Ranny Thon: Shot outside house.By VALERIE RUSS
Philadelphia Daily News
Ranny Thon was a peacemaker who was trying to calm an angry man when he was shot and killed early Saturday in South Philadelphia, relatives said yesterday.
The man killed Thon, 24, and wounded three relatives: a 22-year-old man who was shot in the shoulder; a 24-year-old man who was shot in the thigh and back; and a 17-year-old female cousin, who was grazed in the stomach, police said.
Yesterday, the 17-year-old cousin was sitting on the front steps of a house on 8th Street, near Moyamensing Avenue, with relatives and friends. The young woman, who asked that her name not be used, translated for Thon's mother, who came to this country from Cambodia and spoke Khmer, when she appeared briefly at the front door.
"She said to let everyone know, 'I miss him and I love him very much and I feel like I am going crazy because my son died,' " the young woman said.
Thon and his relatives were shot as they stood outside Thon's aunt's house. The girl said she believed the shooter was also Cambodian. She said Thon and his siblings were born in the United States.
No arrests had been made as of last night.
The relatives kept candles burning at a sidewalk memorial that included incense, a bowl of noodles, a cup of beer and a white plastic chair filled with stuffed animals and a picture of Thon.
The 17-year-old cousin said Thon had tried to intervene when a man came by about 2:30 a.m. and began arguing with a couple who were out on the sidewalk with her male relatives.
The man left the block for about 10 minutes and when he returned, "he got mad because the guy he was arguing with had gone," the 17-year-old said.
As Thon tried to calm the man down, the gunman started shooting. Her three male relatives were shot outside and the teenager as she stood just inside the front door. "I just screamed and started crying," the girl said. "I didn't know I was hit until I got inside."
The man killed Thon, 24, and wounded three relatives: a 22-year-old man who was shot in the shoulder; a 24-year-old man who was shot in the thigh and back; and a 17-year-old female cousin, who was grazed in the stomach, police said.
Yesterday, the 17-year-old cousin was sitting on the front steps of a house on 8th Street, near Moyamensing Avenue, with relatives and friends. The young woman, who asked that her name not be used, translated for Thon's mother, who came to this country from Cambodia and spoke Khmer, when she appeared briefly at the front door.
"She said to let everyone know, 'I miss him and I love him very much and I feel like I am going crazy because my son died,' " the young woman said.
Thon and his relatives were shot as they stood outside Thon's aunt's house. The girl said she believed the shooter was also Cambodian. She said Thon and his siblings were born in the United States.
No arrests had been made as of last night.
The relatives kept candles burning at a sidewalk memorial that included incense, a bowl of noodles, a cup of beer and a white plastic chair filled with stuffed animals and a picture of Thon.
The 17-year-old cousin said Thon had tried to intervene when a man came by about 2:30 a.m. and began arguing with a couple who were out on the sidewalk with her male relatives.
The man left the block for about 10 minutes and when he returned, "he got mad because the guy he was arguing with had gone," the 17-year-old said.
As Thon tried to calm the man down, the gunman started shooting. Her three male relatives were shot outside and the teenager as she stood just inside the front door. "I just screamed and started crying," the girl said. "I didn't know I was hit until I got inside."
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I am really sorry to hear this.
Why the peaceful island change a lot!!
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Another copycat of Long Beach, Killingfield. When one root took one another, I knew too much and lived same hood. The 1st (19) was 15 years ago and the 2nd was (16) 10 years ago in the same street and block.
The lack of morality,not enought advise from the parent,not respect from the teachers in school,absorb violent from friends,act like khmer rouge childrends,dropped out from school,joint gansters.At the end manipulated of the nation(KHMER PEOPLES).I myself go to university of (CONCORDIA)in MONTREAL,QUEBEC,CANADA),i don`t see much the CAMBODIAN kids in there,afew but the rest......?????.How are we going to build our country??or help them back home,if all the KHMER CHILDREND DON`T BUILD UP THEIR EDUCATION.REmember that if you have education,you have knowledge,if you have knowledge,you have power!.
Good! more thugs off the street. Good people do not hang outside in group at 2:30AM. 7th and 8th Street in South Philadelphia are bunch of intelectual animals. They are the menace to the society. This is not new there. This younsters have been drinking nights after nights in front of the house not just weekend night.It has happen so often over the years. The Khmer people there are pathetic! They made other Khmers in general look bad.
He looks like a G. Nigger wannabe. Rest in hell _/\_
1:44 PM dont be jealous Khmers are tall dark and handsome, unlike Vietnamese who are skinny pig-skinned yellow pissed colored black buck tooth fucking ugly.
im sorry but this kind of thing happen to the best of us in EVERY race and culture of America. To put your own race down is a disgrace to you and your family and is a sign of extreme ignorance. to be fair every Asian that fucks up in general makes Asians look bad regardless.
fuck u piece of shit hope u rot in hell fucker...ya nigga got what was coming the media dont know shit..all ya hear is wht the person did to him but did they say what the fuck they do the the shooter...fuck no..he was defending defending himself..fuck u ranny u wanna be fucking thug nigga
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