Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle (Calif., USA)
A pizza deliveryman trying to find an address in Richmond was shot and killed during a possible robbery attempt, police said today.
Thanh Thach, 38, a father of two who lived in Richmond with his wife, was shot at about 9 p.m. Monday as he was trying to deliver a pizza on South 45th Street, authorities said.
Thach, who had been working at Pizza Hut for less than six weeks, was searching for a location on the 900 block of South 45th Street when he was accosted on the 800 block by one or two men, police said.
The assailants shot Thach twice and fled without taking the pizza or any of Thach's property, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan.
The motive for the slaying was unclear, although it's possible that it was a "robbery gone bad," Gagan said.
Thach was on his cell phone with the person who ordered the pizza when the phone went dead, Gagan said. Just a few seconds later, the customer heard shots ring out nearby, he said.
Investigators do not believe the slaying resulted from a setup, as the people who ordered the pizza have ordered on several previous occasions, Gagan said.
"They were very cooperative with the investigation," Gagan said. "They were visibly shaken by the fact that he had been murdered."
Thach was trying to make enough money to bring his mother to the United States from their native Cambodia, said his wife, who didn't want her name used out of concern for her safety.
Thach was the father of two sons, ages 3 and 18 months.
Thach had been working for Pizza Hut for just four to six weeks and previously worked a temporary job at the U.S. Postal Service facility on Seventh Street in West Oakland.
"He is a very hard worker," his wife said. "He loved the kids so much. I feel like-it's unbelievable. I still feel he's alive."
After living in the U.S. for 13 years, he became a U.S. citizen in September, which was the happiest day of his life, his wife said.
"This is one of those that really hits home," Gagan said.
E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.
Thanh Thach, 38, a father of two who lived in Richmond with his wife, was shot at about 9 p.m. Monday as he was trying to deliver a pizza on South 45th Street, authorities said.
Thach, who had been working at Pizza Hut for less than six weeks, was searching for a location on the 900 block of South 45th Street when he was accosted on the 800 block by one or two men, police said.
The assailants shot Thach twice and fled without taking the pizza or any of Thach's property, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan.
The motive for the slaying was unclear, although it's possible that it was a "robbery gone bad," Gagan said.
Thach was on his cell phone with the person who ordered the pizza when the phone went dead, Gagan said. Just a few seconds later, the customer heard shots ring out nearby, he said.
Investigators do not believe the slaying resulted from a setup, as the people who ordered the pizza have ordered on several previous occasions, Gagan said.
"They were very cooperative with the investigation," Gagan said. "They were visibly shaken by the fact that he had been murdered."
Thach was trying to make enough money to bring his mother to the United States from their native Cambodia, said his wife, who didn't want her name used out of concern for her safety.
Thach was the father of two sons, ages 3 and 18 months.
Thach had been working for Pizza Hut for just four to six weeks and previously worked a temporary job at the U.S. Postal Service facility on Seventh Street in West Oakland.
"He is a very hard worker," his wife said. "He loved the kids so much. I feel like-it's unbelievable. I still feel he's alive."
After living in the U.S. for 13 years, he became a U.S. citizen in September, which was the happiest day of his life, his wife said.
"This is one of those that really hits home," Gagan said.
E-mail Henry K. Lee at hlee@sfchronicle.com.
8 comments:
May God Be With Him and Bless His Family Be Safe.
I am so sorry to hear that!!!! Thach is orignal from Kampuchea Krom....May budda bess him and his family to be save!
Kim
My condolences to Thach's family!
Devi
They should be died, Ah Khmer-Yuon.
We are searching and killing all Ah Khmer-Yuon (Xmer Xrom) in Cambodia.
Yep, no gain, no lost.
Thank to all US citizens for their goodnesses!
Such coward act of these Vietcongs to curse on a pass-away person. Such a heartless kind! The Vietcongs and Khmercongs do possess evil heart indeed.
My condolences to Thach's family. May God Buddha Bless His Soul and his family
Koun Khmer muol rup.
Burn in hell, Ah Thach criminals!
MAY GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL THANH THACH. I'M VERY DEEPLY SAD OF THIS NEWS ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR TWO CHILDREN.
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