Police search for gunmen in fatal San Gabriel cafe shooting
Officers responding to reports of a fight at the Coffee House in the 700 block of East Valley Boulevard at about 11:15 p.m. Thursday arrived to find seven people shot, said Deputy Aura Sierra of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and the others were taken to hospitals, Sierra said.
Investigators say the shooting may be gang-related and that the gunmen targeted a group of people sitting at a table. The gunmen were last seen running away from the scene, she said.
Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at (323) 890-5500 or the San Gabriel Police Department at (626) 308-2828. Callers may remain anonymous.
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Caption: A person cleans up inside the Coffee House in San Gabriel, where a shooting late Thursday killed one person and wounded several others. Credit: Jay Clendenin / Los Angeles Times
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Leads still scarce in coffee shop shooting
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SAN GABRIEL - The shooting death of a man inside a Valley Boulevard coffee house left the floor covered with large spots of smeared blood and the restaurant in disarray with tables and chairs strewn about, according to a coroner's report obtained Friday.
The report, written by Los Angeles County Department of Coroner investigator Stacy Bell, describes the Feb. 5, shooting death of Hung Van Nguyen, 37, of Westminster.
"Two asian males entered the Coffee House armed with a revolver and a semi-automatic handgun," Bell wrote. "Without incident they began firing at the table where the decendant was sitting, after which they began firing randomly at other guests in the restaurant."
A round struck Nguyen once in the neck, near the left clavicle.
He died wearing a black UCLA baseball cap, a grey jacket, a white tank top, a grey T-shirt, a polo shirt, a pair of underwear, two pairs of basketball shorts, a pair of jeans, white socks and white tennis shoes, Bell wrote.
During an autopsy, the medical examiner discovered a tattoo that read, "SONG CHET Y TROC" which translates as "In God's hands."
Depsite the amount of evidence collected at the crime scene, a month after a brazen coffee house shooting, deputies still have few leads and no arrests have been made, authorities said.
Five others were wounded in the attack and taken to nearby hospitals, authorities said. Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Although the coffee shop was full and over 30 witnesses were interviewed, no one got a clear look at the attackers, Marsh said.
"We don't know their nationality," he said. "Nobody gave us any specific information."
He said no one really saw them clearly, but witnesses believe the shooters were male Asians.
"We're working off information provided by witnesses, trying to follow on some leads," he said. "No suspects are named, we're just going off descriptions."
The coroner's report said Nguyen was found lying on his back in the coffee shop, and pronounced dead by paramedics.
Nguyen was 5 feet 6 inches tall and 116 pounds, according to the report.
The cause of death is listed as a single gunshot wound that entered through Nguyen's right shoulder, puncturing a lung.
Marsh said investigators do not know if the shooting was gang-related, though San Gabriel police have said the coffee shop and others like it in the area are known hang-outs for Asian gangs.
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