November 23, 2004 - MPR’s Marisa Helms reports that Chai Vang remains a bit of a mystery to many in the Hmong community…and even to his neighbors. They say they've never met Vang, and rarely even spoke to him or saw him. Some wonder if the shootings could have been prevented if they had reached out more to Vang and his family.
November 23, 2004 - About 40 Hmong business and community leaders in St. Paul today condeMinnesotaed the actions of a suspected killer and offer their condolences to the victims. They were talking about Chai Vang, the man jailed in Wisconsin. Law enforcement authorities suspect Vang is the man who killed six deer hunters and wounded two others this past weekend. At a press conference in St Paul several speakers distanced themselves from Vang. Cha Vang is the son of Hmong leader General Vang Pao. He began his remarks by saying he was in no way related to the suspect.
November 23, 2004 - Hmong business and community leaders say they are shocked and saddened by the killing of six deer hunters in Wisconsin this past weekend. They are particularly upset that the shooting suspect, 36-year-old Chai Vang, is a Hmong man from St. Paul. About 40 Hmong attended a press conference to to condeMinnesota the violence. They also expressed sympathy for the victims and stressed Vang is not typical of Hmong people. Ilene Her is with the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans. She voiced concern over the backlash some Hmong may face as a result of the shooting.
November 23, 2004 - MPR’s Brandt Williams reports that court documents filed show the suspect in the six killings in Wisconsin, a 36-year-old Hmong immigrant, told authorities he was called racial slurs and fired upon before he says shot back. Hmong leaders in the Twin Cities gathered today to condemn the shootings and express sympathy for the victims. But some say racial tension between white and Hmong hunters is common.
November 23, 2004 - MPR’s Stephanie Hemphill reports on the concerns of some in Wisconsin after the killing of six hunters by Chai Vang. There is a fear that in the aftermath of the shooting, Hmong hunters may face racism in the state.
November 24, 2004 - The number of legal immigrants moving to Minnesota declined sharply last year.
November 24, 2004 - Chai Vang, the Hmong immigrant suspected of killing six hunters and wounding two others in Wisconsin is a bit of a mystery to the Hmong community and his own Dayton's Bluff neighborhood in St. Paul.
November 24, 2004 - Hmong leaders in Minnesota are grappling with unwanted attention on the Hmong community because a hunter who is Hmong killed six other hunters last Sunday. Chai Vang said in a police statement that he shot the white hunters after they taunted him with racial slurs. Vang's story does not match the statement of one of the shooting survivors who said no such language was used. Ilean Her is Executive Director of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans.
November 25, 2004 - The number of legal immigrants moving to Minnesota declined sharply last year.
November 25, 2004 - The shooting deaths of six hunters in northwestern Wisconsin has prompted a complex set of reactions - perhaps nowhere more than in the Twin Cities Hmong community. The alleged shooter, Chai Vang, is a Hmong immigrant who lives in St. Paul. When the first reports of the incident came out, local Hmong leaders cautioned against making Vang's ethnicity an issue.