Jan. 13, 2009Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA)
The killing of a woman who was gunned down while fueling her car is drawing new attention as rewards totaling $11,000 are offered for help in finding her killer.
Chou Ung was low on gas when she left work at her family’s west Houston restaurant on the night of Nov. 30. Even though it was after 9 p.m., her parents were holding dinner so she could join them. She called to tell them she was on her way.
Ung, 28, never made it home. In an apparently random attack, she was gunned down by a stranger after she stopped to fill up at a Chevron gas station in the 11300 block of Westheimer on Houston’s west side.
Ung lived with her parents in Alief, where the Chinese family emigrated from Cambodia 30 years ago. They own several restaurants in the Houston area, including Chef Huang’s, the take-out restaurant where Ung was helping out that night.
Police say a man approached her as she was fueling her car and apparently tried to rob her. They argued and he shot her in the head and ran away.
“We called her cell phone so many times,” said her brother, 42-year-old Tony Ung. “We didn’t know where she was.”
When police showed up at the family’s door hours later, the family was devastated.
“She was a nice and giving person,” her older brother said on the day after she was killed. “She helped out a lot for the family.”
Chou Ung, a graduate of Elsik High School, was studying education at the University of Houston and hoped to become a teacher, her brother said.
He described her as a popular young woman with many friends, known for her sense of humor and her quick smile.
“She was the funniest person,” he said. “She brings all the laughter here. That’s what we’ll miss.”
Crime Stoppers and private sources are offering rewards totaling $11,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and charging of a suspect in the slaying.
Investigators have not been able to provide a detailed description of the killer.
Chou Ung was low on gas when she left work at her family’s west Houston restaurant on the night of Nov. 30. Even though it was after 9 p.m., her parents were holding dinner so she could join them. She called to tell them she was on her way.
Ung, 28, never made it home. In an apparently random attack, she was gunned down by a stranger after she stopped to fill up at a Chevron gas station in the 11300 block of Westheimer on Houston’s west side.
Ung lived with her parents in Alief, where the Chinese family emigrated from Cambodia 30 years ago. They own several restaurants in the Houston area, including Chef Huang’s, the take-out restaurant where Ung was helping out that night.
Police say a man approached her as she was fueling her car and apparently tried to rob her. They argued and he shot her in the head and ran away.
“We called her cell phone so many times,” said her brother, 42-year-old Tony Ung. “We didn’t know where she was.”
When police showed up at the family’s door hours later, the family was devastated.
“She was a nice and giving person,” her older brother said on the day after she was killed. “She helped out a lot for the family.”
Chou Ung, a graduate of Elsik High School, was studying education at the University of Houston and hoped to become a teacher, her brother said.
He described her as a popular young woman with many friends, known for her sense of humor and her quick smile.
“She was the funniest person,” he said. “She brings all the laughter here. That’s what we’ll miss.”
Crime Stoppers and private sources are offering rewards totaling $11,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and charging of a suspect in the slaying.
Investigators have not been able to provide a detailed description of the killer.
10 comments:
Why this low life people killed innocent people without mercy? She didn't deserve this kind of killing and end of her short life. The criminal needs to be punished and deported back to where he belongs.
I feel sorry for her. Bring that rat to jail and lock him up.
This is really sad. Killing innocent people.
Don't tell me that USA Citizen is trying
to copy the khmer's way.
Khmer westerns are fighting very hard against
the Yuons,hopefully we will have a good system like
in Canada, France, USA, etc.
So sad, that we have these things happen in USA.
Even it's rare, it's not tolerable !
Khmer Canadian
Senseless killing!!! Capital Punishment must enact in every state to rid of these notorious animals from society. I am mad to see such a news!!! What a precious loss of innocent life. My condolence to the family.
Agreed!
What a senseless killing. The killer is such a lowlife coward that he has to kill an harmless unarmed woman in an attempt to rob from someone who is contributing positively to society.
This killer needs to be tortured and sent to hell. It will be found and justice will be served.
this is the way of gun culture of the usa. so, ah siem wannabe, you better go back to ah xen country if you want to live longer.
How shocking and devastating it must be to her parents who were waiting for her for dinner.
I can't imagine the weight of their grief at the first few moments when the news breaks to lose a child in such a very cruel and unexpected way. May God comfort them. My soul bears sorrow with them.
This is so terrible and this is what life is about. It is happening 24/7 all around the globe. God knows this and I know this too.
Thy Kingdom come, as in Heaven Thy will be done on earth soon, very soon so that there will be a great joyous time of family reunification and Chou Ung will return to her parents.
Meanwhile we wait with patience.
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1:27 you fuck t up man! it not fucking rare in USA!
I don't know what you call this in the US, but in Cambodia we call it a political violence.
Bad two legged creatures are stupid, for they do the stupid things only to be cast into an actuel burning hell at the end of their despicable life. In the end it is "they" who will be tormented indefinitely. The victim(s) will heal from their suffering by God's grace.
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