On April 4, 2018, Panha Nhean, 35, was shot and later died at a hospital after an attack in the 5300 block of Orange Avenue in Long Beach. Nhean and two other men were in a converted garage around midnight when an unknown suspect opened fire. Another victim, 52-year-old Suy Phavong, was pronounced dead at the scene; a 47-year-old Long Beach resident suffered a non-life-threatening arm wound and was treated at the hospital.

Phavong’s wife, inside the house at the time, heard the shots and saw an unidentified man fleeing. Investigators have said Nhean, a taxi driver, may have been the intended target and that the other victims were shot to eliminate witnesses, but the motive remains unclear. No arrests have been announced and the suspect remains at large.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who was in that area around midnight on April 4, 2018 is urged to come forward.