On the evening of December 5, 2014, 41-year-old Vietnamese-American man Thach Dien Thiet Duong was fatally shot outside the Golden King Café, located at 2650 Alum Rock Avenue in East San Jose, California. Surveillance footage captured two Asian male suspects approaching Mr. Duong from behind and shooting him multiple times without any apparent exchange of words. The assailants fled the scene immediately after the attack. Mr. Duong was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspects were described as two Asian men; one wore a black hoodie with the hood up and light-colored pants, while the other donned a white and black jacket, black shirt, black pants, and a hat. The surveillance video released by the San Jose Police Department shows the moments leading up to the shooting but stops short of capturing the actual gunfire.
Investigators believe that this homicide may be connected to a series of four shootings between 2013 and 2016, all involving Vietnamese-American male victims and occurring at or near Vietnamese cafes in San Jose. These establishments have been associated with Vietnamese criminal street gangs, and the killings appear to have been planned and executed swiftly. However, no definitive link has been established between the cases, and no arrests have been made in connection with Mr. Duong's murder.
Despite the release of surveillance footage and public appeals for information, the case remains unsolved. The San Jose Police Department continues to seek assistance from the community to identify the suspects and bring them to justice. Anyone with information is urged to contact the department's homicide unit.
