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Howard Shao Wai Huang

Case from Garden-grove, CA dated Mar 11, 1984

Victim Details

Park Howard Shao

Male

Asian

Garden-grove

CA

1984-03-11

42

Howard

Shao Wai Huang

06/21/2026

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Park Police Officer Howard Shao Wai Huang, aged 42, tragically lost his life on March 11, 1984, in Garden Grove, California. Officer Huang was ambushed by unknown assailants while he was sitting in his patrol car on the 12900 block of South Broadway Street. He was working the graveyard shift, assigned to the South Central Region, when the attackers opened fire from behind with an AK-47, discharging more than 20 rounds at him. The assailants then stole his service revolver and patrol car, which w ...
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