Chai Vang Shoots, Kills Hunters Over Deer Stand Dispute

Chai Vang Shoots, Kills Hunters Over Deer Stand Dispute ---
tags: Asian Suspects , mass shooting, convicted, murder, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Hmong suspect, looks like but isn't terrorism, possible racism motive

6 killed 2 injured, suspect convicted November 21, 2004  Chai Vang Shoots, Kills Hunters Over Deer Stand Dispute  In Birchwood, Wisconsin, a hunter 36-year-old Chai Vang Hmong (Asian) immigrant shot killed six other white hunters and wounded two others after an argument with them over using a deer stand. Vang admitted to the mass shooting, but challenged the chain of events that caused a dispute over a deer stand to become violent and escalate into multiple deaths.  September 16, 2005, Chai Soua Vang was found guilty of all six charges of first degree intentional homicide and two charges of attempted homicide by a jury of eight women and four men. On November 8, 2005, he was sentenced to six consecutive life terms plus seventy years (forty for two counts of attempted homicide plus five additional years for each count of homicide in the first degree). In effect, this was a prison sentence of life without parole.Vang lived in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the time of the shootings

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November 21, 2004 - in Birchwood, Wisconsin, a hunter killed six other hunters and wounded two others after an argument with them. (Newsmax)

November of 2004 in Sawyer County during hunting season. Six hunters were killed and two were wounded by 36-year-old Chai Vang. Vang is now serving life in prison. (fox6now)

Chai Vang - Wikipedia Chai Soua Vang (born September 24, 1968) is a naturalized U.S. citizen and a Hmong immigrant from Laos. While on a hunting trip in northern Wisconsin, Vang shot eight people, who were also hunting in the area, on November 21, 2004. Six were killed and two were left wounded. Vang acknowledged shooting the people, but challenged the chain of events that caused a dispute over a deer stand to become violent and escalate into multiple deaths. Vang, who lived in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the time of the shootings, is currently being held at Iowa State Penitentiary. tags: asian suspect, mass shooting, convicted, murder, Wisconsin