Boston Herald (Massachussetts, USA)
Monday, August 14, 2006
A 21-year-old Chelsea man who spent his days caring for his two toddler nieces was gunned down by a 14-year-old Saturday night during a melee at a Lowell birthday party, investigators and family members said.
Prosecutors yesterday said Samnang Oth was shot to death by Billeoum Phan, of Lowell, who was arrested yesterday and charged with murder.
“He was just standing there and other people were fighting,” said the victim’s grieving sister, Sina Oth, 24. “That’s when he just fell. He wasn’t fighting. He was just standing there.”
Lowell Police were called to the 40 Royal St. home about 11:18 p.m. Saturday and found Oth in the back of the home suffering at least one gunshot wound to the torso. He was pronounced dead at Lowell General Hospital at 11:51 p.m.
Asked what her brother - the third oldest of nine siblings whose parents moved here from Cambodia in 1985 - will be remembered for, Sina Oth didn’t hesitate in rattling off a list of qualities.
“Just him in general,” she said. “His laugh. His talks. Just the way he jokes around. He’s a character. He makes jokes on everything. He’s the coolest person.”
Prosecutors yesterday said Samnang Oth was shot to death by Billeoum Phan, of Lowell, who was arrested yesterday and charged with murder.
“He was just standing there and other people were fighting,” said the victim’s grieving sister, Sina Oth, 24. “That’s when he just fell. He wasn’t fighting. He was just standing there.”
Lowell Police were called to the 40 Royal St. home about 11:18 p.m. Saturday and found Oth in the back of the home suffering at least one gunshot wound to the torso. He was pronounced dead at Lowell General Hospital at 11:51 p.m.
Asked what her brother - the third oldest of nine siblings whose parents moved here from Cambodia in 1985 - will be remembered for, Sina Oth didn’t hesitate in rattling off a list of qualities.
“Just him in general,” she said. “His laugh. His talks. Just the way he jokes around. He’s a character. He makes jokes on everything. He’s the coolest person.”
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Deport the criminal to the labor camp in Cambodia.
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