On the morning of January 12, 1991, five men were executed in a basement gambling den at 85 Tyler Street in Boston’s Chinatown. The attack has been called the Boston Chinatown massacre and was tied to a power struggle between rival Chinese and Vietnamese gangs over control of the neighborhood’s after-hours gambling scene. The assailants entered the smoky social club, announced a robbery and ordered patrons to put their hands behind their heads before opening fire.

Cuong Khand Luu was one of the five victims and was identified as a primary target. According to a survivor’s later testimony, Luu was shot twice in the head by Phạm Tiến Hùng during the roughly five- to six-minute assault. Three men were named as the attackers: Nam The Tham, Siny Van Tran, and Phạm Tiến Hùng.

Two days after the massacre a lone survivor identified the suspects to police, and an international manhunt followed. Nam The Tham and Siny Van Tran were eventually located and returned to the United States; Phạm Tiến Hùng remains at large. Does anyone have information about Luu, the social club at 85 Tyler Street, or the events that night?