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5 wounded 2 arrested Saturday October 12, 2013 Five shot when two fire into Oklahoma Hmong festival At 8 p.m. a man walked into a Hmong American Association festival near Tulsa Oklahoma and started shooting into a crowd of 300 to 400 people with a pistol, wounding five. Two Asian men, Boonmlee Lee, 21, and his nephew Meng Lee, 19 were arrested when a police helicopter spotted a vehicle leaving the area with its lights out. The face five counts of shooting with intent to kill along with weapons possession charges. Detectives suspect Boonmlee was the triggerman. There did not appear to be a motive but detectives believe the suspects had some sort of connection to people at the celebration. A .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun was recovered. Nhia Vang, 75 saw the gunman open fire six feet away from him after a toast and people were lining up for dinner but he was unhurt as one bullet went through his shirt, but he was uninjured. Both suspects and all those shot were ethnic Hmong from Laos. No one seemed to know the suspects or what prompted the attack. “We used that banquet hall for seven years, and there’s never been anything like it. The Hmong fought the communists along the Ho Chih Minh trail in Laos for the CIA during the Vietnam war, but suffered with the US pulled out of the conflict. They originated in ancient times from China, as many as 4,000 Hmong may live in the state.
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- The Lees and the five injured people are all ethnic Hmong
- judge set a Nov. 18 hearing for Boonmlee Lee and a Nov. 12 date for Meng Lee.
- Each man faces one count of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon
- charges filed , according to charges filed Friday October 18
- Tulsa police recovered guns, gang paraphernalia and ammunition after serving search warrants on two homes in connection with shooting
- Boonmlee Lee is believed to be the shooter connected to the Menace of Destruction gang in California.
- one victim mediated a dispute involving the defendants' family and the dispute was not resolved in their favor.
- Meng Lee, 19 is nephew accused of being getaway driver.
5/25/2015
Tulsa Man To Stand Trial For Fatal Convenience Store ... reports that Boonmlee Lee and Meng Lee were ordered to .Defense attorneys have said that Boonmlee Lee, 21, is the uncle of Meng Lee, 19.
4/17/2014
Judge's ruling on Hmong shooting case relates to 2 men's ... Tulsa WorldApr 17, 2014 - Boonmlee Lee and Meng Lee were arrested Oct. 12 and are in the Tulsa Jail. Police previously indicated that the shooting at Hmong festivities ... found insufficient evidence to support shooting and assault charges against one of two men charged in connection with a shooting within the Hmong community.
Prosecutors can appeal District Judge William Kellough's Wednesday ruling in an effort to preserve six felony counts — shooting with an intent to kill, assault with a dangerous weapon and four counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon — filed against Meng Lee, 20. defense attorney Ryan Ray, who is representing Meng Lee, states that the prosecution does not contend that Meng Lee was the shooter, or that he was "even present when any of the shooting victims were shot." The prosecution contends that Boonmlee Lee, whose name is spelled as Boonmee Lee in recent court filings, was the shooter and that Meng Lee served as the "proverbial getaway driver," according to Ray's filing.
12/3/2013
Cousins Boonmlee, Meng Lee, accused of shooting five ... Dec 3, 2013 - Two men accused of shooting five people at a Hmong New Year's festival in Tulsa last month were in court Tuesday.
11/18/2013
| Helena Independent Record | - |
One of two men accused of shooting five people at a Hmong New Year's festival in Tulsa last month has pleaded not guilty. A clerk says Boonmlee Lee was arraigned in Tulsa District Court Monday.
- The Lees and the five injured people are all ethnic Hmong
- judge set a Nov. 18 hearing for Boonmlee Lee and a Nov. 12 date for Meng Lee.
- Each man faces one count of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon
- charges filed , according to charges filed Friday October 18
- Tulsa police recovered guns, gang paraphernalia and ammunition after serving search warrants on two homes in connection with shooting
- Boonmlee Lee is believed to be connected to the Menace of Destruction gang in California.
- one victim mediated a dispute involving the defendants' family and the dispute was not resolved in their favor.
- KRMG - 2 hours agoA Tulsa judge on Monday scheduled hearings for two men accused of shooting five people at a Hmong New Year's festival in Oklahoma.
Meng Lee, suspected of shooting 5 people at Tulsa Hmong ...www.kjrh.com/.../meng-lee-suspected-of-shooting-5-people-at-tulsa-hm...17 hours ago - One of two suspects accused of firing shots into a Hmong cultural celebration in Tulsa earlier this month pleaded not guilty Monday.
Hearings set for 2 accused in Tulsa Hmong shooting - NewsOn6 ...www.newson6.com/.../hearings-set-for-2-accused-in-tulsa-hmong-shooting23 hours ago - A judge has scheduled hearings for two men accused of shooting five people at a Hmong New Year's festival in Tulsa.
Hearings set for 2 accused in Tulsa Hmong shooting - SFGatewww.sfgate.com/.../Hearings-set-for-2-accused-in-Tulsa-Hmong-shooting-...23 hours ago - A police helicopter spotted a car driving away from the scene with its headlights off and notified officers on the ground, who pulled it over. The suspects had ...
Hmong Shooting: Two Suspects Due for Hearings Next Month ...www.ktul.com/.../hmong-shooting-two-suspects-due-for-hearings-next-mo...21 hours ago - Two men are due in court next month after reportedly shooting five people at a Hmong celebration in east Tulsa. Boonmlee Lee and Meng Lee are set for court ...
Hearings set for 2 accused in Tulsa Hmong shooting - Tulsa World ...www.tulsaworld.com/...tulsa-hmong-shooting/article_1a01c75c-3a6f-11e3-...22 hours ago - The Lees and the five injured people are all ethnic Hmong, who hail from Asian countries including Laos, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
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One of five shooting victims is led away from a Tulsa events center where a gunman opened fire on Saturday during a traditional celebration of the Hmong New Year.
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- .Epoch Times (china) Tulsa: Boonmlee Lee and Meng Lee Arrested for Hmong …
- Helicopter - police helicopter spotted suspicious vehicle
- Motive: investigators hadn't determined a motive for the attack, but that both men would be charged.
- New Years traditional Hmong New Year's festival rattled a peaceful, tight-knit east Tulsa community
- Tula area
- Weapons: .40 cal semiautomatic handgun
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- NBC station KJRH of Tulsa said the shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. local time, when 300 to 400 people were at the event, sponsored by the Hmong American Association. a man walked into a Hmong festival Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla., and began shooting with a pistol, according to local media reports.
Five shot when two fire at Oklahoma hmong crowd
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/13/20948101-two-men-arrested-in-oklahoma-shooting-that-left-five-injured#comments
Don't rush to judgement and blame "outsiders" for this crime. In the state of Minnesota there is a very large Hmong population and they celebrate their festivals and get-togethers every year. At many of these events it has become not uncommon for young Hmong gangbangers to shoot-up events in a rival gangs' territory. Asian gangs in Minnesota are epidemic.
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Two men arrested in Oklahoma shooting that left five injured
Tulsa Police Department
Meng Lee was arrested in relation to the Saturday Tulsa shooting.
Two men have been arrested after five people were injured when a gunman started shooting into a crowd at an Oklahoma festival on Saturday night, police said Sunday
Tulsa Police Department
Boonmlee Lee was arrested in relation to the Saturday Tulsa shooting.
Tulsa Police apprehended Boonmlee Lee, 21, and Meng Lee, 19 ...e Green Country Event Center, where 300-400 people had congregated for the celebration of the Hmong New Year, according to the Tulsa Police Department. The Hmong are an Asian ethnic group mainly from Laos.
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.Hmong background
http://hmongstudies.org/GYLeeHSJ8.pdf
Who are the Hmong?
The Hmong form one of the many tribal minorities, also known as Miao/Meo, who are scattered
in the border regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. Those classified as belonging to
what Schein (2004: 274) calls “the cumbersome umbrella” term ‘Miao’ in China include:
• the "Qho Xiong" in Western Hunan;
• the "Hmub", "Gha Ne" or "Hmu" for a group speaking the same dialect in South eastern
Guizhou;
• the "A Hmao" in Northwest Guizhou and Northeast Yunnan; and
• the "Hmong" in South Szechwan, West Guizhou and South Yunnan.
The separate ethnic name also refers to the language spoken by each group concerned. The
social organization of these groups is based on the clan system through the sharing of specific
surnames similar to those of the Chinese.
The total number of Miao population in China in 2000 is estimated at 9.2 million with 3.1 million
being Hmong. The figure for the latter increases to 4.5 million world-wide if we add the
following: 787,000 in Vietnam; 460,000 in Laos; 120,000 in Thailand; 2,000-3,000 in
Myanmar; 200,000 in the USA; 15,000 in France; 2,000 in Australia; 1,400 in Canada; 300 in
Argentina; and 110 in Germany (Lemoine, 2005).
The Hmong in Laos were greatly affected by French colonialism in that small country from 1893
to 1954. During this period, they became politically divided into two major factions, one
supporting the French and the maintenance of their colonial project under the Royal Lao
government, the other joining the independence movement that fought to take back Laos from
France. After the departure of France from Laos in 1954, civil war broke out between
ideologically opposed Lao political parties as the Americans stepped in to fight against
communism in Indochina. The Hmong factions continued their separate political alliance, with
those under the French now working closely with the Americans. The war took a heavy toll with
a third of the estimated 300,000 Hmong dead or injured from being recruited to fight for the
warring factions, and half of the total Hmong population forcibly displaced in various areas.
Many subsequently escaped to Thailand as refugees from the newly installed Lao communist
regime in 1975, and were eventually resettled in the United States and other Western
countries, the latest group as recently as 2005 from the Tham Krabok Temple camp.
3 Diaspora and the Predicament of Origins: Interrogating Hmong Postcolonial History and Identity by Gary
Yia Lee, PhD, Hmong Studies Journal, 8: 1-25.
Although the Hmong form the major group of the Miao to have migrated out of China in the
19th century to Southeast Asia, they do not have their own written records to show where they
originated from. Claims have been made that they left Mesopotamia after the fall of the Tower
of Babel, then gradually migrated north through Russia, Siberia and Mongolia before ending in
their present location in southern China (Savina, 1924; and Quincy, 1988). Other writers have
refuted these claims, stating that the Hmong’s original home has always been southern China
before it was slowly conquered over the centuries by the Han Chinese, judging by the religious,
language and cultural assimilation between the two groupsi
(Bradley, 1987; Geddes, 1976; Lee
and Tapp, 2005; and Yang, 1995). As a diaspora today, the Hmong have myths that foretell
their eventual reunion one day by a messiah or king who would give them back their history
and their country, a country that was believed to have been lost somewhere in the distant past.
Until their exodus from Laos as refugees to Thailand and the West, the Hmong were called
“Meo” by other people, a derivative of the Chinese word "Miao" used for them in China.
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