Monterey Park, Calif., ballroom dance hall shooting that left 11 people dead is an alarming fact: It took five hours for authorities to alert the public that the gunman was on the loose.

Experts say an alert should have been sent out immediately after police responded to the shooting in Monterey Park that left 11 dead. During the delay, the shooter walked into another dance club with his weapon, but was disarmed.

Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall, there was still no alert to the public.

Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall, there was still no alert to the public.

Even after the shooter tried to attack another location, it took police hours to warn the public that he was on the run.

The delay is throwing a spotlight on the nation's flawed, patchwork system for warnings of mass shooters at large.

Even after the 72-year-old shooter brought a submachine gun-style weapon into another nearby dance hall, there was still no alert to the public.