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On the evening of October 12, 1993, 18-year-old Bruce Teng Thao and 19-year-old Kai Lor were found shot to death in St. Paul, Minnesota. Both young men, members of the local Hmong community, died of multiple gunshot wounds in what authorities treated as a double homicide that followed a string of violent incidents affecting the community.

Investigators connected the murders to a robbery at the Hampden Food Cooperative. A 16-year-old Hmong boy was arrested in the robbery and later pleaded guilty to charges related to that crime; authorities had linked the robbery to the shootings. Despite that arrest and guilty plea, details about other potential suspects, the specific motive for the October night killings, and the identity of those responsible for Kai Lor’s death remain limited.

Does anyone have information about Bruce Thao, Kai Lor, or the events around October 12, 1993, that could help clarify what happened?