A targeted home invasion in South Sacramento left three members of the Le family dead in the early hours of April 28, 2016. Thirty-two-year-old Dong Tan Le, his 56-year-old father Thanh Le, and 21-year-old brother Tien Le were shot inside their Ardith Drive residence after a group of masked men in dark clothing forced entry intending to rob the family. The assailants fled in a dark-colored compact vehicle.

Investigators concluded the family was likely targeted; detectives did not suspect narcotics or gang activity. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department interviewed family and neighbors and examined the home for evidence. Court proceedings later established that David Nguyen allegedly organized the robbery to steal cash from his partner Dong Tan Le, and that Nguyen shot Dong and Tien while they slept and killed Thanh as he tried to flee. Co-defendant Elijah Johnson was armed but did not fire and later testified he was terrified.

Convictions and sentences followed for the people charged in the case. Did anyone in the community have contact with the family or recall seeing a dark compact vehicle near Ardith Drive that morning?