HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 08-13 Maplewood man admits to killing son MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Maplewood man
admits to.,killing son
Pang Vang, 84, ''"` , ". r` ,M," '. ,,
allegedly killed " 1 ,31. u
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his son in March ► `
over a dispute. „ fr . ` , , �.tl
A Maplewood man currently on 4,,. ii
trial for the murder of his 36-year- it 1� '.t i;
old son admitted in court Thurs- t'=
day,Aug. 7 that he commited the '.., -r X04 . !I j i , :r , „" ,,,
murder is being tried for.He had A "a' „�,:21,pleaded guilty to the charge of sec- d" °" `, «„ ;,,
ond-degree murder Wednesday. ii, ►■ ° c1 ' 'f
Pang Yang,84,allegedly shot his . y. S
son,Chue Vang,36,during a dis- 1
agreement inside the house. i ? i'
According to reports from the
trial, the confrontation stemmed
from an earlier dispute the elder
Vang had with his wife, who ' r ,'
reportedly wanted a divorce.The '`' I t I
argument escalated when his son,
the homeowner, took the wife's
side and tried to eject his father rir 1p I. '\
from the home. 'r
"He came out of the bedroom
iieu
and said, `Get out of here; it's A
my house,"Pang Yang said. "'My
14
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mother and the rest of us don't " '"`y
want you.So you should just leave!
So I shot him."
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct.
8.
In the original incident,Maple- file photo
Police cordon off the home on County Road B March 24 where Pang Vang
shot his son.
see Vang on page 3
home in the 1800 block of East Vang,exited the home. Because family members said stretchers at about 2 p.m.Pang
Vang... County Road B.The house is The elderly suspect report- there were other weapons in Vang received treatment at
less than 200 feet from Maple- edly cut himself with a knife, the home,the Ramsey County Regions Hospital.Police took
continued from page 1 wood City Hall,which houses and refused to come out. SWAT Team was summoned, him into custody on Wednes-
the the police department. According to Maplewood Police Maplewood and SWAT per- day,March 26,after his condi-
wood`police received a report After officers arrived,other Chief Paul Schnell,the shotgun sonnel eventually entered the tion improved.
just before noon March 24 that family members, including that was used in the shooting house.
someone had been shot at a another adult son, a young was not in the bedroom with The father and son were then -Tim Faklis
child and the wife of Pang Pang Vang. both taken from the home on