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Crime
Expectant father fatally shot by cousin in Minnesota
Thai musician Nichanon Kittikroekphon, 34, was tragically shot and killed during a family gathering in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Sept. 21...
Michelle De Pacina
Home
Kamala Harris says anyone who breaks into her house is ‘getting shot’
Vice President Kamala Harris stirred controversy over the weekend after saying she would shoot intruders of her own home. The 2024 Democrati...
Carl Samson
Man fatally shot at San Jose Vietnamese bar
A shooting inside a bar in San Jose, California, on early Sunday morning left one man dead, with the suspect still at large. Authorities con...
Oakland father-of-two shot in the head while sleeping
Run Hua Kuang, a 33-year-old father of two children, is fighting for his life after being shot in the head while taking a nap at home after ...
Allen, Texas mall shooting victims remembered on 1-year anniversary
Community members gathered in Allen, Texas, to reflect and remember the lives lost in the mass shooting that rocked a local mall last year. ...
Asian American History
Hundreds gathered nationwide to honor victims of Atlanta spa shootings
The Asian Justice Movement organized events nationwide to commemorate the deadly shooting spree at three metro Atlanta massage spas nearly t...
Lawmakers mark 3rd anniversary of Atlanta spa shootings, call for stricter gun laws
Members of Georgia’s Legislative Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus held a press conference to commemorate the deadly shooting spree at ...
Racism linked to increased gun purchases among Asian Americans during pandemic: study
A recent study led by researchers from Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan suggests a direct link between increased f...
Government
AAPI communities are most concerned about inflation, immigration: poll
A new AAPI Data/AP-NORC Poll revealed that economic and foreign policy concerns are the top priorities for Asian American and Native Hawaiia...
Half Moon Bay community gathers to honor lives lost a year ago in mass shooting
A year after the Half Moon Bay mass shooting in California, where seven people were killed, the community gathered on Sunday night to honor ...
Slain UNC-Chapel Hill professor remembered as ‘brilliant’, ‘one of the kindest’ in campus vigil
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) held a vigil on Wednesday to honor the memory of professor Zijie Yan, who ...
UNC-Chapel Hill grad student charged with murder in fatal shooting of professor
A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of ...
Pride flag killing: Shooter Travis Ikeguchi, son of police officer, had history of homophobia
Travis Ikeguchi, the man who fatally shot a Californian mother over a Pride flag displayed at her store, was the son of a police officer. A...
8-year-old boy paralyzed after being hit by a stray bullet on Oakland freeway
An 8-year-old boy was paralyzed after he was shot by a stray bullet on an Oakland freeway. The shooting: Asa (surname redacted) was riding i...
Man accused of fatally shooting pregnant Seattle restaurateur pleads not guilty
The man accused of fatally shooting a pregnant business owner in a random attack in Seattle has pleaded not guilty to his charges. Plea ente...
Police release bodycam footage from deadly Allen, Texas mall shooting
Police in Allen, Texas, have released a body camera video from the recent mass shooting at a local mall that killed eight people. Details of...
Chilling video shows moment pregnant restaurateur was shot to death in Seattle
A surveillance video showing a gunman running up to and shooting a 34-year-old pregnant woman in Seattle has been published by multiple outl...
Convicted felon charged for fatally shooting pregnant Seattle restaurateur
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated Cordell Maurice Goosby’s age as 37. He is 30. A man accused...
Texas mall shooter’s diary was riddled with anti-Asian rhetoric
The man who fatally shot eight people — half of whom were of Asian descent — and wounded seven others during a mass shooting at a mall in Al...
Editorial Staff
Business
In-depth: Gun lobbyists target Asian Americans amid spike in anti-Asian hate crimes
“Want to #StopAsianHate? Buy a rifle,” Gun Owners of America shared on Twitter on March 19, 2021, just three days after the Atlanta spa shoo...
Biden announces gun control executive order in visit to Monterey Park 2 months after mass shooting
President Joe Biden has announced new measures that would strengthen background checks on gun purchases in the country following a recent se...
Bryan Ke
Los Angeles County passes new gun control measures after Monterey Park mass shooting
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a series of gun control measures Tuesday, including banning the sale of .50 c...
Bodycam footage shows arrest of self-proclaimed ‘Chief of Tokyo’ for shooting at Ohio Asian grocery
The Cincinnati man accused of firing multiple rounds at an Asian grocery store in Evendale, Ohio, made bizarre claims at the time of his arr...
Ex-wife of Monterey Park mass shooting suspect speaks out, says he was ‘quick to anger’
Before you read: Monterey Park mass shooting suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound Simu Liu, Daniel Dae Kim, George Takei and more sp...
News
Simu Liu, Daniel Dae Kim, George Takei and more speak out on Monterey Park mass shooting
Before you read: Monterey Park mass shooting suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound Editor’s Note: This article has been updated...
Man accused of killing 2 people at Houston Vietnamese restaurant charged with capital murder
Bich Xuan Dang, 49, was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting and killing of two men on Oct. 5 at Tai Loi Restaurant in ...
Woman killed after teens ‘mistakenly’ shoot her Texas Airbnb with 100 rounds
A woman was killed in Texas after a group of teenagers allegedly fired around 100 rounds at her San Antonio home by “mistake” last week. Nov...
Canada
Thousands gather to honor Toronto police officer who was slain in Canada shooting rampage
On Wednesday morning, over 8,000 people, including officers, politicians, family and friends, gathered for the funeral of the Toronto polic...
Man indicted for hate crimes in Dallas Korean hair salon shooting
Jeremy Theron Smith, 37, was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts — including hate crime enhancements — for a Korean hair salon shooting in ...
Family of Uber driver killed in Oakland Little Saigon robbery call for solution to gun violence
The family of Kon Fung, the 52-year-old Uber driver who was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in Oakland, California, on Sunday, ...
Fatal shooting of Filipino lawyer in Philadelphia Uber may be case of ‘mistaken identity,’ says envoy
The death of the Filipino lawyer who was shot while on his way to an airport in Philadelphia last month may have been a case of “mistaken id...
Sikh family in Texas rattled after bullets fired into their home, suspicious vehicle caught on cam
Iqbal Singh’s parents and child were asleep in their northwest Harris County home in Texas when bullets flew inches over their heads at 1:4...
Chicago
Chicago police release pictures and videos of man wanted for shooting in Chinatown
Chicago Police on Saturday released pictures and surveillance videos on Saturday of the man involved in a shooting in the 2200 block of Sou...
Bay Area
Dashcam captures couple ‘literally dodging a bullet’ during shootout on Oakland freeway
Garrett Mason and his fiancée Tina Do were driving eastbound on Interstate 580 on June 14 when a bullet shot through their vehicle’s front ...
Chicago Chinatown residents push for karaoke bar to close after shooting kills woman, wounds 2
Chicago police responded to a shooting in Chicago’s Chinatown at around 10:50 p.m. on Friday. The gun fight left a woman dead and two othe...
Indian man fatally shot in the head while driving home from airport in Maryland
An Indian national was fatally shot in the head near Catonsville in Maryland while returning home from the airport. Maryland Transportation...
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