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> Hmongs Shoot Tibetians at Minnesota Poolhall
> Last update: February 4, 2005 at 10:05 PM
> 'Bullets were flying' outside the pool hall
> Matt Mckinney, Jim Adams and David Chanen
> Star Tribune
> Published February 5, 2005
>
> Distraught and confused, a Tibetan man struggled Friday night to make
> sense of shootings that took two of his friends' lives on Thursday in
> an explosion of violence outside a Columbia Heights pool hall. None
of
> his friends was armed.
>
> The night was like any other at their regular haunt. Things were
> normal. And then, chaos.
>
> "Bullets were flying everywhere," said Tashi Dorjee, 22, who came
upon
> the aftermath of the shootings outside Jimmy's Pro Billiards moments
> after it happened. His friends told him how they ran out the front
and
> rear doors of the pool hall as the shooting started.
>
> "They could see the bullets hitting the snow," he said.
>
> Two of his friends were dead moments later.
>
> Both were shot in the back as they fled, according to police. Four
> more were hit but survived, one of them running for two blocks before
> he stopped at a house to ask for help.
>
> Investigators now say the shooting may have begun as a mistake:
> members of a notoriously violent gang apparently thought Dorjee's
> friends, a group of Tibetans and one Cambodian, were from a rival
> group.
>
> Six people -- five men and one woman -- were charged in Anoka County
> District Court Friday with abetting second-degree murder. Five of
them
> are members of the Men of Destruction gang, according to charges.
>
> The gang, also called Master of Destruction, is arguably one of the
> most violent in the Twin Cities, said Capt. Mike Martin, regional
> commander of the state's Gang Strike Force.
>
> The gang has been involved in incidents for many years, including
> several recent shootings and weapons-related cases in Minneapolis,
St.
> Paul and the northern suburbs, he said.
>
> The men who died were identified Friday as Bunsean Lieng, 19, of
> Minneapolis, and Tashi Sonam Jagottsang, 21, also of Minneapolis.
>
> Dorjee, one of about 1,300 Tibetans living in Minnesota, said his
> tight-knit community is stunned.
>
> "How can someone kill so brutally?" he asked.
>
> Dorjee said Jagottsang's family has converged at his mother's house
in
> northeast Minneapolis to mourn his death. His mother, keening for
most
> of the day so intensely that she has been passing out, has been
asking
> for her son's body so that she and her family can begin their
memorial
> services, Dorjee said.
>
> Plans for a service have not been made yet, but Dorjeee said that
> Jagottsang's uncle is a Buddhist monk and will likely oversee a
> three-day funeral ceremony sometime next week.
>
> Lieng's body was found in the parking ramp behind the pool hall, and
> Jagottsang's body was lying near a small park on 41st Avenue. They
and
> the four other victims were shot from behind as they fled, the
charges
> said.
>
> The suspects, ages 18 to 24, were in two vehicles that Columbia
> Heights police stopped as they were fleeing the scene. Police said
> they found at least two guns, ammunition, a curved knife and a
> baseball bat in the cars.
>
> Lieng was Cambodian and Jagottsang and the four other victims were
> Tibetan. Three of the men were shot in the backs of their legs, as
> they fled into the alley and parking ramp behind Jimmy's, a popular
> gathering spot near 40th and Central Avs. NE. One of the victims was
> in critical condition at Hennepin County Medical Center but is
> expected to live, authorities said.
>
> When their group entered the crowded pool hall at about 9:30 p.m.,
> they were confronted by the Hmong gang members who spoke English, but
> used "gang speak" to ask what gang the Tibetans were in, said Anoka
> County Sheriff's Capt. Bob Aldrich.
>
> The Tibetans seemed confused and said they weren't looking for
> trouble, but one of them called a friend. Soon a carload of Tibetans
> arrived, boosting their numbers to more than a dozen, Aldrich said.
>
> The group again told the gang members they just wanted to play pool,
> but that didn't satisfy them, he said. Both groups grabbed pool cues
> and balls and began fighting, the charges said. Pro Billiards owner
> Jimmy Wetch told the two groups to leave the pool hall, a hall
manager
> said Friday.
>
> Aldrich said the victims ran out the back door into an alley as the
> gang members followed, firing at them. Police recovered one
> semiautomatic handgun.
>
> Aldrich said the state Gang Strike Force is familiar with the six
> suspects. They were identified as brothers Grogan Yang, 18, and
> Charles Yang, 20, both of Brooklyn Park, Sai Vang, 19, of Coon
Rapids,
> and Jason Moua, 24, Meng Vang, 24, and Helene Yang, 23, all of
> Minneapolis.
>
> All but Sia Vang are confirmed members of the gang. Criminal
> investigators who study gangs said Friday that they've never heard of
> a Tibetan gang in the Twin Cities.
>
> Martin said there is no reason to believe any of the victims were
> involved in gang activity.
>
> Aldrich said no other suspects are now being sought. He asked that
any
> witnesses call police if they haven't already been interviewed.
>
> No serious problems have been reported for a few years at Jimmy's,
> which has no security cameras and doesn't serve alcohol, Aldrich
said.
>
> A few doors down Central Avenue, Carmen Knake found blood on the
> sidewalk outside her hair salon Friday morning.
>
> "I have been here 21 years and never seen anything like this," she
> said. "I wouldn't move because of it, but it scares you.'
Only a whore government imports problems! End all immigration, deport
all illegals.
Jay
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