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Joung Nam Kim, 56, was shot and killed while working at his Tacoma grocery store, the Min Grocery in the 3100 block of Portland Avenue, on the evening of January 18, 1995. Two young men, described as a Black male and a Native American male, both estimated in their late teens or early twenties, entered the store intent on robbery. They ransacked the market, shot Kim multiple times, took cash from the register and fled.

A third person waited outside in a maroon sedan believed to be a Nissan Maxima or Sentra; the two robbers jumped into the vehicle and sped away down an alley. Witnesses were present in the storeroom and others saw the men flee, but reluctance to come forward hindered the investigation. No arrests have ever been made and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Tacoma area at the time see the maroon sedan or know the men involved?