Pendleton Marine killed in Long Beach

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Pendleton Marine killed in Long Beach

SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES
7:32 a.m. October 20, 2003

LONG BEACH ? Two men, including a decorated combat engineer who had returned from Iraq in July, were fatally shot near downtown Long Beach, it was reported today.

Lance Cpl. Sok Khak Ung, a 22-year-old Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton, and a family friend, 21-year-old Long Beach resident Vouthy Tho, were shot about 1 a.m. yesterday in the 1200 block of East Seventh Street, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported.

Friends and family, including relatives from San Francisco, had been celebrating Ung's return from Iraq, the newspaper reported.

"(Ung) was talking about how much he didn't like the city, because of all the shootings lately," a family friend, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper. "Next thing you know, It happened to him."

The men and three other people were in a garage set back from Seventh Street at the end of a long driveway when the shooting occurred. The suspect, described only as a male, fled and was being sought.

Investigators were unsure of a motive for the crime.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...2-twodead.html

Sempers,

Roger

Prayers to the Family
May He Rest In Peace

[BLUEHAWK]

I'm saddened to learn of this Roger...