Police are trying to hunt down the suspect (Picture: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)

This is the first photo of a man police believe gunned down 10 people in a mass shooting in Los Angeles.

The horrific shooting happened after a festival for Chinese New Year in California.

Footage posted on social media show deserted, cordoned-off streets in Monterey Park, about seven miles from downtown Los Angeles, after a man with a ‘machine gun’ opened fire.

Gunshots were first heard after 10pm local time around the location of a party for Chinese Lunar New Year.

LA police confirmed the gunman behind the attack at a business on Garvey Ave is still at large after fleeing the scene.

Officers have issued an appeal to find the shooter (Picture: LACSD)

Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed in a press conference today a ‘preliminary description’ of the suspected shooter was of an ‘Asian male’.

They also confirmed that a ‘white cargo van’ was a vehicle of interest.

Los Angeles’s County Sheriff’s Department said in an appeal tonight: ‘On Saturday January 21, 2023 at 10:22 PM the suspect male/adult/Asian pictured above was involved in a shooting on the 100 block of West Garvey Ave in the City of Monterey Park.

‘A second incident occurred at 10:39 PM on the 100 block of South Garfield Ave, in the City of Alhambra.

‘Investigators have identified him as a Homicide suspect and he should be considered armed and dangerous.’

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Police have released a set of images of the shooter and have told the public to stay away from him.