Griffith named top athlete of the week Ten people shot in Los Angeles

Jan. 18: After her performances at the Hawkeye Invitational for Ball State Track and Field Jan. 14, fourthyear Charity Griffith was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Field Athlete of the Week. Griffith cleared 6 feet-0.75 inch (1.85m) in the high jump which tied a personal best and a Ball State program record she set at the 2022 MAC Indoor Championships.

Jan. 22: Late Jan. 21, during Lunar New Year celebrations in the predominantly Asian American area of Monterey Park, California, 10 people at a dance club were shot and killed, with the suspect originally unknown. The next day, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a van he presumably fled the scene in.