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A man fatally has shot 10 people and injured at least 10 others at a ballroom dance venue during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration late near Los Angeles before fleeing the scene, police say.

The shooter, who was still at large nearly 11 hours after the attack in the city of Monterey Park, was believed to be an Asian man between 30 and 50 years old based on descriptions from eyewitnesses, law enforcement officials said.

"We need to get this person off the street as soon as possible," Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters at a Sunday morning news conference in Monterey Park, home to one of the largest Asian American communities in the United States.

Earlier on Sunday morning, the sheriff's department said it did not know whether the attack was racially motivated. Half the victims were male and half female, Luna said. Their identities have not been made public.

Officials were investigating whether an incident at another dance club in the neighbouring city of Alhambra about 20 minutes later on Saturday night was connected with the massacre in Monterey Park. At the second club, witnesses said an Asian man walked in holding a gun that patrons were able to grab. No one was shot and the man fled, Luna said.

When police arrived at the Monterey Park club, people were "pouring out of the location screaming," department captain Andrew Meyer told reporters at an earlier news briefing.

At least 10 people were taken to local hospitals to be treated for injuries and at least one was in critical condition. Police have not said what kind of gun was used in the attack.

The shooting took place after 10pm local time around the location of a two-day Chinese Lunar New Year celebration where many downtown streets are closed for festivities that draw thousands of people from across Southern California. Police said the celebrations planned for Sunday were cancelled.

Monterey Park is a city of about 60,000 people around 11 kilometres from downtown Los Angeles. About two-thirds of its residents are Asian, according to US Census data, and the city is known for its many Chinese restaurants and groceries.

Video taken by local news media showed injured people, many of them appearing to be middle aged, being loaded into ambulances on stretchers.

Seung Won Choi, who owns a seafood barbecue restaurant near the site of the attack, told the Los Angeles Times that three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door because a man was unloading multiple rounds of ammunition at the dance club across the street.

The White House said President Joe Biden had been briefed on the attack and had directed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist local police.

Mass shootings are recurrent in the United States, and the attack in Monterey Park was the deadliest since May 2022, when a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas. The deadliest shooting in California history was in 1984 when a gunman killed 21 people at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, near San Diego.

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Lisa Marie Presley, a singer, songwriter and the daughter of Elvis Presley, was remembered during a funeral service as a loving mother and an "old soul" who endured tragedy but persevered as a dedicated protector of her father's legacy as a rock-and-roll pioneer and pop icon.

More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Memphis Sunday morning to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died January 12 after she was taken to a hospital in California.

Some mourners held flowers as they waited for the service to begin under the tall trees on the lawn of Graceland, the home in Memphis where Lisa Marie lived as a child with her father.

The mansion, which Lisa Marie Presley owned, has been turned into a museum and tourist attraction that hundreds of thousands of fans visit each year to celebrate the life and music of Elvis, who died in 1977 at age 42.

The property in south Memphis was a place of sadness and sombre memories on Sunday. The service began with the singing of Amazing Grace by Jason Clark & The Tennessee Mass Choir.

"We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the love, compassion and support you have shown our family during this difficult time," said a message from the Presley family written on the program for the service. "We will always be grateful."

Among those who spoke during the service were Lisa Marie's mother, actress Priscilla Presley; Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York; Jerry Schilling, a close friend of Elvis; and former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, who called Lisa Marie's parents Memphis' royal couple and a "conduit to the throne, the keeper of the flame."

In a soft voice, Priscilla Presley read a poem from one of Lisa Marie's three daughters, Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, entitled The Old Soul, in which she calls her mother "an icon, a role model, a superhero to many people all over the world."

"In 1968, she entered our world, born tired, fragile, yet strong. She was delicate, but was filled with life," Priscilla Presley read. "She always knew she wouldn't be here too long. Childhood passes by, with a glimpse of her green eye. She then grew a family of her own."

After reading the poem, Priscilla Presley said: "Our heart is broken. Lisa, we all love you."

Music punctuated the service. Billy Corgan, lead singer of The Smashing Pumpkins, played acoustic guitar and sang To Sheila; Alanis Morissette sang Rest; Axl Rose, of Guns N' Roses, played piano and sang November Rain; and The Blackwood Brothers Quartet performed two songs.

After the service, mourners walked through Graceland's Meditation Garden, where she was laid to rest in an above-ground grave next to her son Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, and alongside her grandparents and great grandmother.

Weaths and bouquets of red, white, yellow and pink flowers lined the walk up to the gravesite and the tomb itself. Fans, some teary-eyed, walked slowly by the tomb, pausing to pay their respects.

Lisa Marie was nine when her father died. She was staying at Graceland at the time and would recall him kissing her goodnight hours before he died. When she next saw him, the following day, he was lying face down in the bathroom.

After her father died, inherited all of Elvis's business operations and Graceland. While she sold her majority interest in 2005, she retained ownership of the mansion itself, the 13 acres around it and items inside the home.

Along with Harper, she is survived by two other daughters -- Finley Aaron Love Lockwood and Riley Keough, an actress.

"Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humour, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity," Riley Keough said in a tribute read by her husband Ben Smith-Petersen. "I'm a product of your heart."

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The daughter of the people involved in a deadly mass shooting in Queensland has described them as gentle and said there was nothing to indicate they would commit their horrific crime

Stacey, Gareth and Nathaniel Train shot dead two officers and a neighbour at a Wieambilla residence, three hours west of Brisbane, on December 12.

The offenders died in a gunfight later that night with specialist police.

Madelyn Train, the biological daughter of Nathaniel and Stacey, told Nine News her mother didn't like guns.

Ms Train was raised by her "uncle Gary" (Gareth), who she called dad after Stacey married him following her divorce from Nathaniel.

"They were the gentlest people I know," Ms Train told Nine News on Sunday.

"I grew up in a really happy, healthy family environment.

"I mourn six people; so I mourn my family, I mourn the police and mourn the neighbour."

Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold and neighbour Alan Dare were killed by the Trains.

"Grieving three of your family is hard enough but then finding out what they did and seeing everyone's reaction to what they did ...," Ms Train said.

She said she had not seen the trio for years but communicated with them via email and texts.

Ms Train said there was nothing to indicate they would commit the mass shooting but her "dad", Gary, did hold extreme views.

"It was like he was doing this weird project on COVID and the end of the world but also religiously. He believes in the apocalypse," she said.

Ms Train said she would often try to steer her uncle to other subjects when conversations took a dark turn.

She said she knew her biological father Nathaniel owned guns and that her parents, Stacey and Gary, had a gun safe and licences.

"But mum didn't like guns," Ms Train said.

Ms Train also described Gary as a military enthusiast.

"Gary would often think as if he was in a military scenario because he wanted to join the military himself," she said.

"He read lots of military books."

Ms Train said the three were "influenced by fear" in committing the shooting.

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Alex de Minaur won't die wondering when he takes on the toughest assignment in tennis on Monday night: Novak Djokovic at Melbourne Park.

The indomitable nine-time champion stands between de Minaur and a spot in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the first time.

The 23-year-old is ever respectful of the 21-time major winner, but certainly not fearful entering the fourth-round blockbuster on Rod Laver Arena.

Nor will de Minaur be dwelling on the fact Djokovic is managing a hamstring issue that has required medical treatment through his opening three matches this campaign.

"Look, I'm not going to read into too much of that injury," de Minaur said.

"Ultimately he's one of the best players in the world, and I'm just going to have to take it to him and not shy away from the occasion.

"I'm going to make sure to make it as tough as I can and just bring the recent experience I've had on court and how I've been feeling.

"Just ultimately it's not shy away from the opportunity and the occasion. I mean, these are the matches I want.

"It's going to be exciting. I will get fired up, get the crowd behind me, and I'll definitely have a good time."

Djokovic is unbeaten at Melbourne Park since a third-round loss in 2018.

The Serb has encountered - and overcome - all manner of challenges on his beloved Laver Arena and is ready for a new one in de Minaur.

"Obviously de Minaur is one of the quickest players on the tour - probably the quickest guy," Djokovic said.

"He has improved a lot and obviously he has Lleyton Hewitt in his corner, a multiple grand slam winner, (former) No.1 in the world. That's a great team.

"I'm sure that the atmosphere will be electric and he's going to have a lot of support, and he's going to be pumped to try to win the match.

"But I've had experiences before. I played Lleyton Hewitt here. I played some big Aussie players, so I know how that feels. I know what to expect."

Djokovic or de Minaur will meet Russian fifth seed Andrey Rublev or Danish world No.10 Hulger Rune on Wednesday for a place in the semi-finals.

Monday's remaining two men's fourth-round matches feature Spanish world No.25 Roberto Bautista-Agut against unseeded American Tommy Paul and the all-US battle between Ben Shelton and JJ Wolf.

Women's world No.4 Caroline Garcia and fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka also continue their title quests on day eight.

Garcia plays Magda Linette and Sabalenka faces Swiss 12th seed Belinda Bencic in a showdown between this month's two Adelaide International champions.

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