On April 28, 2022, 38-year-old Daniel Dan Vang was shot and killed inside his family home in the 2000 block of James Avenue North in Minneapolis. Officers arrived just after midnight after someone inside the house screamed for help and said they had shot their brother. Daniel Vang was found with gunshot wounds to his neck and hand and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:11 a.m. He lived in the house with his mother and another sibling; the mother was not present at the time.

The suspect was identified as Daniel’s brother, 40-year-old Fong Vang, who had been staying temporarily in the home after losing his housing and sleeping on the living room floor. According to the criminal complaint, Fong admitted to shooting Daniel and said he could not explain what triggered him. A sibling who was asleep upstairs said they heard three shots with pauses between them and said they feared Fong, noting his erratic behavior and suspecting he might have been under the influence.

Anyone with information about what led to the shooting or who saw activity near the James Avenue North house that night is asked to come forward.