Baltimore Nail Salon Owner Killed in Bystander Shooting

Baltimore Nail Salon Owner Killed in Bystander Shooting ---
tags: Timeline 2014, salon, owner shot, Bystander Targeted Killings, baltimore, Asian Victim

2 casualties, 1 killed, 1 injured in double shooting
May 6, 2014 Baltimore Nail Salon Owner Killed in Bystander Shooting In East Baltimore, Maryland Salon owner Truc Thi Ly Nguyen, Vietnamese owner of the T and T Nail Salon was shot and died after two men chased each other into her shop. One man shot the other in the leg and then shot the owner in the head, killing her, making it look like a bystander shooting, but shooting her in the head makes it look like she actually was an intended victim. Her husband Tran wrestled 26-year-old shooter Tremaine Washington to the ground. The man who was running away from the gunman was shot in back and stomach was in critical condition.

This appears to fit a pattern of crime against salons in many cities.







Similar cases 

May 6, 2014 Salon owner (34 year old asian woman) killed, 1 injured in double shooting - part of a pattern of crime against salons in many cities. Two men where chasing each other, they ended up in her nail salon when one man shot the other in the leg and then shot the owner in the head, killing her, making it look like a bystander shooting, but shooting her in the head makes it look like she actually was an intended victim.

Similar - May 5, 2010 NE Baltimore salon ownder Pauleta Dawson was shot and robbed as she was opening her business.

March 7, 2014 ownder of Chesapeake nail salon was shot during a robbery


Yolanda Holmes ownder of Nappy Headz salon was shot

Husband: Truc Thi Ly Nguyen Woman Shot In The Head, Killed At Nail Salon Was Not The Intended ...

CBS Local

- ‎15 hours ago‎

The victim's husband and son were both inside the salon when the shooting happened. She was not the intended target but was caught in the cross fire.

he victim’s husband and son were both inside the salon when the shooting happened. She was not the intended target but was caught in the cross fire.

Quang Tran tells WJZ about the terrifying moment a gunman shot and killed his wife right before his eyes. Truc Thi Ly Nguyen, 42, worked at the T and T Nail Salon in the 2300-block of East Monument Street ..was giving a customer a pedicure when she looked up just as the gunman ran in the shop and opened fire ...Husband Tran wrestled 26-year-old Tremaine Washington to the ground. man who was running away from the gunman was shot in back and stomach. He hasn’t been identified but is said to be listed in critical condition