On March 24, 2014, 36-year-old Chue Vang was shot and killed in his Maplewood, Minnesota home after a family argument over cable television escalated. Accounts differ slightly: one version says the dispute was about Chue refusing to pay for cable and telling his father Pang Se Vang he could move out, another says Chue intervened in an argument between his parents about divorce and told his father to leave. After the confrontation, Pang Vang retreated to his bedroom and, when Chue opened the door to speak with him, shot him once in the chest; Chue was found dead in a hallway when police arrived.

A family member wrestled the rifle away, allowing others to escape and call for help. Pang Vang then barricaded himself, inflicted wounds on his own chest and neck, and was found injured by SWAT. He was charged with second-degree murder and later pleaded guilty in August 2014; he died in the hospital on September 29, 2014, before sentencing. Any readers who knew Chue or were in Maplewood that day with information are asked to come forward.